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2 heavy bolt lifts and dirty cases

Just tested some loads today. Had 2 cases on my last (highest charge) that had heavy bolt lift and they came out dirty. Specs below:

6.5 GRENDEL (howa mini bolt action)
Virgin starline
RUAG primers
107 TMK
benchmark powder

Cases were chamfered & deburred prior to running a mandrel through them.

I then primed with frankford hand primer seater.

Dumped a charge using chargemaster.

I will say though, these were new primers I was experimenting with. They went in super tight. It was pretty bad I almost thought they were going to perform so poor by how bad the fitment was. Mostly everything shot with extreme consistency as far as chrono numbers go.

I did 3 different charge weights with 5 rounds per with 107 SMK.
I also did the same with 107 TMK. The only 2 rounds with the issue were with the TMK on the last charge.

Charges went in the order below:

27.6
27.9
28.2

All 15 rounds with the 107SMK had insanely low ES & SD. The 107TMK had higher numbers but not too bad.

At the end, I fired 5 rounds with 107SMK and CCI450 as a control group since this was the first time trying the RUAG primers. The CCI450s did worse.

Below are the cases in question. I also noticed the top right corner case (this is also on the set with 2 cases in question) had what appears to be a micro crack right through the primer. I do not believe it leaked though.
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Anyone had this happen before?

Thanks

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Black wavy marks on brass

Hey all,

This is a first for me. Anyone have any clue how these marks got here? The marks are on the cases after having spent an afternoon dry tumbling in rice. I suppose it's possible they were there prior to going into the tumbler. However, I cannot recall me making that observation before. This is on factory ammo 6.5 grendel.

I also have other cases there from reloads that are tumbling in the same rice simultaneously. These other cases are 6.5 creedmoor and do not show any signs like that.

Any clues?

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