High Primers

I think I’ve got it! Or rather I should say that I think Don Plante figured it out.

The hammer hits the firing pin and that hits the primer, but it doesn’t go bang.

Do you ever ask questions like these? When did I last replace the recoil spring in the wad gun and does it run best with 11 or 12 pounds for my current load?

This is the last of a five part series on tolerances in reloading.

Here are some scattered notes and comments from today. I didn’t shoot very well in today’s 2700.

The sorting of my large bucket of all 45 ACP brass according to headstamp is done.

Strike #1 After its initial firing (as factory-loaded hardball), 100% of the Aguila brass would not pass through the Martindale gauge.

(Pictured: Jim Henderson and myself) I made 300 rounds of wad ammo to test at Nighthawks tomorrow evening.