Thread: Winchester primer fail

An experienced reloader mate contacted me the other day with a serious problem.

He was loading some 7-08 bullets with 139s & 2209 for some young guys.

He was extremely concerned that the starting loads did this.



I'm not sure how old the primers are, but you can clearly see where they had pierced on the edge of them.

I think only two or three did this & they have gas cut the bolt face

I showed him some images off Google of exactly the same thing.

He got some different primers so will be good to go.