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Old 454 · April 21, 2013, 04:14 AM

wow amazing stories, I have found a key thing to keep from poping primers is to make sure your pockets on the cases are good and clean.

I decap them then run through a sonic cleaner , dry them real good with the ol'ladies hair dryer.(please don't tell her!)

When seating the primer with the primer rod the primer will make a very distint sound when it seats, and no more primer pops!

My son has got one for his 7.62x54R and he just love spending the day out in the garage banging away.He bought himself some franklin arsonal loading blocks and quit honestly he does a pretty good job loading fairly quickly.he has Herters brass for his reloads.

April 21, 2013, 04:14 AM	#48
Old 454 Senior Member Join Date: August 15, 2011 Location: Chesterton Ind. Posts: 822	wow amazing stories, I have found a key thing to keep from poping primers is to make sure your pockets on the cases are good and clean. I decap them then run through a sonic cleaner , dry them real good with the ol'ladies hair dryer.(please don't tell her!) When seating the primer with the primer rod the primer will make a very distint sound when it seats, and no more primer pops! My son has got one for his 7.62x54R and he just love spending the day out in the garage banging away.He bought himself some franklin arsonal loading blocks and quit honestly he does a pretty good job loading fairly quickly.he has Herters brass for his reloads.