I will look that up. Thank you.If it fail’s to ignite in the second gun pulling it down with an inertial puller is not a problem. Unfortunately I’ve done it too much, which is why I bought the Hornady collet style pulling tool.
Thanks Gary. Depriming still scares me a bit. I have heart issues and a loud unexpected pop, well, you know.Removing the bullet with an inertia bullet puller sounds dangerous but it isn't ...
you may want to seat the bullet a little deeper to "break" the crimp ... it makes pulling soooo much easier .
Depriming also sounds dangerous but it's not either . Wear ear and eye protection , just in case and keep your fingers clear of the depriming die and deprime them sloooowly ... and gently ... no sudden slams or hard hits with the handle ...
I've done both operations thousands of times and never had any primers pop .
Gary
And that may be the culprit. I always clean my primer pockets, however, I did not on my 270 loads this time. I missed that step, so I may have another do the same. Thank you!USAF Ret, as you can see, your experience is not unusual. I just had the same thing happen with my .270. I pulled the bullet with a Hornady collet device, dumped, but saved, the powder (and double-checked the weight), then "dry-fired" the culprit primer. It went "bang." Telling me that the primer probably had not been seated deep enough even though the cartridge did not "rock" on the table. Track that down to a primer pocket that SHOULD have been cleaned out before re-priming.
I did not try to fire that round a second time, altho that may have gone off, because the first failure very well could have driven that primer deeper and it would have gone off just as did when I emptied the cartridge.
Play it safe. Remove the bullet and powder, and fire the primer off if possible. Why deprime a primer that already has evidence of having been fired? To reseat it? One day you'll look in your cartridge box and ask yourself, "What the hell is this one doing in here?"
Had two on Monday. Loading them back up, they went off on the second try.Had a load with a failed primer strike. Is it safe to put in the bullet removing hammer? Can I even deprime it safely and recover the brass?
I would agree. I never clean my primer pockets beyond what they get in the wet or dry tumbler. And i have never had a FTF because of it.There is no way that failure to clean the primer pocket caused a primer FTF. That's simply not possible.