Hi all,
I recently broke in a new 6gt build with an ARC CDG. First 20 shots were all factory Hornady/GAP ELDMs and ran fine. My next twenty were my first reloads in 6 gt. Virgin Alpha brass with CCI 450s, 32.5 gr Varget. About 7/10 in each row failed to fire. Light primer strikes. I seated the primers with the Frankford hand primer, though they tended to catch a little on insertion. I’ve since found that i was using the larger primer keyway in the tool with the small primer “ram” piece. I’m not sure if this issue is more related to primer depth or the incorrect tool configuration or something else. Any advice? I’d like to fix my reliability issue with as few trips back and forth to the range as possible since my opportunity to test is limited.
In the picture, the round on the left did not fire, but the right did. What does the rounding on the left primer indicate?
I recently broke in a new 6gt build with an ARC CDG. First 20 shots were all factory Hornady/GAP ELDMs and ran fine. My next twenty were my first reloads in 6 gt. Virgin Alpha brass with CCI 450s, 32.5 gr Varget. About 7/10 in each row failed to fire. Light primer strikes. I seated the primers with the Frankford hand primer, though they tended to catch a little on insertion. I’ve since found that i was using the larger primer keyway in the tool with the small primer “ram” piece. I’m not sure if this issue is more related to primer depth or the incorrect tool configuration or something else. Any advice? I’d like to fix my reliability issue with as few trips back and forth to the range as possible since my opportunity to test is limited.
In the picture, the round on the left did not fire, but the right did. What does the rounding on the left primer indicate?