Dimpled Primers

[LRRPF52]

Thanks for the information and good advise guys. Safety is always a top priority. I'm now very cautious about charging my weapon by letting the bolt slam home. It seems safer to control the bolt a little more when charging, with a follow up on the bolt assist. Live and learn.

I've never had this problem, and can really only see it happening with primers not seated deeply and/or the soft primers as mentioned. Feel free to drop the BCG from a locked position on your AR, as long as you have reputable factory ammo, or well quality-controlled hand loads. I eye-ball my hand loads, and prime on the press firmly. All my friends use hand primers, but I prefer priming on the press for some reason...then looking at each case head from the side against the light to ensure there is no primer protrusion.

Also, think about your used cases and especially if you're running them pretty hard, after a few reloads, what happens to primer pockets? Now, lets' say that I seat some really loose primer pockets that don't dislodge when I bang the rim at an angle on my bench, but will that be true with them under recoil in the magazine.........?

Then, loose-pocketed rotten socket perhaps ends up with a protruding primer....gets cycled into battery.....almost.....kaboom!

This is a scenario I have wondered about, which could bypass my QC techniques for primer seating. Who knows? I know I've seated some that gave no resistance, and left me with a very not so warm and fuzzy...

LRRPF52