Tried too hard to seat a primer...

[J_McLeod]

My son and I loaded up a few hundred rounds of .223 tonight on my Hornady LNL for a range trip. A little over half way through, I thought I'd gotten a case with a tight primer pocket, and pushed hard on it, but actually the slide hadn't come all the way forward. The primer punch removed a piece of the primer shuttle, and I think flattened it against the case. I never found anything that looks like what's missing. I had about 50 primers still in the tube and decided to see if I could make it work without resorting to dumping them all in glass jar. Surprisingly my press continued to function and feed primers well for the rest of that 50, plus another 50 until I decided to call it a night. I'll have to write Hornady and do some preventive maintenance on the rest of my press.

 

[CLP]

That blood on the floor?

 

[J_McLeod]

No, it's CLP on my bench.

 

[stu1ritter]

I've found with the LnL that any unusual primer resistance and I immediately check the track that the primer slide runs in. The slightest bit of dirt at the front end holds the primer slide back and if you push hard, well, you've seen what happens. I keep an old dental pick handy to pop out whatever ends up in the slide track.
Stu

 

[steelerdude99]

... I had about 50 primers still in the tube and decided to see if I could make it work without resorting to dumping them all in glass jar. ...

I have heard it several times (but don't have an available non-THR reference), primers in glass jar is a bad idea. Here is the THR thread anyhow: http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=413009

chuck

 

[Blue68f100]

I've done similar to that over the last 6 yrs but not as bad as that. I take a file to the bottom front edge of the sled to give it some space for debree. And I use can air to clean it out every couple of primers fills.

Call Hornady CS and they will send you out a new one.

Need to keep the junk out of the sled track.

 

[119er]

^^^Like Blue said, I used a bench grinder to relieve most of the nose of my slide. Enough that kernels of powder and corncob that finds its way from the feeder don't hamper function. No negative experience with that. I still saved the broken one like yours as it is still functional.