I have a conundrum with trying to figure out why these primers popped out under fire. I shot these from a Savage 10 FCP .308 rifle.
Recipe:
Federal Gold Match Brass
Winchester LR primer
H4895 powder
42.3 to 43.1 gr load
168 gr Hornady Amax bullet
I contacted the person i got the brass from and he claimed he had no idea how many times it's been fired which leads me to believe that maybe the primer pockets were too loose. I loaded the primers with a Lee hand prime and they "seemed" snug but since this is the first time i've loaded large rifle primers i'm not sure.
I also double checked the powder charge from my ChargeMaster to my beam scale and they checked out good.
My question is there any other variable that might cause the primers to pop out besides a loose primer pocket ?
Side Note: the powder loads i used are in the middle of the spectrum for this powder so this shouldn't be the culprit.
Here is the target from the 42.7 gr load i used.
Recipe:
Federal Gold Match Brass
Winchester LR primer
H4895 powder
42.3 to 43.1 gr load
168 gr Hornady Amax bullet
I contacted the person i got the brass from and he claimed he had no idea how many times it's been fired which leads me to believe that maybe the primer pockets were too loose. I loaded the primers with a Lee hand prime and they "seemed" snug but since this is the first time i've loaded large rifle primers i'm not sure.
I also double checked the powder charge from my ChargeMaster to my beam scale and they checked out good.
My question is there any other variable that might cause the primers to pop out besides a loose primer pocket ?
Side Note: the powder loads i used are in the middle of the spectrum for this powder so this shouldn't be the culprit.
Here is the target from the 42.7 gr load i used.
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