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Primer depth
wiz1997
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Just spent several hours processing some French Military brass.
The primer (Boxer type)was crimped in and difficult to get out. Press would just punch through the primer so went to the manual method; decapper pin, base and hammer method. Managed to get 87 of 100 out. Reamed and deburred the primer pocket. I went to seat the new primer and it went in deeper than I expected. Looked too far in so I put the primer only case in a 308 bolt just to see if the firing pin made contact. It did.
Now the questions. Should I set the primer to be flush with the base of the case or just push it on down until it stops? Is there a diffence between US made and French made primers (Standard vs Metric)? If it works in the bolt action it should work in the auto,correct or not? NATO cross stamp on case and 1973. Using RCBS universal primer tool.
The primer (Boxer type)was crimped in and difficult to get out. Press would just punch through the primer so went to the manual method; decapper pin, base and hammer method. Managed to get 87 of 100 out. Reamed and deburred the primer pocket. I went to seat the new primer and it went in deeper than I expected. Looked too far in so I put the primer only case in a 308 bolt just to see if the firing pin made contact. It did.
Now the questions. Should I set the primer to be flush with the base of the case or just push it on down until it stops? Is there a diffence between US made and French made primers (Standard vs Metric)? If it works in the bolt action it should work in the auto,correct or not? NATO cross stamp on case and 1973. Using RCBS universal primer tool.
Comments
No differences, all is good, just seat to bottom and enjoy.
below the case head. Flush or anything above is asking for trouble.
You can seat them as deep as you want as long as the striker will
still hit them with enough force to make them work.
You must seat it to the bottom of the primer pocket or else suffer misfires.
No differences, all is good, just seat to bottom and enjoy.
^^^This^^^