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crease in primer

SpleenrockSpleenrock Member Posts: 6 ✭✭
edited June 2011 in Perry Shooter Competition Shooting and Reloading Forum
Question...( I am a very new re-loader )I loaded up about thirty rounds of 45's to try out at the range. I noticed 2/3 of them had a crease in the primer. They were off center to the side of primer. What would cause this? The primers seem to be ok in the case. I have also loaded 300 rounds of 40 cal and no problems, and no crease. I fired three rounds of the 45's and they fired ok, but would not eject out of the pistol ( H&K 45 ). I am going to deprime all the 45's and start over. Any info would be helpful.
charlie
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  • shoff14shoff14 Member Posts: 11,994 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    What is the markings on the case? You may have some WCC or other cases that have crimped primer pockets. The crease is caused by you having to put to much pressure on your priming device to get the primer in the case. You could cause the primer to go off in doing so. Crimped primer pockets need to have the crimp removed after decaping.
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  • perry shooterperry shooter Member Posts: 17,105 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The primer punch that is used to SEAT the primer has a sliver of metal from either another case or primer it is embossing each following primer Clean the primer punch face.
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  • dcs shootersdcs shooters Member Posts: 10,870 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by perry shooter
    The primer punch that is used to SEAT the primer has a sliver of metal from either another case or primer it is embossing each following primer Clean the primer punch face.



    OR a flake of your powder [;)]
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  • Pistollero1050Pistollero1050 Member Posts: 1,197 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    +1 for Perryshooter, have had this many times, no big deal to worry about just blow out the debris on your equipement.
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  • SpleenrockSpleenrock Member Posts: 6 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I cleaned everything up real good and ran another 25 rounds and no problem. I should have looked at primer punch first thing.
    thanks for your responses.
    charlie
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