Now you are indicating that you set off a previoulsy primed case by you?? Well, now that clears things. There has to have been a debris in the primer cup that was hard enough to set off the primer.........the seating plug would not set off a primer! You had some kind of very hard debris in the cup.....

Sorting of rifle brass is important, very important. You must pay attention to the brand of brass that is used by reloading manual you use. Cases bigger then 223 will have large measureable difference is internal capacity, translated what works in Winchester breass might very wll be bad in Federal B...

As, I recall factory new Dillons come set up with large primer tube in the magazine and seating punch is set for large. This could be the source of your priming troubles. Next, off 650's are the Dillons that have history of kaboom with primers not so much is the case with 550's. 650 problems are usu...

Yeah it is funny to watch the in fighting one man caused in while walking this earth, and then after he has departed this earth. But, nonetheless one has to really think over the years the crap he has pulled, the alienation he has caused, and how vindictive the man was will be his legacy and nothing...

The OP you really want to hand prime, that way you have a good sense of seating the primer. This gives you help detecting loose primer pockets.... Get the RCBS, and it only uses RCBS Shell holders due to the bevel cut on base of SH and how it interfaces with the plastic pieces for large and small pr...

Go Google OKH Duplex flash tube, I remember reading of this a long time ago......Either in American Rifleman or other magazine.

The Lee Carbide Factory Crimp does not resize to SAAMI Spec. There is not such information to support such a claim on the Lee Web Site. And, we all know if it is not written or recorded by the source then it is probably just conjecture. It is can ruin reloads, as a poster has related with respect hi...