Thread: Primer question

Originally Posted by johnd

I have had two bangs but only when priming, never with depriming livies. When it goes and you have a full tube of primers you are expecting more bang for you buck thankfully that didnt happen. But it does make me reach for the earmuffs and safety specs.
Both occassions was pistol primers so maybe something in the fact they are thinner skinned.

Yep they are 'more sensitive' by design due to the smaller area for spring power to live in, in the frame of a pistol. Priming using the hand primers is a way to prevent pops over priming in a press where you have a lot more mechanical advantage (or with some presses anyway).