? Re-Seating primers

Ok, I’m having one of those moments, so I probably already know the answer to this. I just noticed on about 200 rounds of 22-250’s and about 80 rounds of 270 WSM that the primers are projecting .012 out of the brass. normally they seat about .003 – .005 inside the pocket of the brass. I know Federal uses Basic for their chemical make-up and are much more sensitive. Leave’m and shoot them? Adjust the press pin and re-seat a primer in a charged round? Pull the bullets, dump the charge, fire the primer, and start over? This isn’t the time I want something to go BOOM

Safety first my friend. Don’t become a Darwin candidate.

I’ve reseated federal primers on empty cases without an issue, just never had the balls to do it on a loaded case. 12ths thats a bunch Randy what happened?

Jeff, the pin in my Lee priming tool took a dump. I just got done going back over everything I loaded in the last two months I found where they went from seated correctly to flush with the base, to projecting out. I figure I have about 350 rounds total between 22-250, 270 WSM, and a 270 win. I also loaded 100 rounds for a buddy of mine and he’s checking those when he gets back from CO. Most of them are the 22-250, so I’ll probably shoot most of them off plinking at the farm.
I’ve never re-seated bullets, so I’ll be trying that with the 270’s. Those Barnes bullets aren’t cheap but neither is vision or death.
I just can’t work up the nerve to put them in my lyman press and finish the job But if your feeling brave, I’ll set the press up at the picnic table and bring ya a cold soda (beer when your done)

Im assuming the primer pockets were cleaned well Randy…
I have reseated primers a coupel times but do NOT recommend that many… Pull the bullets, dump the powder, pop the old primers and reload my friend…

BTW…Put an RCBS Master kit on Santa’s list…

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Im assuming the primer pockets were cleaned well Randy…
I have reseated primers a coupel times but do NOT recommend that many… Pull the bullets, dump the powder, pop the old primers and reload my friend…

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Totally agree. It’s an evening’s work, but a small price in exchange for safety. The idea of a primer pushing out and blowing searing hot gasses back into my face is NOT a picture that I like to dwell on.

Not to lecture, but for those who are newer to reloading, this is why you must inspect EVERY cartridge at EVERY STAGE of the reloading process.

It’s so easy to get mechanical about the whole thing and then realize 100, 200, or 300 rounds later that something’s gone wrong. Believe me, I’ve been there/done that and had the “Oh shXX!” moment where I realized that somehow my powder measure had jammed and was only throwing about a half charge in each round! Of course, the question was how many seated rouds now had only half a charge? Oh my aching buttski. Time to get out the puller. . .

Inspect, inspect, inspect.

Grouse

I got lazy and was inserting primers while watching tv. STUPID mistake, I knew better…and just simply got lazy on the process and paid the price. Did have fun this week at my range I’m sure the neighbors were wondering if I was hosting a military shoot

Major bummer man But I’d dump ’em….I’ve had this happen but not on as many rounds….I used to use the Hornady puller, but when I had my Hornady V-Max’s in there (.270), I went and got a Kinetic (hammer type) bullet ‘knocker’.. Saved the bullets that way, and re-seated the primers. But I also took the primer punch out of the sizer/decapper and re-opened the ‘throat'(neck)before re-seating the bullets…
Slow and easy