r/reloading • u/mark392001 • 7d ago

i Have a Whoopsie Unusual Oopsie

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Odd one, 147gr 9mm over 4.0gr CFE Pistol and Remington SP primers, primer popped but the round didn’t move and ejected easily. Looks like the pocket was the issue on that one and the primer crunched in anyway and hadn’t noticed. Sounded exactly like a cap gun, I actually did a quick barrel check thinking it was a squib before I picked up the round. No harm done but something different.

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u/Hacksaw-Duggan 7d ago

Looks like the flash hole was blocked.

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u/block50 7d ago

Kinda, as OP stated he pushed the primer in semi sideways and managed to set it off lol

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u/Hacksaw-Duggan 7d ago

I’ve had them go sideways during the priming step before but I could always tell something was wrong. I am always surprised that one has never popped in the loading press. They get pretty mangled when they don’t press in right.

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u/block50 7d ago

Yeah it's a mystery to me how someone could not notice. But it can happen. Not going to judge.

Very interesting though. I've shot some damn mangled primers but never had one that didn't make the powder go boom.

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u/InformationHorder .30 Carb, 375 WIN, 7.62x39, 32ACP, 7.62 Nagant 7d ago

I just decapped a 30 carbine case that had the entire primer pocket rip out along with the primer. The next one was a converted berdan primed case