New brass issues

[divingin]

He is a civilian now, so your saying most former military servicemen don't reload... you would be surprised how many reload.

Most ex-military guys and gals I know don't even shoot, much less reload.

 

[divingin]

I SAID it was small primed brass, A small primer would just fall into the primer pocket but a large wouldn't go in.. So why would a small primer just fall into a small primer pocket.
Yes he has a pocket swager

Actually, you never said it was small-primed brass.

Crimped large primer brass will allow a small primer to wallow around in the pocket, and the crimp will prevent a large primer (the correct size) from seating without a lot of force, if at all. Throwing a set of calipers at it would tell you: 0.175"(ish) is small primer, 0.212"(ish) is large. If it's in between, the conspiracy may commence.

The image in your first post appears to show large-primer 45 ACP brass.

This is what small primer brass looks like (note the width of exposed head between primer and edge of rim):


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[Webster]

This is exactly right. I was Air Force Security Forces and we also managed and manned the Armory. The only time anyone outside of those few groups mentioned ever touched a firearm was for qualifying. And once in a blue moon, pilots would check out an M9. Being in the military doesn't make one an arms expert.

The only thing we were taught was how to put the cartridges in a magazine. Everything else came after that.
1st infantry division Vietnam1965-66.

 

[tommeboy]

You can make fun of the people not knowing about primer sizes but did you know that in WWII there was a medium sized primer in 45acp? The old FA cases used a .206" diameter primer. Smaller than a LP but bigger than a SP. Don't think that you know everything. Some people have more knowledge than others.

 

[Pheasanthunter]

I SAID it was small primed brass, A small primer would just fall into the primer pocket but a large wouldn't go in.. So why would a small primer just fall into a small primer pocket.
Yes he has a pocket swager

The way I read your post was you thought it looked like something BETWEEN and small and large primer. I think members SSL and Webster told you the correct problem according to the pictures

 

[Bill K]

Why? They almost never reload; they use only issued ammo.

Service men/woman don't reload the ammo they shoot, only the elite competitive personal do. Most don't even know their service ammo is crimped on the primers.
And the party doing this reloading sure never read the front pages of most all reloading manuals that show how and what to do to reload a case.
Very interesting...... SMILE.

 

[NZ_Fclass]

His military experience may have been.
1) admin. aka "Remington Raiders"
2) supply. aka "Skivvy Stackers"
not much range time and NO reloading of ammunition

Better than the Creedmoor Commandos.

Not really taking the "p". Just getting round to getting one and enlisting...

 

[SeabeeKen]

Much of the civilian cases I find at the range in 223, 45, 9mm are crimped now. The maker doesn't know what type firearm it will be fired in and a loose primer in the locking lugs of an AR can cause a problem. I was the only handloader I knew of in my unit, but I didnt know everyone.
That discord has quite a few in there that think blowing up guns and cases is funny. I saw one fella showing pictures of a Dr removing shrapnel from his hand. Reloading steel cases etc. An older knowledgeable fella is referred to as a fudd. I left as soon as I realized the rampant idiocy.