Squib or dud?

[echotango]

Found a primer anvil on my bench after I cleaned up. Will I most likely have a dud? Not sure if the primer will ignite without the anvil. Thx

[GrumpyOne]

Dud.

[echotango]

Thx. Now I know I will have a dud somewhere in my next 1500 rounds.

[GrumpyOne]

Gives you a reason to practice the tap/rack thing, right?

[echotango]

Sure does..

[dee loo]

Or thinking positively, it could have been from an old primer that was recently deprimed and its better to have a dud than a squib.

[Sarge]

Or thinking positively, it could have been from an old primer that was recently deprimed and its better to have a dud than a squib.

^^ This. I find anvils all the time. No duds so far.

[echotango]

I was hoping for that, but it was unfired((clean and red) and all my spent primer go into a sealed container.

Edited December 7, 2015 by echotango

[RPatton]

It sounds like you made enough practice/local match ammo to last a month or so.

[echotango]

Just about

Edited December 7, 2015 by echotango

[Miranda]

welcome to the nervous club.

"will this one fire?"

you can only do a couple of things

find a way to prevent it from happening again.

... any idea how the anvil fell out?...

and the other is save that run of ammo for practice.

I know I look for anvils when I flip the primers.

after that not so much.

miranda

[Ming the Merciless]

Thx. Now I know I will have a dud somewhere in my next 1500 rounds.

Do yourself a favor, set all that ammo aside as slow fire accuracy practice ammo and load more match ammo. I tend to load in smaller batches of around 300-400 rounds these days, rather in big marathon batches, for exactly this reason.

[echotango]

I usually load in batches of 2500 or so. I dropped some primers on the bench and am guessing that is when 1 fell out and I didn't notice.

I will just put them aside for practice.