Help me get into reloading

[Josh89]

Here's a cratered primer with brass flowing to the ejector cut (note mark over the "F")....another sign of high pressure.
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So I found some brass that had marks on it like that,funny thing was it was all from factory ammo.

 

[ageingstudent]

Did you just find that or was it from yours?

I found several in the brass I scrounged this weekend. Definently not mine. Probably from someone trying to make 9mm major in match play.

 

[ageingstudent]

So I found some brass that had marks on it like that,funny thing was it was all from factory ammo.

Good eye it happens with factory hot stuff too. It isn't just us who reload that should be keeping an eye on their brass. I had some HSM in 45 that was hotter than I like it. It left ejector marks.

 

[ageingstudent]

Here's a cratered primer with brass flowing to the ejector cut (note mark over the "F")....another sign of high pressure.
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So @Josh89 this pic from @DirectDrive is really good. Sometimes you can get cratering like that from a loose firing pin hole, and it may or may not be due to overpressure. But the cut mark over the F on the headstamp and the bolt face marks make it pretty clear. That's the kind of stuff your looking for, though it's pretty rare to se that in pistol.

 

[Caveman Jim]

Now y'all have done it!!!!! Thanks a lot....
I just ordered this with 1 extra turret, 2 risers for the powder throwers & an extra powder thrower .

LEE PRECISION 4 HOLE TURRET PRESS DELUXE KIT | Brownells

 

[Josh89]

Now y'all have done it!!!!! Thanks a lot....
I just ordered this with 1 extra turret, 2 risers for the powder throwers & an extra powder thrower .

LEE PRECISION 4 HOLE TURRET PRESS DELUXE KIT | Brownells

You'll like it,pretty easy to get set up and going if you haven't used one before.i got a Lyman book as well between the Lee and Lyman books and the info on here I got a pretty good start

 

[Caveman Jim]

You'll like it,pretty easy to get set up and going if you haven't used one before.i got a Lyman book as well between the Lee and Lyman books and the info on here I got a pretty good start

Thanks, I started last year and bought an RCBS RS single stage press & added a lot of stuff to it. I'll most likely keep it set up for decapping.

 

[Member 5605]

Here's a cratered primer with brass flowing to the ejector cut (note mark over the "F")....another sign of high pressure.
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Not always. (On the primer) but always when the ejector is stamped but the stamped ejector can also be more a sign of excessive headspace than over pressure.

Remington 700's as of lately leave a crater because there is like .004" of slop around the firing pin and the hole in the bolt.

 

[Member 5605]

Now y'all have done it!!!!! Thanks a lot....
I just ordered this with 1 extra turret, 2 risers for the powder throwers & an extra powder thrower .

LEE PRECISION 4 HOLE TURRET PRESS DELUXE KIT | Brownells

Keep going homie. Or stop now...

 

[ageingstudent]

Not always. (On the primer) but always when the ejector is stamped but the stamped ejector can also be more a sign of excessive headspace than over pressure.

Remington 700's as of lately leave a crater because there is like .004" of slop around the firing pin and the hole in the bolt.

True about the headspace, which is a whole nother problem. I think the point is that watching your brass is a good idea.
I have a savage Axis 22-250 that likes to crater with a sloppy firing pin with average pressures. But the primers start getting flatter and the bolt face marks let me know when I'm approaching max.

 

[ageingstudent]

Now y'all have done it!!!!! Thanks a lot....
I just ordered this with 1 extra turret, 2 risers for the powder throwers & an extra powder thrower .

LEE PRECISION 4 HOLE TURRET PRESS DELUXE KIT | Brownells

Inline Fabrication makes a nice auto eject system that works really well For the LCT. If you want to speed up your pistol and .223 production it's an excellent value. I was skeptical before I added it to my press but I really like it.

 

[DirectDrive]

Not always. (On the primer) but always when the ejector is stamped but the stamped ejector can also be more a sign of excessive headspace. than over pressure.

Remington 700's as of lately leave a crater because there is like .004" of slop around the firing pin and the hole in the bolt.

Any unsupported area of the bolt face will yield high pressure clues, because as we know, brass "flows" every time it is hit with pressure and will find those areas.
The ejector cut and an oversize primer hole are unsupported areas of the bolt face.
So in summary, get to know your particular firearm and what "normal" spent brass looks like.

 

[Tilos]

Keep going homie. Or stop now...

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Nice rack...

 

[Caveman Jim]

Keep going homie. Or stop now...

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God help me, just two years ago I had that many calibers & consolidated down to 40S&W & 223....
Now going to add 300 BO, dang, need to order more stuff..... I'm hooked!!!!!!!

 

[jordanka16]

I like having a lot of different calibers, gives you variety when you go shooting, at the moment I load for about 13 calibers but I add more all the time, several of those I don't own guns for but I load for friends. The nice thing is you can shoot odd ball or expensive calibers for not much more than common ones, when I use my own cast bullets the difference in price between 45 and .44 Magnum is about 15 grains of powder, about 5 cents a round.

 

[Crohnos01]

Nice rack...

Wait...what ? Where??..... Oh.... THAT rack..... dang, my mind was elsewhere for a minute ....