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Posted: 2/12/2002 11:28:57 AM EDT
| i'v been noticing rather deep primer indentations on unfired cartridges when i manually cycle them in my bush shorty. i've never noticed this before today, although i don't remember looking. the indents are deep enough to cause me some concern. is this normal??? |
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Always use military-type primers if you reload for rifles with free-floating firing pins. The indentation you're seeing, given a softer civilian primer, could lead to a slamfire. At this point, the nay-sayers will chime in and say they've been reloading for years with standard primers with no ill effects. All well and good. Fact is they've been at a least a little lucky. Rifles with free-floating firing pins (mostly military semi-autos) were designed to be used with military ammo having military-spec primers. Having witnessed a slamfire, I don't want that to happen to me or anybody else for that matter. And yes, it was a reload using a standard primer. |
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And even WITH military primers, it is strongly recommended that you not cycle live ammo through your rifle unless you are on a range with your weapon pointed downrange. You could get that one-in-a-million over-sensitive primer, and end up sending a bullet in an unintended direction, with potentially horrible consequences. Find a reloader and have him make up some primer and powder-less dummy rounds. -Troy |
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