Defective primers

[Youngeyes]

I recently ran up a load of 38spl for my wife. There were misfires. Good strike but no ignition. Tried it in two guns and no go. I broke down the rounds  and found no primer charge. These are Winchester small pistol primers. The first picture is the strike and the second shows the primer from the bad round on the right and another primer from a different lot on the right after removing the anvil. This was the first sleeve from a brick. Time to give Winchester a call. 

[Miranda]

well that is ugly.

a while back,  I was told check all primers for anvils.

I mostly do that...  now I get to add look for compound.

not sure what I'll see.

I appreciate the heads-up.

miranda

[ChuckS]

Once fired primers are not a good deal at any price!

 

Actually, I had something similar happed to some loaded rounds that were exposed to an impact bullet puller with extreme prejudice. The only compound that remained was under the anvil arms.

[Youngeyes]

2 hours ago, ChuckS said:

Once fired primers are not a good deal at any price!

Damn. I knew that primers for a buck website was too good to be true.