Author Topic: loose primer pockets (Read 566 times)

b. hall · « **on:** November 25, 2003, 02:48:40 PM »

I recently got some .264 win. mag. brass from a friend. Several of the primers seated very easily and one actually fell back out. With the small amount of reloading I've done, I have not encountered this problem. Is my only option to throw away the brass with loose pockets? This is also the first loading I have done for the 264. Can I expect to see a lot of this?

Donna · « **Reply #1 on:** November 25, 2003, 03:27:44 PM »

In short YES. The ones that have loose primer pockets through in the recycle been. Can you expect to find more? I dont know, not with out knowing how hot they were reloaded, the number of times they were reloaded, and the manufacture of the brass.

Donna

Siskiyou · « **Reply #2 on:** November 25, 2003, 05:29:02 PM »

If they are lose I would toss the brass. Better then a face full of gas!

Safety First!

The Shrink · « **Reply #3 on:** November 26, 2003, 01:06:58 AM »

B

What they are telling you is that this brass has been used to create overpressured ammunition. Enlarged primer pockets are one sign of very high pressures. You cannot reduce the size of the primer pocket, and if you shoot one and the primer pops out as the round fires you will get a face full of gas at best. In this as in all reloading, better safe than sorry!

If you can distinguish one sublot that has primer pocket problems, i.e., one box of 20 out of five boxes, then ditch that one box and use the rest. If they are randomly mixed with no way to tell, I would play it safe and ditch all of them, 'cause you don't know which one may fail next.

MF · « **Reply #4 on:** December 07, 2003, 05:41:47 AM »

I had that problem with some 30-06 brass. It was once-fired factory Remington brass. I was using Winchester large rifle primers in them and they were all loose. I switched to CCI primers and they fit tight just like they were supposed to. I mic'd both primers and the CCI's were just a hair larger. The win primers fit tight in the win and Hornady brass but loose in the rem. Anybody else run into this? Mike

Duffy · « **Reply #5 on:** December 07, 2003, 09:26:12 AM »

Yep! I have some old CCI primers that are very difficult to seat in Good brass. Quit using them because of that and just use them when I get brass thats loose. Most of my brass will seperate or split before the pockets get loose.

Ryan

b. hall · « **Reply #6 on:** December 08, 2003, 01:36:47 PM »

Thanks for the help. I think you may have solved the problem. Some of the brass is Remington and I am using Winchester primers. I think I'll get some CCI's and see what happens. Also I asked the friend I got the brass from about how many times it had been reloaded. He said most of it had never been reloaded.

old06 · « **Reply #7 on:** December 10, 2003, 04:23:15 PM »

Get rid if the brass brass is cheap eyes are expensive :eek: I only take once fired brass. it makes life so simple and try not to reach max for my rifle in my ought six I have some brass since the late 79 or so doesn't get used like it use to but it still holdes primers tight last batch I had to aneal to soften the necks good luck