.45 Misfire

[gizmo688]

Maybe next time I should read the label and make sure complete primers are included. How did this crap even get into my box!?

 

[jglsprings]

Happens all the time.

Light loads and mashed case mouths also occur frequently.

 

[los]

Is that Primer pressed in bass-ackwards..?

 

[Clifford L. Hughes]

gizmo688:

If you have never had a primer seat upside down you are lucky. I once owned a Pacific Delux Pro O that constantly seated primers up side down or sideways. I trashed it so no one else would suffer from it.

Semper Fi.

Gunnery sergeant
Clifford L. Hughes
USMC Retired

 

[Edward429451]

that's part of the load procedure of loading on a dillon 550B. Watch as the primer bar comes forward to see the primer right side up in thew cup. Takes longer to write about it than do it.

 

[Mike38]

I have never seen that in factory ammo, and have only done it once myself reloading. I caught it and never charged the case or seated the bullet. I hung the case on a nail on the wall next to my reloading bench to remind me never to do it again. So far, after 15+ years of reloading, it hasn’t happened again.

 

[kraigwy]

It or stuff like that happens in factory stuff also.

Years ago when CMP was DCM, and they furnished ammo for leg (EIC) matches we got a lot of M-72 (M1 '06 military match) from DCM to fire the match.

The whole lot wouldn't work..........oh the primer went off but it seems somebody at Lake City filed to put a flash hole in the primer pocket.

We able to shoot the match as I had a lot of M-72 stuff I was using in a sniper school I was running for the Guard.

This comes under the heading of POOP HAPPENS

 

[James K]

There is a poster put out for LE officers saying to check their ammo. It shows a number of factory goofs, including upside down primers, crushed cases, and overseated bullets. Of course, checking ammo would not find other errors, like cases with no flash holes, no powder charge, etc. It is a good idea for anyone to check ammo that may be used for serious purposes.

BTW, that upside down primer, if loaded and fired, would not have caused any real problem, just some smoke on the breech face and maybe a bit of dirt in the firing pin hole. Of course, in a bad situation, it would not have done any good, either.

Jim

 

[BigJimP]

Reversed primer - factory Magtech ammo .....in a .45 acp, 230gr RN bullet.....fired by a buddy at the range .....did some minor damage to his Springfield full sized 1911...breaking the firing pin spring.

Easy to fix - so not a big deal ...

Lots of debris - back in his face when he pulled the trigger...but he was wearing shooting glasses ... / ...left a couple of marks on his face on one side .... bullet did not leave the case ...in his mishap ...

 

[Sleuth]

That is actually fairly common. When I was teaching at our academy (and thus handling thousands of rounds), I saw:
Bullet in backwards,
NO primer
No primer and no flash hole
Some kind of pin inside the case, pushing out the side
cracked cases
sideways primers

But my all time favorite:
12 guage slug round, with case, primer, powder charge, wad and roll crimp, but no slug!

All of this was fresh, factory ammo from the big name makers.

 

[mete]

Found NO extractor groove on a case.
Yes , stuff happens in production , Murphy's Law etc.

 

[jfrey]

I've seen this twice in factory rifle ammo and once in factory pistol ammo. I've done it twice reloading my own pistol ammo so I individually check every round before I ever leave the bench. Things like that could really mess up your day at the range.

 

[Sleuth]

If you make millions of items, and have a 0.001% failure rat6e, that is still a lot of bad stuff getting out.