Nolan Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 If I had a $1 for every primer tube I've simply thrown out because of a stuck primer....I'd certainly have zero cents.......Oh wait, that sounds like......oh, never mind. Nolan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ysrracer Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 I must be lucky. I grew up in Scottsdale AZ and have been loading on Dillon's since the mid 80s, (in fact my buddy was married to Mike Dillon's daughter) and have yet to get a primer stuck in a tube. What gives? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertg5322 Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 At today's availability and prices, I'm more concerned with recovering the primer than the tube... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ysrracer Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 41 minutes ago, robertg5322 said: At today's availability and prices, I'm more concerned with recovering the primer than the tube... Exactly, there's no shortage of tubes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RudyVey Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 55 minutes ago, ysrracer said: Exactly, there's no shortage of tubes not yet..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miranda Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 1 hour ago, RudyVey said: not yet..... Rut Roh, you say.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolan Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 21 hours ago, ysrracer said: I must be lucky. I grew up in Scottsdale AZ and have been loading on Dillon's since the mid 80s, (in fact my buddy was married to Mike Dillon's daughter) and have yet to get a primer stuck in a tube. What gives? During the previous great primer shortage, or was it the one before that? I bought a bunch of Winchester small (rifle or pistol? can't remember which) that had an occasional oddly sized or shaped primer that would somehow get wedged in a primer tube. I haven't had problems with stuck primers before or after that batch. I also had more than a few crunched primers trying to seat them, they worked fine once loaded. Again, haven't had that problem since. Nolan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe4d Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 47 minutes ago, Nolan said: During the previous great primer shortage, or was it the one before that? I bought a bunch of Winchester small (rifle or pistol? can't remember which) that had an occasional oddly sized or shaped primer that would somehow get wedged in a primer tube. I haven't had problems with stuck primers before or after that batch. I also had more than a few crunched primers trying to seat them, they worked fine once loaded. Again, haven't had that problem since. Nolan same,,, probably small pistol.. Had about 1 bad primer in every box of 100 if not more. Stuck in tubes, no priming compund, a large primer in the box with the smalls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m700 Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 This is old but, where in the tube is it stuck? If its very near an end, which was the case for one of mine, use a hacksaw and slowly cut 1/2 inch past it then debur the end inside and out and now you have a tube that take 95. DAA has a good price on color coded anodized tubes. The ends are OK not great and their retaining pins need some tweaking they come too loose and it sucks when they fall out. Mcmaster carr sells the tubes in 6' lengths that could be cut down and dillon ends put on for very cheap If you are using a primer filler DAA has red caps for the tubes instead of the standard picker heads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertg5322 Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 30 minutes ago, m700 said: This is old but, where in the tube is it stuck? If its very near an end, which was the case for one of mine, use a hacksaw and slowly cut 1/2 inch past it then debur the end inside and out and now you have a tube that take 95. DAA has a good price on color coded anodized tubes. The ends are OK not great and their retaining pins need some tweaking they come too loose and it sucks when they fall out. Mcmaster carr sells the tubes in 6' lengths that could be cut down and dillon ends put on for very cheap If you are using a primer filler DAA has red caps for the tubes instead of the standard picker heads My OCD won't allow me to have 28 regular length primer tubes and one short one. It would bother me until I got rid of it, then throwing away a tube I could have saved if I hadn't cut it would bother me some more. Not saying this behavior is smart or rational, it just is there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m700 Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 On 1/18/2023 at 3:07 PM, robertg5322 said: My OCD won't allow me to have 28 regular length primer tubes and one short one. It would bother me until I got rid of it, then throwing away a tube I could have saved if I hadn't cut it would bother me some more. Not saying this behavior is smart or rational, it just is there. If you have 28 than I suppose its acceptable to toss 1. I had 5 lg and 5 small. So I ordered a 10 pack from DAA that was supposed to be split sm/lg. It was all small so now I have too many. I liked the thought of opening a box of 1000 primers filling all my tubes and getting to loading. Now I HAVE to load 15, well 16 really as I dump one immediately and reload it. I think Im automating next year so maybe ill get 5 more small to round it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom S. Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 So what happened to Smitty79 - the OP? Did he try to pound it out and it blew up or what???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miranda Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 I did not see anything in last shot fired... lets assume he got a new tube. miranda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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