Crunching my primers
- Thread starter Walknby
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I'm guessing maybe he went overboard with the Lemishine & it caused some corrosion which caused the primers to stick. Water and/or dish soap shouldn't cause it by themselves.
Interesting stuff posted'ear.
I tried the primer feed on my Rockcrusher and dint like the feel of pressing the primers in.
Or lack there of.
Went back to the simplicity of the Lee hand held.
The tumb has some good feeling agents still left in it after awl these years awf abewz'in it.
Still my go to way awf install'in primers in their pawkitts.
Something don't feel right, it's pretty noticeable awm me tumb.
I tried the primer feed on my Rockcrusher and dint like the feel of pressing the primers in.
Or lack there of.
Went back to the simplicity of the Lee hand held.
The tumb has some good feeling agents still left in it after awl these years awf abewz'in it.
Still my go to way awf install'in primers in their pawkitts.
Something don't feel right, it's pretty noticeable awm me tumb.
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- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
The old metal Lee hand priming tool with the thread in shell holders was great, by turning the shell holder in or out provided the ideal seating depth. However, I was less enamored with the plastic models which frequently left high primers, no matter how hard you squeezed the handle. I finally gave up and went to an RCBS bench mounted priming tool, which has a surprisingly sensitive feel. If I was going to purchase a hand priming tool today, it would be the one Sinclair International sells under their own name.
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I am going to do this. I checked other rounds I recently loaded and 15% are identical Win cases. Those gave me no problems so maybe there's something going on with the press that combined with the Win's caused the primers to not seat properly. I've sorted the Wins out of the next couple of hundred and I'll see if I have problems with the non-wins.
I find this most often in Hornady brass... to a point where it's easier to disacard than worry about it as I have lots of brass.
Top left and bottom right are ring crimped. Anything looking like this needs extra prep like swaging or it can be culled and recycled.
Top right and bottom left look normal although something, probably a slightly off center primer, has cut a slight groove at the 2:00 position on the bottom left one. Don't matter, these two should reload just fine assuming there is nothing else wrong with them that isn't visible.
Top right and bottom left look normal although something, probably a slightly off center primer, has cut a slight groove at the 2:00 position on the bottom left one. Don't matter, these two should reload just fine assuming there is nothing else wrong with them that isn't visible.
Misery loves company!
Those pictures you shared were very helpful and much appreciated! I definitely looked at them more than once. I need to study crimped and uncrimped cases with primers still in to be better able to tell them apart. I've been de-priming at Stage 1 then priming the cartridge at Stage 2 without interrupting between stage 1 and stage 2.
