pops1982 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 The other day I posted about a primer going off while reloading which was a first for me. Well today I filled a primer pickup tube and turned it over and watched all of the primers fall on the floor because I did not put the keeper pin back. Now that sucks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GR8GIFT Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I always check for the keeper pin before filling primer tubes and replace it immediately after emptying the primer tubes. I'm pretty carefull about it also while handling the tubes after filling. As I have accidently caught the pin when picking the full tube out of my rack of filled tubes and doing just what you did dumped 100 primers on my bench and accross the floor. It sucks trying to find them all afterwards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pops1982 Posted August 6, 2012 Author Share Posted August 6, 2012 GR8GIFT, like you I’m always very diligent about checking for the pin and always putting it back...until this time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youngeyes Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Yep. Always carefull until that one time when you're not. There should be a shooting safety poster that says that. I think I'll put that one on my wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PROBIKE101 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 been there done that a couple times,and you know you dont get them all back from the floor monster and bench monster lol,i can drop a shell durring sorting emiediatly look for it and its gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Miles Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Hope you go up against that wall only once. Pat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZinSC Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 I have always replaced that pin religiously every time I put the primers into the machine.....except for that one time! Thankfully I realized before I turned it completely over, so I only dumped about 60 of them. Found all but one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poppa Bear Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Have not done that yet and hope I never do. I did knock about 40 rounds apart today though. Had a bee buzz me and distract me as I was loading. Had a case fall into the hopper without a bullet so the powder spilled out. I saw this at the same time as the next round dropped through the chute and into the container underneath. (I use a piece of PVC to direct the loaded rounds into a larger container). So I wondered if I had mistakenly advanced the plate without working the handle, so therefor the last round to drop did not have any powder in it. Knocked them all apart and they all had powder, I just forgot to place a bullet on the one case. I was lucky in that I had just started getting into the rhythm so I only had about 40 in the container. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Just another day in the life.... Been there. Done that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Quite a bit of this stuff falls into the: "If you haven't done it yet, you will" Category. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott L Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 ...replace it immediately after emptying the primer tubes. Just got a Dillon 550 and this is what I've been doing out of fear of loosing the pin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tires2burn Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 The other day I posted about a primer going off while reloading which was a first for me. Well today I filled a primer pickup tube and turned it over and watched all of the primers fall on the floor because I did not put the keeper pin back. Now that sucks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tires2burn Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 They really roll good don't they. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pops1982 Posted August 8, 2012 Author Share Posted August 8, 2012 They really roll good don't they. Yes they do and fast too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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