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Posted: 12/5/2011 9:41:27 PM EDT
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Even after 30 yrs of reloading, you still always have to be reminded or remind yourself of what ifs as I did with myself. I had a primer go into the primer pocket side ways on one of my case . I new it went in wrong while loading progressively just by the feel of the handle. As always, I unlock the case holder and removed the case even before Ive charged the case with powder or load the projectile. I always simple set it aside and continue with my reloading cycle. once Im done with my reloading cycle , Ill grap the case,s that ive muck,d up and resize and de=prime if need be. Well...this time I caught myself being in a hurry and decided to simple dislodge the primer using a pic. The primer wasnt in the pocket that deep,...and guess what??????...you guessd it...BAMM!...luckly I was wearing my saftey glass,s because crap smackd my face pretty darn hard and talk about severe ear ringing... I was so upset at myself for knowing full and well what a dum/rookie/idiotic mistake i had just made. If my leg could reach...Id of kick,d myself in the a** for sure. Always remember fellow reloaders..." Its not if BUT when and HOW bad " that mistakes are made Ive loaded thousdands upon thousands of rds and have never had this happen..............:( |
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I had a malformed shotshell primer that wouldn't seat. So I took it aside, forced it by hand as much as I could in the shotshell pocket, then put the shotshell with dangling primer on a block of wood. Then I used a plastic shotgun magazine plug which fit perfectly inside the shotshell and gently tapped on it with a plastic tip hammer to seat the primer. You knew this was coming.....BAM!  No damage other than to my pride. Some carbon marks on the block of wood, the primer didn't have a firing pin indentation, looked normal. |
While back I was inserting Wolf LR primers in some 7mm-08s made from NATO 7.62 cases. I had tried an experiment to remove the crimp ring. It did not work well. (you know what is coming). So I used the press insertion tool (have since gone to the hand held tool) got some stick-slip going and fired off two in a row. It takes a while to get rid of "primer's flinch". I have finally graduated to inserting primers without my earplugs in. Eye protection.....all the time!
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When I first started reloading metallic cartridges- after years of shotgun reloading-, I used a Lee Loader kit in .38. The kit required you to seat the primer on an 'anvil' of sorts and use a punch inside the case to seat them.
In my youthful exuberance, I detonated more than a few until I "got the feel for it".
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I'll get one sideways maybe every couple of years, never had any problems getting them out, I might be just lucky but I've never had a primer go off by accident. I've popped a few primers over the years intentionally, they sure are loud indoors! yes they are plenty loud a?.... |
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When I first started reloading metallic cartridges- after years of shotgun reloading-, I used a Lee Loader kit in .38. The kit required you to seat the primer on an 'anvil' of sorts and use a punch inside the case to seat them. In my youthful exuberance, I detonated more than a few until I "got the feel for it". ololololololololol |
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Well...this time I caught myself being in a hurry and decided to simple dislodge the primer using a pic. The primer wasnt in the pocket that deep,...and guess what??????...you guessd it...BAMM!... Being in a hurry and reloading do not mix! no kidding.......... Ive yet to meet anybody who can walk on water |
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While back I was inserting Wolf LR primers in some 7mm-08s made from NATO 7.62 cases. I had tried an experiment to remove the crimp ring. It did not work well. (you know what is coming). So I used the press insertion tool (have since gone to the hand held tool) got some stick-slip going and fired off two in a row. It takes a while to get rid of "primer's flinch". I have finally graduated to inserting primers without my earplugs in. Eye protection.....all the time!ololoolololololololol |
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