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Offline Dusty Earl

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Missing primers
« on: December 22, 2014, 08:16:50 AM »
My friend called me up yesterday who is new to reloading all worried. He found at least 6 once used cases out of a 100 that had no primers. They are 357 mag remmington cases. He was using 125 gr cast bullets and a light load of trail boss. Could have been fired in a 1873 winchester or a ruger vaquero. I have never noticed this in all the years I have been reloading.
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Offline August

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Re: Missing primers
« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2014, 10:51:19 AM »
An unusually light load, in combination with generous headspace, would cause this.

Is your friend using load information for the .38 special in those larger cases by chance?
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Offline MrWolf

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Re: Missing primers
« Reply #2 on: December 23, 2014, 09:25:06 AM »
Were the cases originally loaded by your friend? Does he remember a few cases where he had an issue seating primers. Possibly swaged the pocket if that happened and primers were lose after firing.
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