Primers Getting Stuck In Pick Up Tibe
Quote from Reloader on November 5, 2018, 9:11 pm"During our in-house reloading, we've noticed an increase in the number of out-of-round primers we've found."
Yes, exactly what I was seeing hence the comment about measuring every 1/8 of a turn. I probably didn't explain that very well.
Which brand of primers have you seen this with? Was it just Winchester primers that were out-of-round?
The reason I ask is that I'm thinking of changing to CCI primers to see if they have the same problem. If you have seen the same thing with CCI then I won't go through the trouble of retesting all of my loads. I'm a little anal about that. When working up a new load I start with manufactures published minimum load data and work my way up to the max in increments of 0.2 grains. They are all chronographed and inspected for signs of excess pressure. The load that produces the best groups is what I go with. So switching primers means a lot of time both on the bench and at the range. While that kind of stuff is fun I'd rather not have to repeat it for multiple primer manufactures. If you don't mind sharing which brands of primers you have or have not seen this on it would save me a lot of testing time.
"During our in-house reloading, we've noticed an increase in the number of out-of-round primers we've found."
Yes, exactly what I was seeing hence the comment about measuring every 1/8 of a turn. I probably didn't explain that very well.
Which brand of primers have you seen this with? Was it just Winchester primers that were out-of-round?
The reason I ask is that I'm thinking of changing to CCI primers to see if they have the same problem. If you have seen the same thing with CCI then I won't go through the trouble of retesting all of my loads. I'm a little anal about that. When working up a new load I start with manufactures published minimum load data and work my way up to the max in increments of 0.2 grains. They are all chronographed and inspected for signs of excess pressure. The load that produces the best groups is what I go with. So switching primers means a lot of time both on the bench and at the range. While that kind of stuff is fun I'd rather not have to repeat it for multiple primer manufactures. If you don't mind sharing which brands of primers you have or have not seen this on it would save me a lot of testing time.
Quote from Reloader on November 6, 2018, 3:50 pmWhile no brand of primers is immune to out-of-round primers, CCI, Remington and S&B are among the most concentric brands we have recently measured.
While no brand of primers is immune to out-of-round primers, CCI, Remington and S&B are among the most concentric brands we have recently measured.