Monday shooter40
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I recently picked up a K+M SRP pocket uniformer and decided to try it on a lot of FC 6.5CM brass. During load testing everything appeared normal. Took the rifle to a match and i was getting 1 in 20 cases that had hard bolt lift and a very distinct gas leak around the primers. Cleaning the rifle after the match, i noticed that some of these cases actually cratered my bolt face and i went through the lot of brass and found where about 5 of the lot of 250, combustion gasses cut through the outer edge of the primer and damaged my bolt face.
My question is did uniforming my primer pockets lead to this result, or did my lot of brass just need to be retired? ive had primer pockets fail before, but not with this result. Im extremely hesitant to experiment with this anymore as i do not want to damage my bolt anymore. I have a spare, but best not to poke the bear.
Its a spicey load using H4350, FC SRP brass, Winchester #41 primer, Hornandy 147ELD.
My question is did uniforming my primer pockets lead to this result, or did my lot of brass just need to be retired? ive had primer pockets fail before, but not with this result. Im extremely hesitant to experiment with this anymore as i do not want to damage my bolt anymore. I have a spare, but best not to poke the bear.
Its a spicey load using H4350, FC SRP brass, Winchester #41 primer, Hornandy 147ELD.