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p loader · October 19, 2012, 02:28 PM

I did not try to re-fire the round, the primer had a good dent in it from the firing pin. At this stage of my reloading I'm going pretty slow and I make sure each primer is seating flush, but maybe it wasn't.

I'm also careful never to touch the primers with my hands. In any event I'm sure that misfire was due to something I did, rather than the primer failing (as you mentioned that seems pretty rare). I'm just not sure what that is at this point.

I also am considering splitting my reloading process up into two parts.

1- case prep
2- the rest of it

Knock out the old primers, remove crimp from NATO brass, clean primer pocket...

Do all of that as prep work and then go into production.

October 19, 2012, 02:28 PM	#15
p loader Senior Member Join Date: October 1, 2012 Posts: 148	I did not try to re-fire the round, the primer had a good dent in it from the firing pin. At this stage of my reloading I'm going pretty slow and I make sure each primer is seating flush, but maybe it wasn't. I'm also careful never to touch the primers with my hands. In any event I'm sure that misfire was due to something I did, rather than the primer failing (as you mentioned that seems pretty rare). I'm just not sure what that is at this point. I also am considering splitting my reloading process up into two parts. 1- case prep 2- the rest of it Knock out the old primers, remove crimp from NATO brass, clean primer pocket... Do all of that as prep work and then go into production.