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Hey guys - I am just getting into reloading and fired off my first batch of rounds this weekend. Overall everything was good, however, I had 4 out of my 20 270 loads that did not fire so I am investigating. Hoping someone with more experience could give me some input.
I'm using my RCBS press w/ the priming arm that it came with to prime. I noticed that it's putting circle indents on the primers after seating - and I feel like i've had to put a ton of force on it to get the primers seated deep enough...it seems excessive but if I don't they end up protruding out. I already took apart the arm and cleaned it, but I can see a small circle barely sticking out on the plug. Anyone know if this is normal with RCBS or is my plug messed up? I'm going to shop for a hand priming tool today...it sounds like that is the way to go anyways.
Any other suggestions to troubleshoot a misfire? I did have one factory Winchester round out of 20 fail to fire as well. Since my 270 is fairly new, I tore the bolt apart and cleaned/lubbed the firing pin assembly. I lubbed it good when I first got the rifle, but I did not take apart the bolt, so I wouldn't be surprised if the firing pin was slightly goobered up with whatever they put on it in the factory..
Thanks for any input,
Pics attached are the rounds that didn't fire (one on the right I tried to fire multiple times thus the bigger crater), a newly primed round with the primer circle i'm seeing and a pic of my primer plug
I'm using my RCBS press w/ the priming arm that it came with to prime. I noticed that it's putting circle indents on the primers after seating - and I feel like i've had to put a ton of force on it to get the primers seated deep enough...it seems excessive but if I don't they end up protruding out. I already took apart the arm and cleaned it, but I can see a small circle barely sticking out on the plug. Anyone know if this is normal with RCBS or is my plug messed up? I'm going to shop for a hand priming tool today...it sounds like that is the way to go anyways.
Any other suggestions to troubleshoot a misfire? I did have one factory Winchester round out of 20 fail to fire as well. Since my 270 is fairly new, I tore the bolt apart and cleaned/lubbed the firing pin assembly. I lubbed it good when I first got the rifle, but I did not take apart the bolt, so I wouldn't be surprised if the firing pin was slightly goobered up with whatever they put on it in the factory..
Thanks for any input,
Pics attached are the rounds that didn't fire (one on the right I tried to fire multiple times thus the bigger crater), a newly primed round with the primer circle i'm seeing and a pic of my primer plug