Primer quality?

[isaaccarlson]

I bought a few boxes of Remington 9 1/2 primers this year and I was looking them over yesterday and noticed that some of them look "off". The priming material is either not all there, or discolored. Is this ok or something that needs attention?

 

[Barrelnut]

Wow. I wouldn't use them. I'd try to get them replaced or just by another brand. Hard to believe something like that got through QA.

 

[MagnumManiac]

What you're seeing is not the priming compound, it is is called the 'foil' disc that is between the compound and anvil. This is normal.
It's called the 'foil' because traditionally tin foil was used, the name stuck and is now various types of material used to cover the compound before the anvil is pressed in, then it is painted to distinguish which type it is. Often, the foil becomes wrinkly because the priming mixture is wet when the primer is assembled, it's normal and doesn't affect anything.

Cheers.

 

[Hugnot]

They all look OK to me.

Like the nice man said - at one time the covering between the primer explosive and anvil was foil. Now, it is called a "wafer", possibly paper, and being absorbent to a certain degree it may be discolored by liquid lead styphnate explosive compound deposited when the primer was made.

 

[isaaccarlson]

What you're seeing is not the priming compound, it is is called the 'foil' disc that is between the compound and anvil. This is normal.
It's called the 'foil' because traditionally tin foil was used, the name stuck and is now various types of material used to cover the compound before the anvil is pressed in, then it is painted to distinguish which type it is. Often, the foil becomes wrinkly because the priming mixture is wet when the primer is assembled, it's normal and doesn't affect anything.

Cheers.

I'm not seeing any foil. It looks more like a piece of cloth or very thin leather.

 

[Hugnot]

Primer diagram



Like the nice man said - at one time the covering between the primer explosive and anvil was foil. Now, it is called a "wafer", possibly paper, and being absorbent to a certain degree it may be discolored by liquid lead styphnate explosive compound deposited when the primer was made.

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[Barrelnut]

A few of them look like they are missing a chunk of the primer mixture. That might be an issue.

 

[isaaccarlson]

A few of them look like they are missing a chunk of the primer mixture. That might be an issue.

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Those are some of the ones I am asking about.

 

[Ol' Red]

Contact Remington direct. They will probably replace them. Or at least tell you if it is a real problem.

 

[MagnumManiac]

A few of them look like they are missing a chunk of the primer mixture. That might be an issue.

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As I explained, that is not the priming mix, it is the foil covering it.
Priming mix is several colours, white, grey, yellowish or whatever, it is a pellet, you cannot see it unless you remove the anvil and the foil

Anyway, contact whoever, there is no issue with those primers from what I can see.

Cheers.

 

[Hugnot]

A few of them look like they are missing a chunk of the primer mixture. That might be an issue.

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Stuff happens - this is why I check out every primer before pressing it into case - like manually one at a time after a good look at it.

 

[DANNY-L]

I had some rem 91/2m like that, cost me a nice buck when it didn't fire. I try to always use CCI but at the time they were difficult to find locally.

 

[isaaccarlson]

I got a hold of remington and they had me send over some pictures. They should let me know tomorrow. Some of these primers look like they came out of a crypt.

 

[rockchalk06]

Places like AR-15 Discounts have some really nice deals on these 9 1/2 M's as of late?

Just a thought (I have no idear) but could they be selling an "2nd"?

I've had a box of 9 1/2 M's for a couple of years and just went through a few sleeves. Nothing at all like what you posted.