What did you do in the reloading room today?

[Not_A_Llama]

I am using Redding resize dies. They dont make 9mm ammo look like coke bottles.

I am assuming you are loading 9mm.

Sorry, yes, 9mm. I guess the coke bottle reference gave it away.

Had a fun series of malfs today:
-A primer didn't fully decap. Swager smeared the dead primer into its own pocket. Not sure what would have happened in the priming station, but I imagine excitement.
-A couple dead primers stacked up against the lip of the spent primer cup, piling up primer carcasses into the chute. Stopped the machine cold.

[Hoser]

Sorry, yes, 9mm. I guess the coke bottle reference gave it away.

Had a fun series of malfs today:
-A primer didn't fully decap. Swager smeared the dead primer into its own pocket. Not sure what would have happened in the priming station, but I imagine excitement.
-A couple dead primers stacked up against the lip of the spent primer cup, piling up primer carcasses into the chute. Stopped the machine cold.

The primer might have been pulled back in. To help get rid of that I ground off my Dillon pins at a 45 and then smoothed off the edges. It seemed to help. Kind of a known gotcha on Dillon decap pins. In the end, different dies mostly fixed it. Every once in a while it happens. If the next station the swage rod reseats/mangles it, dont toss that case back in rotation. I did that a few times. That case is now dead because the primer pocked is most likely too deep now and primers might not bottom out and light off next time. For me is was not even 50-50. It took a while to figure it my missfires.

I have heard of that happening, but never had it happen to me. I drill out the chute and install a long aluminum sleeve so I can attach a plastic tube. This dumps dead primers in a can under the bench.