Weird primer question

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  • jimbobborg

    Oddball caliber fan
    Aug 2, 2010
    17,122
    Northern Virginia
    I decided to crono several loads I had, including a new 10mm load using Blue Dot. When I shot the 10mm load, I got a reading of 1349 fps with a 180gr LFP bullet. This was with 9.9gr of Blue Dot. This is well within the safe range according to a couple of my books. The weird thing is, I found the casing, and looked at the primer. It didn't have the flattening I saw with some other heavier loads I did a few years ago, but the firing pin imprint was flat??? I've never seen that before. I only shot the one round, didn't even try the 200gr LFP with the same load of Blue Dot.
     

    jimbobborg

    Oddball caliber fan
    Aug 2, 2010
    17,122
    Northern Virginia
    Is that flat as the pin strike is flat but round? Or do you mean elongated from the gun unlocking early?

    Flat where the pin strike is supposed to be. The rest of the primer looks fine. I know what a flattened primer looks like since I've been shooting 10mm for a while now :lol:

    Still waiting on a pic...

    Need to find it and get my spiffy camera attachment for my phone. I'll try this weekend.
     

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