RainDodger
Member
Hey, everyone -
I've run into an issue I've not seen before. I've loaded thousands upon thousands of 9mm rounds over the last 4 decades and never had a problem.
I happened to acquire roughly 15,000 once-fired military cases. I started sizing and priming them. I've primed with CCI, Winchester and Remington primers, and I've seated them with either a bench-mounted priming tool, or a heavy single stage press. The primers are all well-seated in the bottom of the pockets.... and it appears to me that the pockets are deeper than I've seen before. The primer is certainly not flush with the case head - it's sitting depressed a couple of thousandths probably.
Out of 100 rounds loaded, I might see 7 or 8 failure-to-fire cartridges, and I think it's the primer depth that's causing it. They're simply too deep. (Obviously, you can't purposely NOT seat the primer deep enough so it remains flush with the case head, or it won't detonate that way either.)
My question is - you guys that load military brass... have you seen primer pockets that are deeper than commercial brass?
I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY don't want to send 15,000 once-fired 9mm cases to the recycler....
I've run into an issue I've not seen before. I've loaded thousands upon thousands of 9mm rounds over the last 4 decades and never had a problem.
I happened to acquire roughly 15,000 once-fired military cases. I started sizing and priming them. I've primed with CCI, Winchester and Remington primers, and I've seated them with either a bench-mounted priming tool, or a heavy single stage press. The primers are all well-seated in the bottom of the pockets.... and it appears to me that the pockets are deeper than I've seen before. The primer is certainly not flush with the case head - it's sitting depressed a couple of thousandths probably.
Out of 100 rounds loaded, I might see 7 or 8 failure-to-fire cartridges, and I think it's the primer depth that's causing it. They're simply too deep. (Obviously, you can't purposely NOT seat the primer deep enough so it remains flush with the case head, or it won't detonate that way either.)
My question is - you guys that load military brass... have you seen primer pockets that are deeper than commercial brass?
I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY don't want to send 15,000 once-fired 9mm cases to the recycler....