3006Sprng
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Hi all, ran into a new issue along my reloading journey, wanted to see if anyone else out there has seen the same thing.
Long story short, while working up a 180 grain load for my 30-06 I have now had 3/20 rounds fail to fire. I have yet to see this out of this brick of primers, I was 300/300 good before this, so I will elaborate on some other information that might add to this.
First time using virgin brass, I did FL size the brass because I got it from someone else years ago, and it had dented case mouths, so I wanted to straighten it out and make sure everything was straight and true, Shoulders were moved .002-.003.
I ran the same brand of primers, seating depth seemed good, no oddities, all slightly below flush. After firing, primers are not FLAT, but they are semi flattened, no other pressure signs such as cratering,
On one of the reloads that went "click........ no bang", I put it back in and it went bang.
Everything else was good, accuracy was superb, right at or slightly under 1" at all charges, velocity was much higher than expected with no other issues.
I want to see some opinions of thoughts of some seasoned reloaders,
Headspacing/sizing issue from FL sizing virgin brass?
The more unlikely "crap primers"?
The more highly unlikely "shot firing pin spring"?. (Ran an entire box of factory ammo, zero misfires).
What do you guys think?
Long story short, while working up a 180 grain load for my 30-06 I have now had 3/20 rounds fail to fire. I have yet to see this out of this brick of primers, I was 300/300 good before this, so I will elaborate on some other information that might add to this.
First time using virgin brass, I did FL size the brass because I got it from someone else years ago, and it had dented case mouths, so I wanted to straighten it out and make sure everything was straight and true, Shoulders were moved .002-.003.
I ran the same brand of primers, seating depth seemed good, no oddities, all slightly below flush. After firing, primers are not FLAT, but they are semi flattened, no other pressure signs such as cratering,
On one of the reloads that went "click........ no bang", I put it back in and it went bang.
Everything else was good, accuracy was superb, right at or slightly under 1" at all charges, velocity was much higher than expected with no other issues.
I want to see some opinions of thoughts of some seasoned reloaders,
Headspacing/sizing issue from FL sizing virgin brass?
The more unlikely "crap primers"?
The more highly unlikely "shot firing pin spring"?. (Ran an entire box of factory ammo, zero misfires).
What do you guys think?
