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What primer fits hornady 308 brass. I bought some 165 grain sst which was great but the older gentleman who reloads for me can't figure it out. I am no help because I don't know a thing about reloading.
 
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scuba52 said:
What primer fits hornady 308 brass. I bought some 165 grain sst which was great but the older gentleman who reloads for me can't figure it out. I am no help because I don't know a thing about reloading.
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I hate safety nazi's, but seriously Re read your post and logically think about it......

You don't know how to reload, Ok no big deal. But the guy you trust doesn't?
 
Hornady brass often has shallow primer pockets; not usually crimped.

They are a PITA to deal with so I toss em. They tend to be overly soft anyway so no major loss.
 
I don't think he has reloaded hornady brass before and if they are as much of a pain as the other replies are saying he probably wouldn't have a reamer to make it fit. He is an old school guy with no computer knowledge so he asked me to ask hornady or look it up. I fail to see the problem with that. He does some damn good loads for me and yes he is extremely safe about it. Thanks though.
 
scuba52 said:
I don't think he has reloaded hornady brass before and if they are as much of a pain as the other replies are saying he probably wouldn't have a reamer to make it fit. He is an old school guy with no computer knowledge so he asked me to ask hornady or look it up. I fail to see the problem with that. He does some damn good loads for me and yes he is extremely safe about it. Thanks though.
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maybe it's the way you worded the question, but if he reloads 308 win, he knows (should) what primer type is used. if he had an issue seating them properly (crimped primer pockets as others have mentioned) or something to that effect, that's one thing, but like i said i took it that he was asking which primer type to use.

my apologies if that is the case.
 
My Hornady .223 brass all has shallow primer pockets, maybe that was the issue? Or possibly he saw the brass primers and wondered if they were necessary?
 
Sorry if I sounded upset just explaining that he is good at reloading just didn't want to ruin the brass if it was something simple and specific to hornady ie a reamer. I did talk to him and he said he tried an old starter reamer he had but didn't want to waste the time on it as he had a pile of other brass to do.
 
Spawn-Inc said:
maybe it's the way you worded the question, but if he reloads 308 win, he knows (should) what primer type is used. if he had an issue seating them properly (crimped primer pockets as others have mentioned) or something to that effect, that's one thing, but like i said i took it that he was asking which primer type to use.

my apologies if that is the case.
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I find tapping them in with a hammer and some sort of punch works, just close your eyes when you are doing it.
 
klink1983 said:
You prime a bunch of brass in advance of loading? I only prime when I am going to be building rounds.

It appears that my way is almost counter productive since I almost always use one type of primer.
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I prime a batch at a time, but just what I am loading that session, say 20-50 pieces.

I don't have the patience to sit and prep 500 casings at a time. LOL
 
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