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Posted: 2/13/2013 5:41:41 AM EDT
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This past weekend I seated two or three primers upside down in my Hornady LnL ap. Not quite sure how that happened.
Only other one I can think of now is not to use a .380 case when you're loading 9mm. 
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Posted: 2/13/2013 6:59:24 AM EDT
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I was seating .50 BMG primers when one went off in the cartridge. I pushed it a little too far into the primer pocket.... Of course it seats at the bottom of the arc of the press handle, so my face was about a foot away from the shell. Just about knocked me on my ass and left a nice soot mark on the ceiling. I now seat BMG primers wearing eye AND ear protection.
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Posted: 2/13/2013 7:09:17 AM EDT
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About two weeks ago I was doing a small run of .223 on my 550. I started out ok and inspected everything, so I thought. At the end of the run I discovered two primers had been seated upside down. Now when I loaded them into the primer tube from the flip tray, they went in right. Maybe, somewhere between there and the seating they got flipped. Pulling them was funny, because I never had swung the hammer that far away from me on the 2x4. I must have looked foolish. No explosions. 😱
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Posted: 2/13/2013 7:30:16 AM EDT
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Thanks for the safety reminder OP.
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Posted: 2/13/2013 7:50:58 AM EDT
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I was seating .50 BMG primers when one went off in the cartridge. I pushed it a little too far into the primer pocket.... Of course it seats at the bottom of the arc of the press handle, so my face was about a foot away from the shell. Just about knocked me on my ass and left a nice soot mark on the ceiling. I now seat BMG primers wearing eye AND ear protection. Dayum! I probably would have pee'd my pants! |
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Posted: 2/13/2013 8:22:31 AM EDT
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Trying to seat primer in TZZ 45 ACP cases on my Hornady LNL AP. It went off and ears were ringing for a bit.
TZZ has tight primer pockets and some of may have been crimped. |
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Posted: 2/13/2013 7:42:08 PM EDT
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Post this thread in the Useful Threads thread and get back to me.
We don't do stickies in this forum. Why we have the Useful Threads thread.
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Posted: 2/13/2013 8:20:58 PM EDT
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Post this thread in the Useful Threads thread and get back to me. Yesss |
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Posted: 2/14/2013 4:21:30 AM EDT
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Try finesse in lieu of force!
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Posted: 2/14/2013 5:24:45 AM EDT
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I had a shotshell where the primer didnt seat all the way flush because it was deformed. No powder, wad, or shot was in the shell, so I thought it'd be a good idea to use a plastic shot gun round limiting plug as a punch of sort on the inside of the shot shell, put the shell on a scrap piece of 4x4 and "gently" tap the primer into place.
Well, BOOOM! Wasn't such a good idea after all |
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