Hey guys, anyone ever have this experience, and if so, anything particular you know that I should do. Using the Frankford primer tool, when I load a primer into the brass it dimples the primer. Makes me worry it will explode. Any ideas how to make this not happen?
To be honest I have the same primer tool and haven’t run into that before. Is yours new or did it just start doing this? If it’s new I’d return it. I wouldn’t want to have any kind of deformation in the way of a firing pin.
I bought the same tool based on Jim’s recommendation, looks like maybe the tool has a burr? I would return it.
Can you see the spot on the priming tool where it is elevated? Can you flatten it?
Thanks everyone!
Of course, I lost the receipt so I’ll just have to call Frankford.
Coyote_Dentist, no, and I l’ve looked a really hard. No spot shows up on the actual priming tool plunger. From what I read online in other places, sounds like the plunger pin just isn’t flat.
That’s odd. Maybe just buy a new one and return the packaging of the new one with this defective one inside?
Update: Thanks for helping me with this guys. I feel a little dumb, but I thought I’d update on this so everyone doesn’t think poorly of Frankford. Turns out, the dimple was already on the primer from the factory (CCI BR-2–that’s all that was available when I started).
I went out today to do a bit more testing. I glanced down at the primers as I was loading the tray for the handloader and saw a dimple on the primer. I looked at all of the primers and sure enough, they all had the dimple. Before this, I only ever saw them in the brass after I loaded the primers, assuming it was me squeezing too hard, or that the Frankford was doing it.
Anyway, thanks again for the help and silly me. But now at least I know there is nothing wrong with my hand primer and that it is safe to continue.
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