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FrankenMauser · December 2, 2012, 03:34 PM

550B's #1 cause of failure-to-prime.....
....the operator forgetting to push forward on the handle.

Missing a primer can create quite a mess. I make it a habit to pay attention to primer seating. You can feel, during seating, if a primer was missed by the primer slide. But... I haven't had either of my primer slides fail to pick up a primer in a very long time (even with sharp-edged CCI primers).

December 2, 2012, 03:34 PM	#13
FrankenMauser Senior Member Join Date: August 25, 2008 Location: In the valley above the plain Posts: 13,424	550B's #1 cause of failure-to-prime..... ....the operator forgetting to push forward on the handle. Missing a primer can create quite a mess. I make it a habit to pay attention to primer seating. You can feel, during seating, if a primer was missed by the primer slide. But... I haven't had either of my primer slides fail to pick up a primer in a very long time (even with sharp-edged CCI primers). __________________ Don't even try it. It's even worse than the internet would lead you to believe.