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Posted: 2/11/2013 3:14:41 PM EDT
| I took some of my first reloads to the range yesterday and had a couple duds. The primer strike was plenty deep and it looks like the primer ignited even though I heard no pop. When I pulled the bullets I found the powder had some small clumps with a yellowish tint. I had used Dillon Case Lube and didn't clean the cases a second time (I use a sonic bath to clean the brass) after resizing. Could I have contaminated the powder by not cleaning the lube off? Also is it normal to not hear a pop from the primer? |
| I would find it odd not to hear anything. I would also expect the primer alone to get the bullet out of the case even if the powder did not fire. It could be possible that the primers were duds. I can not say anything about the powder as I always clean my brass after sizing to get rid of all lube. |
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I had some dud 12 gauge rounds once...it was due to contaminated primers(moisture contamination), not the powder. They had a partial burn with the "yellow" powder residue....out of a 12 gauge, it was like firing a really slow mini flare launcher. A light fooomp sound and the wad barely left the barrel, kinda humorous really. |
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I took some of my first reloads to the range yesterday and had a couple duds. The primer strike was plenty deep and it looks like the primer ignited even though I heard no pop. When I pulled the bullets I found the powder had some small clumps with a yellowish tint. I had used Dillon Case Lube and didn't clean the cases a second time (I use a sonic bath to clean the brass) after resizing. Could I have contaminated the powder by not cleaning the lube off? Also is it normal to not hear a pop from the primer? I have had this happen and came to the conclusion it was too light of a load in a large case. The hammer fell and nothing happened, not even a pop. I ejected the case and there was no bullet. The primer fired, sticking the bullet in the rifling. The powder was yellowed and some clumped together but did not ignite. |
| We recently had a thread here about a combination of Ball Powder (844 mils surplus?) with early Wolf primers. Apparently the primers were not hot enough which caused Wolf to start making hotter primers. The results were pretty much what you experienced. Black primer, and yellowish "Zombie" powder remains. What powder/primers were you using? |
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What caliber/bullet? Crimped? How are you setting neck tension? Was the bullet still in the case? Or part way down the barrel? First reloads .223 55gr V-Max Taper crimped Wolf SRM primers 21.0gr H335 The bullet didn't move at all from the case (still 2.250 COL). I had over 70 rounds go off without a hitch. |
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