snow white Posted October 18, 2020 Report Share Posted October 18, 2020 Hi lads I reloaded two hundred cartridges last week so today I thought I would load some more but powder bottle on press and the shot bottle deprimed resized and reprimed first cartridge loaded powder over card fiber wad the shot crimp start then finish the case bulged this happened five times now bear in mind that I only loaded two hundred couple days before and only scraped three all the time same cases once used I have not changed anything on press it’s a mec 600 anybody had this happen before I now that when setting up you have teething problems do you think I have gremlins in shed messing with press in the night. The cases were new last week so only once fired Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wigeon jim Posted October 18, 2020 Report Share Posted October 18, 2020 I had that one time and put it down to the temperature inside my shed was a lot hotter the day I returned to loading which I suspect made the plastic cases a lot softer, 🤔 Jim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest cookoff013 Posted October 18, 2020 Report Share Posted October 18, 2020 Plastic nowadays is thin. They just survive a loading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltings Posted October 18, 2020 Report Share Posted October 18, 2020 I've had this problem 70mm stamped on the case measured 67mm check the case lengths a well known Birmingham maker will stamp 70mm on anything inc 65mm cases which is why some semi autos will not cycle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow white Posted October 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 All the same size cases once fired black gold I normally buy new cases but Folkestone eng have not got any because of this ruddy virus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saltings Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 14 hours ago, snow white said: All the same size cases once fired black gold I normally buy new cases but Folkestone eng have not got any because of this ruddy virus also happens when the outer tube slides slightly forward under firing conditions hence a tad longer the Americans have a hissy fit over this doesn't happen often but does happen when it goes wrong decant the cartridge and cut it down the middle there is a variable somewhere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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