Today at the Bench.....

[Jbotto]

Glad you had a productive day out wat the range JTD! My wife and I went out yesterday to get her some more time behind the .243 before we get too serious into this hunting season. This is one rifle I felt like I had squared away but it seems I made some mistakes on this last batch of loading. Some of the primer pockets were getting loose in this brass. It was the first time I had experienced it with this batch I thought they’d be fine. I had two or three from the 40 we shot leak spot from around the primers, and one backed out completely. I’m torn. I have 50 rounds of this batch left. These loads are on the warm side but this is their 5th loading. I should have scrapped the loose ones as I primed them but thought I’d be ok. Well the one that backed the primer out gummed up the ejector and the bolt is now soaking to hope it’ll loosen up. Planning to take it apart tonight after work. What would you guys do about this?


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[JeffreyDeGraff]

Glad you had a productive day out wat the range JTD! My wife and I went out yesterday to get her some more time behind the .243 before we get too serious into this hunting season. This is one rifle I felt like I had squared away but it seems I made some mistakes on this last batch of loading. Some of the primer pockets were getting loose in this brass. It was the first time I had experienced it with this batch I thought they’d be fine. I had two or three from the 40 we shot leak spot from around the primers, and one backed out completely. I’m torn. I have 50 rounds of this batch left. These loads are on the warm side but this is their 5th loading. I should have scrapped the loose ones as I primed them but thought I’d be ok. Well the one that backed the primer out gummed up the ejector and the bolt is now soaking to hope it’ll loosen up. Planning to take it apart tonight after work. What would you guys do about this?


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You’ve got 50 loaded rounds with the brass in question? Ive shot brass with loose pockets before, without any issues. If the primers are very loose, you could tap the brass on the edge of your bench, if any of the primers come out or start to come out, you can cull those out of the bunch. Ive used that method before. It’s not fool proof, but can help you identify the worst ones.


JTD

[Jbotto]

You’ve got 50 loaded rounds with the brass in question? Ive shot brass with loose pockets before, without any issues. If the primers are very loose, you could tap the brass on the edge of your bench, if any of the primers come out or start to come out, you can cull those out of the bunch. Ive used that method before. It’s not fool proof, but can help you identify the worst ones.


JTD

Thanks, yeah 50 left of the original batch. I will try tapping them all to see if I can remove any that are really bad, that’s a good idea!


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[Mbaker78]

Thanks, yeah 50 left of the original batch. I will try tapping them all to see if I can remove any that are really bad, that’s a good idea!


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I hand or bench prime as opposed to on my progressive, so I can feel if any of the pockets are loose when seating. Amy that are noticably loose get marked across the bottom with a sharpie and culled after firing.

[Jbotto]

I hand or bench prime as opposed to on my progressive, so I can feel if any of the pockets are loose when seating. Amy that are noticably loose get marked across the bottom with a sharpie and culled after firing.

I use a Lee hand primer but I didn’t mark them when I felt the few that went in easy. It was an afterthought and a mistake on my end. I did pull the ejector out of the bolt this evening. Spring behind the ejector looks like it got pushed into itself but the ejector and retaining pin look good still. With most of all my centerfires being some derivative of the Savage 110, I should be able to steal some replacements from a different rifle for now.


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