Background: I usually prime with a Lee hand tool, which works quite well, however on this batch of mixed year LC .223 brass I've noticed the Federal 205M primers don't want to seat all the way into the brass with the Lee tool. I decided to switch to my Co-Ax press to see if that would seat them deep enough, which it did.
Now I'm getting these strange shavings of brass from priming off the Co-Ax press. Has anyone seen these before? What could be causing them? All the primer pockets were swaged or reamed.
The only thing I could think of is perhaps the primers are larger than normal in diameter. Some of the primers did not want to seat into the priming cup on the press either. It took a small amount of force for them to sit in correctly, as if they were slightly too big.
I'm going to try another lot of primers to see if perhaps that will make a difference. Any thoughts are appreciated.
Now I'm getting these strange shavings of brass from priming off the Co-Ax press. Has anyone seen these before? What could be causing them? All the primer pockets were swaged or reamed.
The only thing I could think of is perhaps the primers are larger than normal in diameter. Some of the primers did not want to seat into the priming cup on the press either. It took a small amount of force for them to sit in correctly, as if they were slightly too big.
I'm going to try another lot of primers to see if perhaps that will make a difference. Any thoughts are appreciated.
