Primer seating issue
Quote from Reloader on June 4, 2015, 3:15 pmI am just starting to load 223, brass is clean primer pockets also clean, when installing primer I really have put a lot of force for primer to seat and the result is a dent in the primer. These are primer pockets also cleaned by hand there not military brass.
What am I doing wrong?
I am just starting to load 223, brass is clean primer pockets also clean, when installing primer I really have put a lot of force for primer to seat and the result is a dent in the primer. These are primer pockets also cleaned by hand there not military brass.
What am I doing wrong?
Quote from Reloader on June 5, 2015, 4:31 pmDid you change the primer slide over to the one for small primers? What is the specific headstamp you are having problems with?
Did you change the primer slide over to the one for small primers? What is the specific headstamp you are having problems with?
Quote from Reloader on June 25, 2015, 7:31 pmI discovered quite a number of commercial head stamp .223 brass had a crimped primer. Had the same issue you described, and started looking more carefully at the primer cups. It is really a pain, but I had to inspect every piece. Hornady, Winchester, and Federal brass has produced crimped -in primers from my experience. Separated the crimped stuff, swaged the pocket, and I could tell the difference in the priming effort
I discovered quite a number of commercial head stamp .223 brass had a crimped primer. Had the same issue you described, and started looking more carefully at the primer cups. It is really a pain, but I had to inspect every piece. Hornady, Winchester, and Federal brass has produced crimped -in primers from my experience. Separated the crimped stuff, swaged the pocket, and I could tell the difference in the priming effort