small primer 45 ACP
Quote from Reloader on September 9, 2013, 5:02 pmI missed a couple of the small primer pocket 45 ACP's while loading on the 650. It got some powder on the shell plate, but other than having to break down the cartridge (no primer got seated, and it ended up down the ski slope), no big deal, or so I thought. I reloaded those unused primers from the skislope in my pick up tube and dropped them in the primer feeder. Well, about 90% of the way down the feeder they got stuck. I used the plastic follower to try and GENTLY tap them out, then resorted to breaking it down and using a tad bit more force with a chopstick. All I did was plug it up to the point that I am now waiting for a new tube from Dillon. This is just a word of caution, trying to seat a large primer in a small pocket slightly flattens the primer making it unusable for reloading. It was a lesson well learned, and luckily, I didn't cause any other damage should the primer (s) have gone off. The questionable brass was Blazer and Federal. Now, whenever I see brass from those manufacturers, I look VERY closely at the size of the primer.
I missed a couple of the small primer pocket 45 ACP's while loading on the 650. It got some powder on the shell plate, but other than having to break down the cartridge (no primer got seated, and it ended up down the ski slope), no big deal, or so I thought. I reloaded those unused primers from the skislope in my pick up tube and dropped them in the primer feeder. Well, about 90% of the way down the feeder they got stuck. I used the plastic follower to try and GENTLY tap them out, then resorted to breaking it down and using a tad bit more force with a chopstick. All I did was plug it up to the point that I am now waiting for a new tube from Dillon. This is just a word of caution, trying to seat a large primer in a small pocket slightly flattens the primer making it unusable for reloading. It was a lesson well learned, and luckily, I didn't cause any other damage should the primer (s) have gone off. The questionable brass was Blazer and Federal. Now, whenever I see brass from those manufacturers, I look VERY closely at the size of the primer.
Quote from Reloader on November 5, 2013, 2:58 pmIn the future, don't try to put these primers back in the tube. After you have finished emptying the machine from your session, save an equal amount of brass to the amount of primers this happened to. Take each primer and hand feed it into the primer seater and it will seat into the brass.
In the future, don't try to put these primers back in the tube. After you have finished emptying the machine from your session, save an equal amount of brass to the amount of primers this happened to. Take each primer and hand feed it into the primer seater and it will seat into the brass.
Quote from Reloader on November 7, 2013, 4:23 amI sort all my brass before I clean it and generally catch all the small primers. When I accumulate enough I will load them up and give them to my buddy cause he shoots out in the woods and that way I don't see them again.
I sort all my brass before I clean it and generally catch all the small primers. When I accumulate enough I will load them up and give them to my buddy cause he shoots out in the woods and that way I don't see them again.