Albertl35 Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 Finished loading about 1000 rounds of 9mm major and noticed that there was an anvil from a primer sitting in my Dillon RF-100. I have one of the following conditions: 1. One of the primers is missing an anvil - will it fire? will it be a squib? or will it just not ignite the powder (best case) and I have a dud round. 2. The primer was missing and only the anvil was in the box in which case no big deal What are the experiences out there if it was condition (1)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbear_98 Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 (edited) Nevermind. I reread your post and realized you said 100 not 1050. reading is hard Edited August 24, 2011 by bigbear_98 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnhurd Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 (edited) My 1st guess was no ignition, but seeing as I had no proof I went down to the basement and removed an anvil. The 1st thing that happens is primer powder fell out of the first one the second some stayed in and no boom boom. oh yeah did you count and and see if there were only 999 rounds???? Edited August 24, 2011 by johnhurd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albertl35 Posted August 24, 2011 Author Share Posted August 24, 2011 My 1st guess was no ignition, but seeing as I had no proof I went down to the basement and removed an anvil. The 1st thing that happens is primer powder fell out of the first one the second some stayed in and no boom boom. oh yeah did you count and and see if there were only 999 rounds???? Wish it was that simple...this was part of a 3000+ round loading session and it between batches so 1000 rounds is an appoximation. Look like I will expect a dud round in a local match somewhere... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 The good thing is it should not be a squib; hopefully. I have been reloading for over 40 years and a couple of weeks ago I had a round not go off (40sw, win primer) for the first time. I actually tried it a second time after the stage and it still did not go off. The firing pin hit was plenty heavy enough to fire the round. When I got home I took the round apart and then carefully deprimed the round and it had an anvil and powder in it??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbbean Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 When I got home I took the round apart and then carefully deprimed the round and it had an anvil and powder in it??? Maybe case lube deadened or deactivated the primer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnhurd Posted August 24, 2011 Share Posted August 24, 2011 What brand of primers were you using when you found the stray anvil??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGMorden Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Always assumed such a case would result in a dud round but never tested it. I have ran across a single primer in the tray that was missing an anvil (CCI SP primers), but I don't load progressive as of yet so I caught it before I loaded it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuck223 Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Back in the Clinton era reloading supplies buying panic, I got one single tray of Federal small pistol primers with three "musket caps". I can't see any danger associated, just annoyance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albertl35 Posted August 25, 2011 Author Share Posted August 25, 2011 What brand of primers were you using when you found the stray anvil??? Winchester Samll Rifle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coyote4x4 Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Are you sure it's from an unfired primer and not from one that was deprimed? I've seen that before, where the anvils fall out of the deprimed ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twodownzero Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 I had one recently that went off! So you never know I never did know what round the anvil was missing from, as it was part of a 1400 round session..that I fired over a 3 day period! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnhurd Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 Should be easy to tell with a glass, powder or ash.................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g56 Posted August 27, 2011 Share Posted August 27, 2011 Simple enough, no anvil, no bang! You might think about the anvil as the firing pin for the primer, it won't work without it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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