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What do you think happened?
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Mudflap621
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Someone superglued the primer in than tried depriming it afterwards lol
A clearer close up would help.
A side view to show case bulge if any or striations in stretched brass.
A primer close up to see if a decapping pin left tool marks or if a firing pin peirced the primer.
I've run across similar pieces of brass in .223/5.56 and determined it was an over charge.
A side view to show case bulge if any or striations in stretched brass.
A primer close up to see if a decapping pin left tool marks or if a firing pin peirced the primer.
I've run across similar pieces of brass in .223/5.56 and determined it was an over charge.
38ExtraSpecial
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I do not have the brass in hand. Sent to my by a friend.
My guess is is was mixed into the 500 smith brass and when the previous owner tried to decap his 500 brass he got a surprise of a 40 case jammed inside. No where for the primer to go really. Pushed the decapping pin through the primer.
I don’t think overpressure could do this with a breech in the way. If it were fire when the action was out of battery you would see a lot more weird stuff going on with the case.
My guess is is was mixed into the 500 smith brass and when the previous owner tried to decap his 500 brass he got a surprise of a 40 case jammed inside. No where for the primer to go really. Pushed the decapping pin through the primer.
I don’t think overpressure could do this with a breech in the way. If it were fire when the action was out of battery you would see a lot more weird stuff going on with the case.
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i'm stumped. there was nothing supporting the rear of the case if it was fired...
forgetting about the 500's, i'd hazard a guess of a .40 fired from a 10mm. firing pin detonated the primer while the case moved forward in the 10mm chamber and that's why the primer looks as it does and the case not being bulged. what i'm saying is i don't know what i'm talking about.
forgetting about the 500's, i'd hazard a guess of a .40 fired from a 10mm. firing pin detonated the primer while the case moved forward in the 10mm chamber and that's why the primer looks as it does and the case not being bulged. what i'm saying is i don't know what i'm talking about.
Mudflap621
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I agree the bulgeD primer had me thinking it wasn’t fired as well.
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gerrycaruso
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I just did that a few days ago. I was de-p;riming some .38 brass and the pin started to push the old primer out, then went right through it. It was PPU brass and all the others de-primed without any problem. I've been reloading for nearly 50 years and this has never happened before. Not even with crimped primers.
The 40 case was inside a 500 case and someone decapped both.
