.38 Super Comp and soft primers.....

[9X23Guy]

Now here is good example for those of you who were thinking about using a softer primer because of availability in your area. I bought a batch of used brass so I don't know what primers they were but in the press the bottoms of the primers were getting pushed out/off with the rest of the primer remaining in the primer pocket. These cases were not bulged and the primers were not flat so it doesn't seem to be an excessive pressure case. The builder of my gun recommended CCI or Winchester small rifle primers and I've never had this issue. Just food for thougt before you make the decision to stray away from your normal components.

[mlmiller1]

I probly don't know nuttin but any chance that brass has been wet? If so it doesn't matter what primer is in, it is likely to corrode in place and tear apart when you try to deprime.

[Sarge]

Yeah, somethings up there. A primer should come out and get stuck to the pin if anything. Looks like that thing was corroded in there or something.

[9X23Guy]

Good thought but I don't believe so. I took a small screw driver and twisted a few out, there was no corrosion that I could see but that's something to think about. When the pin hit the spent primer for resizing they peeled open like a soup can that was open most of the way. I never heard it hit the primer catch in my Dillon, that's how I knew.