Brass lodged in primer die and ripped the rim off

General Reloading Discussion.

Moderator: MudBug

Re: Brass lodged in primer die and ripped the rim off

Postby wildcatter » Sat Dec 01, 2012 1:29 pm

The Gunny is right! Twas a time you couldn't spell Reloader and now you are well seasoned..

..t
Safety First..t
User avatar
wildcatter
 
Posts: 2914
Joined: Sat Jun 06, 2009 8:30 pm
Location: In the Middle of Deer Central Station or better known as, in the Thumb of Beautiful Michigan

Re: Brass lodged in primer die and ripped the rim off

Postby gunnut » Sat Dec 01, 2012 8:20 pm

When you blow one up We will call you a WildCatter!! :D
gunnut
 
Posts: 599
Joined: Sun Jun 07, 2009 3:48 pm
Location: Atlanta,Ga. Happiness is a warm Gun.

Re: Brass lodged in primer die and ripped the rim off

Postby cptrifeg2 » Sun Dec 02, 2012 8:35 pm

Pics.. Image
[/url [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/rife/8239184399/]Image

IMAG1321 by rifeg2, on Flickr

Image
After correcting the issue and putting my dia back into operation I was careful to cycle it slowly..a little to slowly as I caused enough time elapse when applying the new primer for the.primer cup to.catch and flip/ invert the damn primers installing them backwards.....
Image

"Soldier's dont rise to the occasion, but fall to their level of training".
User avatar
cptrifeg2
 
Posts: 123
Joined: Wed May 23, 2012 5:44 pm

Re: Brass lodged in primer die and ripped the rim off

Postby Hoot » Sun Dec 02, 2012 8:49 pm

Looking at the image of the removed case, was it a split case or is that just a scratch? Trying to understand why it stuck in the first place. The case head area didn't look like it took a lot of resizing. That's where I usually see the most friction. BTW, I love my Lee hand primer.

Hoot
In Theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In Practice, there is.
User avatar
Hoot
 
Posts: 5083
Joined: Tue Feb 09, 2010 9:34 am
Location: Minnesota

Re: Brass lodged in primer die and ripped the rim off

Postby wildcatter » Sun Dec 02, 2012 9:09 pm

cptrifeg2 wrote:Image




That There, Shore is Purdy and looks familiar..

..t
Safety First..t
User avatar
wildcatter
 
Posts: 2914
Joined: Sat Jun 06, 2009 8:30 pm
Location: In the Middle of Deer Central Station or better known as, in the Thumb of Beautiful Michigan

Re: Brass lodged in primer die and ripped the rim off

Postby Al in Mi » Mon Dec 03, 2012 2:59 am

yep, been there done that even looked like that!!!!
User avatar
Al in Mi
 
Posts: 1982
Joined: Sat Jun 20, 2009 8:24 am

Re: Brass lodged in primer die and ripped the rim off

Postby gunnut » Mon Dec 03, 2012 3:25 am

Now, stick one while seating and crimping!! :o
Live primer & full powder charge to deal with!!!!! :?
gunnut
 
Posts: 599
Joined: Sun Jun 07, 2009 3:48 pm
Location: Atlanta,Ga. Happiness is a warm Gun.

Re: Brass lodged in primer die and ripped the rim off

Postby cptrifeg2 » Mon Dec 03, 2012 4:28 am

the case was scratched, I had some problems with with some deep curls feeding properly. I made the mistake of swaging the COL rather than actually measuring. I'm not sure if I had them too short or too long but I had several miss feeds and double feeds. As it turns out, Im not shooting buffalo or bigfoot or elephants so Ill just stick with the hornady 225s and 250s which I've had no problem with and seem to blow through deer and hogs like butter. Anyways you were right hoot, I didn't inspect the case closely enough and should have tossed it just to be safe. I do get pressure at the bottom of the case occasionally when resizing but no obvious ledge like depicted in the over pressure pics. I'm picking up the wax. right now instead of oil for the die I'm using MK19 bolt head lube (a very viscus lube for high pressure metal on metal.) seems to work.
Image

"Soldier's dont rise to the occasion, but fall to their level of training".
User avatar
cptrifeg2
 
Posts: 123
Joined: Wed May 23, 2012 5:44 pm

Re: Brass lodged in primer die and ripped the rim off

Postby cptrifeg2 » Mon Dec 03, 2012 4:31 am

gunnut wrote:Now, stick one while seating and crimping!! :o
Live primer & full powder charge to deal with!!!!! :?

I have some with the primer in backwards that are loaded due to talking on the phone while reloading.....
Image
...I now place my cases rimside up after re-primer just so I can audit my work multiple times before filling with powder..
Image

I had a Soldier bend and stick a MK19 round in the chamber. while the warhead had obviously not spun to activate it will still go up if the tube is blocked under pressure. I used a ceramic drill bit next to the primer making sure to go slow... no heat. repeated this 3 times around the case, the SASS guys had primer extraction tool you hook in the holes..pretty cool but I never want to do it again..thats enough boom to kill a 20 meter area.
Image

"Soldier's dont rise to the occasion, but fall to their level of training".
User avatar
cptrifeg2
 
Posts: 123
Joined: Wed May 23, 2012 5:44 pm

Previous

Return to Reloading

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 13 guests