Thread: My first F up

It didn't take long for me to make a balls up early on in my reloading career.
I have managed to get a primer stuck half way into a hornady shell, and primer is slightly skewed as well. Now not able to remove shell from shell holder as primer is blocking its exit.

What is the best way to remove the culprit without too much risk?

Also, while I am at it, what is the deal with Hornady brass, from sst factory amo? It seems to have a crimp or such around the primer pocket, which has caused more than a few primers to be either very stiff to get in, or they wont go at all, so I discard that shell.

Put some safety glasses on and whack it up through the full length die again

Take the stem out of a die and tap the primer out with it.

Stand on a box so you can see what you doing.

Safety glasses and deprime.

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Stick to catching pilchers Pengy it's much safer! I have a finely ground file to knock em out thru the flash hole

If you are priming with your press just use your size die and push it out put safety glasses on as Ryan said but is safe I've done it a few times.
As for the crimp i have used my deburing tool which worked on the ones i needed to do.

+1 deprime w goggles. Some brass seems too have very tight primer pockets, or some times too shallow. Get a primer pocket uniformer or reamer and have at it. No need to bin the brass.

I don't know about you other fellahs but I for one am not buying it that this is Pengy's first ever fuck up. Nope, no way.

Welcome to my world Pengy....looks like we are the Morcambe and Wise of the forum this week.......put some safety glasses on and just hammer the fucker out.

Rushy , you and Happy are nasty nasty buggers

Hornady most likely has a military contract so the priming machines are set up to crimp the primers, once the crimp is cleaned out should have no more problems.

Originally Posted by viper

Welcome to my world Pengy....looks like we are the Morcambe and Wise of the forum this week.......put some safety glasses on and just hammer the fucker out.

Rushy , you and Happy are nasty nasty buggers

Viper, Happy and I are two of the most honest people you could ever meet. We can't help it if Pengy is short and prone to fucking up. Not our doing at all, we merely point it out from time to time.

Put some safety glass's on, screw in your full length die and gently push it out, easy as, I've deprimed plenty this way over the years & never had one go off. Biff the primer

Trouble with this approach is that the case is currently stuck in the hand primer shell holder, which does not fit my press.

Originally Posted by viper

Welcome to my world Pengy....looks like we are the Morcambe and Wise of the forum this week.......put some safety glasses on and just hammer the fucker out.

Rushy , you and Happy are nasty nasty buggers

Can I be Eric