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mc223 · May 27, 2007, 04:45 PM

I would say that reaming of primer pockets can be a bad thing. If the loads for the bolt gun were a max type load the pockets could have been stretched and reaming only exagerated an existing condition.
And the loads may be too light for the powder in your rifle. Are the cases sooty?
I have blown primers with max loads in hot weather with Win 748 and BL-C2.

May 27, 2007, 04:45 PM	#2
mc223 Senior Member Join Date: January 20, 2007 Location: n/w Wisconsin Posts: 365	I would say that reaming of primer pockets can be a bad thing. If the loads for the bolt gun were a max type load the pockets could have been stretched and reaming only exagerated an existing condition. And the loads may be too light for the powder in your rifle. Are the cases sooty? I have blown primers with max loads in hot weather with Win 748 and BL-C2.