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Bake
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Re: 38 Special

Post by Bake » Fri Nov 04, 2022 12:19 pm

I've tried decapping and reusing primers in my 308 Winchester. Upon firing these rounds with the recycled primers, I found there were significant gas leaks around the primer and gas cutting on the bolt face. I'm afraid the combination of seating and decapping a primer causes a decrease in primer diameter and allows the gas to escape. If I see any gas leaks happening in the fired cases, the two are thrown away, so I throw away the primers first ...
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