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Primer blow-out damaged my bolt face
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<blockquote data-quote="kermodie" data-source="post: 674546" data-attributes="member: 46036"><p>lesson learned.</p><p> </p><p>I had a couple primers leak around the outer edge when I tried to get one more load out of well used cases many years ago. (won't do that again).</p><p>It left the same damage to the bolt face as what you have there. I have fired around 1000 loads since then with no indication of it affecting anything. That area is located at the primer/case interface and dose not support the primer, unless the load is over presure with very flattened primers. If you change bolts, you will need to check (and possibly) adjust the head space as well as recoil lug contact.</p><p> </p><p>The primer is'nt flattened so dose'nt look like an over pressure issue. Maybe loose pockets.</p><p> </p><p>I'm not a smith so maybe someone with technical experiance will chime in but I don't see a problem firing it again. The previous reply made a good point about having it checked out to be sure.</p><p> </p><p>hope this helps</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kermodie, post: 674546, member: 46036"] lesson learned. I had a couple primers leak around the outer edge when I tried to get one more load out of well used cases many years ago. (won't do that again). It left the same damage to the bolt face as what you have there. I have fired around 1000 loads since then with no indication of it affecting anything. That area is located at the primer/case interface and dose not support the primer, unless the load is over presure with very flattened primers. If you change bolts, you will need to check (and possibly) adjust the head space as well as recoil lug contact. The primer is'nt flattened so dose'nt look like an over pressure issue. Maybe loose pockets. I'm not a smith so maybe someone with technical experiance will chime in but I don't see a problem firing it again. The previous reply made a good point about having it checked out to be sure. hope this helps [/QUOTE]
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