DUD Remington 7.5 small rifle bench rest primers
- Thread starter Nic Swink
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The real bottom line is that bad primers are EXTREMELY rare. If you have a misfire of some sort, it's a very safe bet that it's self induced, for one reason or another. Note, I didn't say that there are no bad primers at all but that they are really a rare occurrance. Look EVERYWHERE else first, before blaming the primer..And a hit that looks good, does not mean you don't still have a problem somewhere else.
I've loaded literally a few hundred thousand rounds and I've had a few misfires, but it was never a bad primer. I've been down the road of blaming them, but I've always found my mistake or problem elsewhere.
This subject comes up more often than it should before all potential issues are ruled out, first. Primers are just the easiest thing to blame, understandably at times..like when a different primer fires fine.
242 replies. I would push a little harder seating them. Depth shouldn't matter as long as they are at the bottom of the pocket. Hornady made the pockets deep no other possibility. Looks like a decent FP dent? Any time I had a FF it was because I was seating to a certain depth. You have to seat by feel since every pocket in a batch has the pocket swaged in to a different depth. If I seat by feel they always go off. Everyone may have a different interpretation of feel. When I uniform Lapua case pockets every case is different. No metal removed from some pockets a lot from others. The only FP springs that are any good are the ones made from silicon chrome alloy. The carbon steel (music wire alloy) loses tension quickly.
I can't believe that a thread where the original poster conceded that his primers didn't pop because he had water in the case has gone on for so long.
Guys, at your age, you should have stopped playing with yourselves by now.
Guys, at your age, you should have stopped playing with yourselves by now.
Retired Grunt
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It's winter over here ice and snow pack in much of the northern half of the county, shooting season starts in a month or so.
I don't see in his early comments any mention of water???
Apologies if it has been covered but I see this has gone to 13 pages already.
is the rifle a Tikka by any chance? That can be a problem with primer strike if the bolt has a lot of lubricant and they can be large in the throat / chamber ...combine the two (or three including deep primer pockets)
That would create the perfect storm and FTF
is the rifle a Tikka by any chance? That can be a problem with primer strike if the bolt has a lot of lubricant and they can be large in the throat / chamber ...combine the two (or three including deep primer pockets)
That would create the perfect storm and FTF
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Did you find out how you got water in the cases? You said you stored the powder in a cool place, condensation? After I tumble polish cases I shake each one by hand to get the water out. I thought I got most of the water out and any remaining would evaporate after several hours in my kitchen oven at 190F. After polishing and shaking some of the cases I decided to put the straw like tube on a dust off air can in each case and see what would happen. I was shocked at how much water came out of some of the cases after shaking very hard. I always put the cases in the oven at 190F for 2-3 hours then turn the oven off and let it cool over night.
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Did you read the entire thread or the summary above?
Of course I didn't read the whole thread. 250 replies and 13 pages. People need to put all the details in the original post and not 10 follow ups.
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