I have never had this happen in the 35+ years reloading

[KnotRight]

I can not imagine how many cases that I have deprimed in my lifetime. The was the first time this ever happened. The row on the left are normal, the middle 2 the primer cap came off and the one on the right, the cap is still attached to the primer.

 

[falconew]

I have had a few where the primer pin goes right through the primer. I guess a hell of a crimp. But that’s strange.

 

[RetiredUSNChief]

Does this mean you have to use a ball peen hammer to seat new primers in those other cases?

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That's pretty impressive to me...and I've not done any reloading yet.

 

[KnotRight]

Does this mean you have to use a ball peen hammer to seat new primers in those other cases?

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That's pretty impressive to me...and I've not done any reloading yet.

A friend gave me about 75 cases and these the primer size got stuck in the pocket.

 

[REELDOC]

Lots of corrosion on the right side rows. Also, can't tell from the pic are they crimped?

 

[KnotRight]

I am thinking that these were reloads and whoever reloaded them over charged the round and it flattened the primer so bad that it caused a weak ring around the cup of the primer. If you look at the picture with the cap still in the primer, it shows somewhat of a flattened primer. The corrosion helped keep the primer in the pocket while the weak spot broke.

 

[Charlie]

Corrosion is probably the reason they did that. I have had that happen with cases that got wet and that were not deprimed for a while. I have had that problem with some factory "fresh" rounds that had corrosion inside the case when I fired them. I did not fire all of them and found the corrosion when I pulled the rest. I also had one unusual headstamp of 308 that would do that everytime.

 

[Beef15]

I've had a few here and there 5.56. Seems like possibly a couple pistol. Best I could tell it was corrosion, mine was range pick-up brass no doubt that could've laid around for years.

 

[clay_fv]

I've had that happen to several from range pick up brass. (Meaning I picked it up.) I have zero doubt it was corrosion as these rounds had been on the ground for weeks out in the rain.

 

[GymB]

Yeah, that’s corrosion.

 

[john galt]

I can not imagine how many cases that I have deprimed in my lifetime. The was the first time this ever happened. The row on the left are normal, the middle 2 the primer cap came off and the one on the right, the cap is still attached to the primer.

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You working for Winchester ammo now? JK that is odd..

 

[Windini]

I just recently had that happen with a few 209's in shotshells. They were new shells. I didn't notice until I tried to press in the new primers. Fortunately,I'm past the "push harder!" stage!!

 

[Bahamadon]

Same thing happened to me recently. I'm on the corrosion bandwagon. But I also consider that the ammo manufacturers are probably running at full speed these days , and the faster you go the easier it is to get off track.

 

[Grits]

We're these cases cleaned using a liquid cleaning agent? Reason I ask. The only time I ever had any issues like this was when I didn't deprime and used dawn and lemishine to soak the brass.

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[KnotRight]

Grits, a friend gave me the brass which he picked up at the range.

 

[Toprudder]

I’ve had it happen on occasion. It always seems to be range pickup brass when it happens.

I’ve heard them called “ringers” due to the ring left inside the pocket.

 

[Sasquatch]

Ok, whoa- when I saw those in the middle, I assumed it was some kind of fancy crimp. I assume they're junk as you can't fit a primer in them?