fails to prime
Quote from Reloader on April 19, 2014, 2:46 pmMy SDB is failing to prime about 1 out of 10 shells. I'm loading 45ACP. Just wondering if someone has had this same problem and could help me out?
BMC
My SDB is failing to prime about 1 out of 10 shells. I'm loading 45ACP. Just wondering if someone has had this same problem and could help me out?
BMC
Quote from Reloader on April 25, 2014, 8:09 amAre you saying the primers are not going out of the primer feed? Might just be a tight plastic at the end of the primer feed
Are you saying the primers are not going out of the primer feed? Might just be a tight plastic at the end of the primer feed
Quote from Reloader on June 10, 2014, 9:06 pmmake sure you're using the large primer magazine tube, it's the one with the red tip. Also, check that your primer punch and primer cup are also for the large primers. The .45ACP is considered a large pistol primer, whereas the 9mm, .357, or .38 Special is a small pistol primer.
Hope this helps. Happy loading!
make sure you're using the large primer magazine tube, it's the one with the red tip. Also, check that your primer punch and primer cup are also for the large primers. The .45ACP is considered a large pistol primer, whereas the 9mm, .357, or .38 Special is a small pistol primer.
Hope this helps. Happy loading!
Quote from Reloader on June 26, 2014, 7:17 pmCheck the size of the primer pocket on the brass. There is some small primer .45's used in law enforcement and if this is range brass, you may have some mixed in. I have a couple thousand rounds of this and I run a batch of small primer .45 every now and then, to use it up. I also give it to my brother in law...I know I won't see it again if he has it. He says he'll pick up his brass and give it back to me, but in all the years we've been related, this hasn't happened. This can be problematic in other areas as well. If some sneaks into the loading process, a new large primer won't seat. That primer may be slightly damaged from trying to seat it, and if you reuse it in a primer tube, it tends to get stuck. I've ruined at least one tube this way. I posted on this forum about that a while ago...
Happy loading,
jj
Check the size of the primer pocket on the brass. There is some small primer .45's used in law enforcement and if this is range brass, you may have some mixed in. I have a couple thousand rounds of this and I run a batch of small primer .45 every now and then, to use it up. I also give it to my brother in law...I know I won't see it again if he has it. He says he'll pick up his brass and give it back to me, but in all the years we've been related, this hasn't happened. This can be problematic in other areas as well. If some sneaks into the loading process, a new large primer won't seat. That primer may be slightly damaged from trying to seat it, and if you reuse it in a primer tube, it tends to get stuck. I've ruined at least one tube this way. I posted on this forum about that a while ago...
Happy loading,
jj
Quote from Reloader on August 26, 2014, 10:03 pmOne out of 10 is hard to pin down. Most mechanical issues would be at least one in 4 (number of stations)
Suggest replacing the magazine orifice on primer mag tube. They go bad. Also have a look at the brass, a lot of crimped and/or small primed 45acp brass out there.
One out of 10 is hard to pin down. Most mechanical issues would be at least one in 4 (number of stations)
Suggest replacing the magazine orifice on primer mag tube. They go bad. Also have a look at the brass, a lot of crimped and/or small primed 45acp brass out there.