Ammunition & Hand Loading > Cartridge and Shotshell reloading
Warning - S&B Brass and high primers
bkoenig:
--- Quote from: OnTheFly on September 10, 2013, 06:24:34 PM ---Did you try tapping the primer in the rest of the way with a hammer? Maybe a nail setter might work.
Fly
Kidding of course.
I figure if the priming arm on the press won't work, a 12lb sledge should do the trick.
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HuskerXDM:
I've noticed that too. I use CCI primers.
abbafandr:
Thanks for the heads up. I have around 500 S&B cases I've saved after firing once. I had a special reloading project in mind for them. I haven't noticed any primer problems with the S&B I've reloaded so far, but I am still enough of a reloading noob that I check each cartridge when primed :o
I have noticed some cases are harder to seat the primer than others, but mostly my brass is not sorted by brand or head stamp. Haven't needed the love tap with the hammer yet though :P Some emptied cases are tougher to deprime also.
GreyGeek:
I noticed that when I was reloading 9mm cases but they weren't S&B. I caught them because I always ran my finger over the primer after I took a round out of the press.
SemperFiGuy:
High primers will usually show themselves if the loaded cartridge is placed bullet-side-up on a hard, level surface. Such as... an even, hard-surfaced table top. Any lack of even fit between the cartridge base and the table top will show up the protruding primer. And the cartridge will usually be tippy.
Such practice provides large-volume processing if you should have a bunch of cartridges to check.
The Great Reloading Safety Dilemma then comes when a large percent of the loaded cartridges are found to be "tippy". What next? Bring out the hand primer again??
Actually, best to check 'em immediately after priming the cartridge case and before ever loading powder and bullet.
sfg
[Fly: Please post a video of your Hammer and Punch method.]
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