Thread: So how much difference does the primer make?

Originally Posted by 7mmsaum

Reading that causes me concern, that’s a sign that there’s a little too much haste or not quite enough care when installing the primers

Please don’t take my comments as a criticism, just wanting to point that out

If you are using any type of hand held priming tool then Google “ primer installation proximity detonation”

It occurs when a jammed/ mis oriented primer goes off violently and sets all his mates off in the hand held primer tray

The pictures show multiple fingernails missing and a lot if not all skin missing off fingers and palms etc

Please be careful with primers, they are the most violent of things when upset.

Andrew R

Yes, not enough care and poor technique on my part when using a hand priming tool.
I have a healthy respect for primers after firing a primed case in my 223 about twenty years ago and seeing the scorch marks left on the wooden floor. Which is why the two or three sideways primed cases have been sitting in the cupboard for the last couple of years (I’m too chicken to try and remove the primers)