Reloading ooops

bungiex88 · December 15, 2015, 10:17 PM

Was loading some 6mm remington and was seating primers in. Reloading 20 of them and after I got done priming was inspecting and noticed small half moon indent. Then I realized the last time I primed was 222 I forgot to change the ram to large primer. I checked the seating of the primers and is exactly the same as my other 6mm when I used the correct ram. Is this something to worry about or not. I went ahead and loaded them up. But now I'm second guessing myself. Any thoughts.

hooligan1 · December 15, 2015, 10:34 PM

That's probably not a big deal as long as they fully seated..

Longshot4 · December 16, 2015, 12:48 AM

Of course you want to avoid repeating the mistake. I would go ahead and use the rounds you had loaded. Although If you would inspect your work as you go you can avoid many issues as they come up.

Do you use a primer pocket uniformer on your pockets? It can be used to avoid similar looking primers.

Kosh75287 · December 16, 2015, 01:08 AM

Unless your reloads are on the ragged edge of maximum pressure (and perhaps not even then), you'll probably not notice a difference. I agree with the previous posters that it'd be prudent to include a step in your process to avert such things in the future. I think we've all done something like that at one time or another, though.

overthere · December 16, 2015, 07:18 AM

Have done the same thing a couple of times and had no issues, they all went bang without side effects

bungiex88 · December 16, 2015, 08:58 AM

Yea I didn't know what I was thinking I'm pretty anal about reloading. I even measure every load completed to make sure everything weighs about the same. I usually check every primer after seating it just slipped my mind. The pressure I reload to with this load is the lowest on the scale.

Smoke & Recoil · December 16, 2015, 09:07 AM

@ bungiex88,
You may find this thread interesting...pertaining to OOP'S
https://thefiringline.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=559475

December 15, 2015, 10:17 PM	#1
bungiex88 Senior Member Join Date: May 14, 2015 Location: central pa Posts: 264	Reloading ooops Was loading some 6mm remington and was seating primers in. Reloading 20 of them and after I got done priming was inspecting and noticed small half moon indent. Then I realized the last time I primed was 222 I forgot to change the ram to large primer. I checked the seating of the primers and is exactly the same as my other 6mm when I used the correct ram. Is this something to worry about or not. I went ahead and loaded them up. But now I'm second guessing myself. Any thoughts. __________________ Life is to short to give a darn

December 15, 2015, 10:34 PM	#2
hooligan1 Senior Member Join Date: July 18, 2010 Location: Independence Missouri Posts: 4,586	That's probably not a big deal as long as they fully seated.. __________________ Keep your Axe sharp and your powder dry.

December 16, 2015, 01:08 AM	#4
Kosh75287 Senior Member Join Date: October 15, 2007 Posts: 820	Unless your reloads are on the ragged edge of maximum pressure (and perhaps not even then), you'll probably not notice a difference. I agree with the previous posters that it'd be prudent to include a step in your process to avert such things in the future. I think we've all done something like that at one time or another, though. __________________ GOD BLESS JEFF COOPER, whose instructions, consultations, and publications have probably saved more lives than can ever be reliably calculated. DVC, sir. انجلو. المسلحة. جاهزة. Carpe SCOTCH!

December 16, 2015, 08:58 AM	#6
bungiex88 Senior Member Join Date: May 14, 2015 Location: central pa Posts: 264	Yea I didn't know what I was thinking I'm pretty anal about reloading. I even measure every load completed to make sure everything weighs about the same. I usually check every primer after seating it just slipped my mind. The pressure I reload to with this load is the lowest on the scale. __________________ Life is to short to give a darn

December 16, 2015, 09:07 AM	#7
Smoke & Recoil Senior Member Join Date: August 23, 2008 Location: East shore of Lake Michigan. Posts: 714	@ bungiex88, You may find this thread interesting...pertaining to OOP'S https://thefiringline.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=559475 __________________ Sent from my Tandy 1000

December 16, 2015, 12:48 AM	#3
Longshot4 Senior Member Join Date: February 22, 2014 Posts: 868	Of course you want to avoid repeating the mistake. I would go ahead and use the rounds you had loaded. Although If you would inspect your work as you go you can avoid many issues as they come up. Do you use a primer pocket uniformer on your pockets? It can be used to avoid similar looking primers.

December 16, 2015, 07:18 AM	#5
overthere Senior Member Join Date: July 20, 2012 Posts: 290	Have done the same thing a couple of times and had no issues, they all went bang without side effects