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Was loading some Hornady Whitetail brass today and when I went to seat the primers they were tight as. I had to squeeze them in hard so I could get them out of the shell holder. Once out they were still protruding out about a mil or two. I was using Federal 210 Large rifle primers, some other brass I was loading seated the primers perfectly. Has this happened to you before?Attachment 169564
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Circle crimp around the factory primer? What happens if you ream the pocket?
Have you got a vernier to measure primer length/diameter and pocket depth/diameter. Be pretty hard to tell difference in diameters for a tolerance on the press fit though.
Yes measure the primer thickness / depth. I once had a run of a rand of primers that protruded. When I measured them they were out of spec compared to my usual cci's.
Yep, have seen several times (different calibres) with Norma brass and Fed primers. Have to ream out the pockets thoroughly and even then the primers are pretty tight
My vernier aren't the flash ones but I might try reaming them out a bit, don't like chucking once fired brass.
I have always found Fed primers to be tight, even when reamed on some calibers, seems to be on small and large. I didnt like what they did on a meaty dillon 1050. It would shove them in regardless ( it has an inbuilt swager ) but smear a semicircle of outer primer pocket, like a sliver of moon.
Tap em home with a small hammer. Make sure to use a ball pein for safety reasons.
Do I need to add a disclaimer to the previous statement???
just wait.....99% sure I can link to another case of this in the states...also hornady..the primer pockets are an oddball size...IF you can proove they are,I reckon you can get hornady to supply you some virgin brass.....
hold the line caller.
https://www.huntingnut.com/index.php...wtopic&t=14862
there you go mate......
Was a thread recently about hornady brass, primers were crimped in factory loads
see link I put up...ITS NOT CRIMP which was my first thought too,as Hornady have been crimping the superpreformance line and it seems to have carried over to other lines....these oddball cases are different...buggered if I can suss out where they got oddball primers from....unless whole shebang is a Chinese ripoff counterfeit nothing makes sense
Thanks guys for the links sounds as if it is a common problem with this Hornady brass. I will email Hornady and send some pics to see what they say but using the deburring tool might fix them.
dont think it will going by other fellas findings...the whole primer pocket is smaller.... keep us posted on how you get on.
I emailed Hornady and sent a couple of pics to see what they think/say will let you know.
make sure you keep a hold of some AS THEY ARE.....
Had a similar thing with vigin Norma brass and 210M. Struggled away for a few and then bent the rim on one of the cases while hand priming so switched to Winny LR and sweet as. Load shot better too.
I’ve had it with new and fired Norma 300WSM brass and Fed Mag primers. The worse bit is it makes it hard to measure COAL.
Even in the link you put up, the guy had a reply from Hornady saying the primer pockets were probably crimped.Quote:
Originally Posted by Micky Duck
It might not be the problem, but it’s the most likely given several forum members have had that issue with Hornady brass.
Do you have a primer pocket swaging tool to try?
@Cigar...yeah we all THOUGHT THAT too...but Pete removed crimp TWICE....EG he really gave it arseholes and it didnt fix issue because the whole primer pocket was too small...crimp removal,usually with case mouth tool will put awesome taper on start of primer pocket...but that didnt work....Quote:
Originally Posted by Cigar
Ive seen the crimp issue with hornady brass...but not this issue...there is something seriously WRONG going on here....
Or you could grind the primers down a litttle bit.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Mauser308
I'd heard Hornady brass can be a bit hit and miss on QC? I try to stick to Lapua and Norma where possible, but did use some Hornady once fired-factory ammo in 7mmRM for a mate and it was good as gold.
Tight primer pockets will be made worse by using Federal primers (at least in LR/LRM) as they are 1 thou larger in diameter from memory and this can be helpful for tired primer pockets. I remember checking this a few years ago against CCI primers.
So are you seating primers with a reloading press..or a separate dedicated priming tool??
Just a tip for some in regards to crimped primer pockets, all that is required is a light deburring of the inside edge... I have had this heaps with factory loaded Fed 7RM and 308 brass and Lapua 308.
As stated the above doesnt look like crimped primers as there will be 3 distinctive crimp marks and I cant see them above
@Gibo there are a few different types of crimps I believe. Ring crimp not so obvious
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Iv had the exact problem in the past , it’s just a slight bur from the factory putting the primer in , to solve it I simply used my chamfer tool only takes 1 or 2 turns & good to go , just don’t take too much off.
https://www.google.co.nz/search?q=le...5cPpZTO7ejJELM
I have only seen Hornady with the 3 stab marksQuote:
Originally Posted by Hunty1
Was he badly hurt?Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
No, not too bad but was rather brassed offQuote:
Originally Posted by Jhon
Well I still haven't heard back from Hornady so I took the chamfering tool to the primer pockets and it seems to have solved the problem. Thanks for all the replies.
