Chief Rick Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Starline .38 Special brass.While depriming/resizing, nothing felt amiss. Then the new primer wouldn't seat. Using a Dillon 550.Ran the brass back into the die to pop the partially seated primer out and found this. I was not able to pry out whatever is left. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Scratch Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 toss it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Rick Posted September 9, 2016 Author Share Posted September 9, 2016 toss it I did - more curious as to why it would happen. I've never seen or heard of this happening before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edward R S Canby, SASS#59971 Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Were you shooting BP or a sub? This is a common problem if cases are not de-primed soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Scratch Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 I have thrown a lot of them away, of course I shoot with a bunch of the Dark side, and wind up with some of their brass Scratch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffield, SASS #23454 Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 This is typical of brass that has been wet and allowed to sit a while before you try to de-prime it. The sides of the primer bond to the case, and the top is pushed off by the de-priming punch of the die. Duffield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Who's primer? Did the brass get wet? What type of powder? OLG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Creek Kid Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Use an easy out if you want to salvage the brass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackey Cole Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Went through a bunch of them IIRC that were bp that soaked for a while. I threw them away as I've plenty in that caliber. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 If I had to go to the trouble of saving it, I would probably use the primer pocket reamer I got to make the pocket depths correct on C45S brass and Magtech 12 gauge brass hulls. I had a lot of 357 magnum cases that had not been reloaded in over 20 years that had primers frozen in place. They were extremely hard to deprime but I don't think any pulled apart like the one you pictured. I do remember having a depriming punch push through a primer and not push it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokestack SASS#87384 Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 That primer is worn out. It was obviously used too much when it was new. 😜 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Rick Posted September 9, 2016 Author Share Posted September 9, 2016 Were you shooting BP or a sub? This is a common problem if cases are not de-primed soon. I currently only shoot smokeless. Who's primer? Did the brass get wet? What type of powder? OLG "IF" it was my reload - Winchester primer, Trail Boss powder. If this was someone else's brass that was returned to me... who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Flimshaw Sass# 73310 Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 The only primer that ever did that for me were the Wolf primers from russia, used to do it occasionally and no, they never got wet, also dillon 550. Obviously I stopped using them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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