Comments on: Primer Chain Reaction — Flash Ignites More Primers in Tool Tray

By: Jonathan t Lennon

Jonathan t Lennon — Sat, 01 Jul 2023 21:44:57 +0000

If the primer needs more than light force to seat ,STOP and set it aside till you can decap it to figure out what made it so tight.

By: Jonathan t Lennon

Jonathan t Lennon — Sat, 01 Jul 2023 21:43:16 +0000

I use a one at a time approach using the 21st century tool after hearing of this a while back. The trick is if the primer needs more than light force to gi , SYOP and set it aside to decap and find out what the cause was.

By: tylerw02

tylerw02 — Sat, 23 Jul 2022 21:06:56 +0000

Imagine all that money wasted on those irreplaceable primers!

By: Grant

Grant — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 14:38:19 +0000

After wearing out one Lee Auto-Prime every year, I switched to a K&M priming tool. I only shoot them one an a time…may as well prime them one at a time for peace of mind.

By: RG-The Netherlands

RG-The Netherlands — Fri, 22 Jul 2022 11:41:14 +0000

Had the same thing happen to me way back in the 90’s. Tried to seat a stubborn Fed LP primer with a Lee handeld seating tool and the primer detonated taking the other 70 or so primers along. I only had cuts and bruises in my hand but the Lee seater was shredded and primer anvils stuck like mini ninja stars in my ceiling. Luckily not in my eyes, I was wearing I protection. Was quite a scary exprience. It felt like fireworks went off in my hand.

By: Grant

Grant — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 21:48:49 +0000

I set up a Dillon 1050 w/Mk7 Autodrive, strictly to prime 300AAC brass. I ran a couple of hundred, no problem.

Turned the machine over to another operator and on his 2nd tube of primers…KABOOM…a sympathetic detonation of a full tube of primers…it launched the low-primer follower to the top of a 16′ ceiling and split the primer tube. The guys said it sounded like a 12 guage going off.

If it weren’t for the plaxiglass shield on the machine, somebody would have been hurt for sure.