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Campfire 'Bwana
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Campfire 'Bwana
Joined: Dec 2000
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Thanks, I came out fine. I will say RCBS was great to work with in trying to find the cause and they replaced the hand priming tool with the bench tool that takes standard shell holders and refused to let me pay the difference.
The first time I shot myself in the head...
Meniere's Sucks Big Time!!!
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Joined: Jan 2012
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Campfire Tracker
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Campfire Tracker
Joined: Jan 2012
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Reminds me of high school.....hit a rifle primer on the stage /gym ,with my buck knife...during a quiet assembly....holy crap sounded like a 357 teachers went bizerk.....we played innocent and they never knew.... Bet they still wonder what happened...
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Joined: May 2004
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Campfire Kahuna
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Campfire Kahuna
Joined: May 2004
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Primers do pack some punch and deserve respect. One of my rifles is a 4mm RF which uses only a primed case to propel the lead BB. 800+ fps and it is not quiet at all.
The anvil is a potential hazard to the eyes in case of unscheduled detonation, and differentiating from powder, that is what it does. Detonate. Boom. Don't be puttin' on your 12 year old kid costume and grab the hammer.
Been loading since '72 give'r take, never had one pop on me. Did let my ex distract me once and I seated one upside down. No problem, it was her ammo anyway.
I do not use hand priming tools. The only "priming system" I use is on a MEC900G for loading shotguns. Otherwise, it's old school-in the Rockchucker-one at a time in the ram. I put a seat die in the press before the fact. My eyes are more important than the hobby.
I am..........disturbed.
Concerning the difference between man and the jackass: some observers hold that there isn't any. But this wrongs the jackass. -Twain
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Campfire Outfitter
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Campfire Outfitter
Joined: Jun 2006
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Only experienced it once.... Many years ago with one of the old Lee Loaders tapping it in to seat the primer on a .303 British case. Didn't get hurt but decided I didn't want that happening again. Nowadays I have a small single stage Lee press mostly used for depriming and priming. Do the priming with a Lee Ram-Prime because I like the feel of it as you are seating the primer. Used to use a Lee hand held auto-prime also but eventually started doing it all with the ram-prime. No more slamming for me.
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Campfire Regular
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Campfire Regular
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Never had one detonate while priming but did not notice primer in a case i was annealing case doesn.t have to get real hot before it will wake you up.
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Campfire Ranger
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Campfire Ranger
Joined: Sep 2014
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Set one on the vise and snacked with a hammer. Sumbitch was loud. Wife was not hapoy.
Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!
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