Was at my local range today when I pulled this gem out of my ammo bag. Glad I caught it! It looks like a rock or maybe a piece of tumbling media. This was factory ammo bought sometime in late 2017.
Wow. Yeah… probably a piece of media. I doubt that primer would ignite since the anvil is surely mashed. But who knows?
Yeah that’s what I figured, but you just never know.
Would this be safe to try and fire?
Best just toss it. If the whole lot was like that, I would make contact with IMI.
Id be like ole boy in Dirty Harry…“I GOTS TO KNOW”.
You may torch cut your bolt face so go ahead and try it. We want to see it. Just don’t get your face anywhere near the gun.
Yeah. If that were to still ignite, you’d probably etch the bolt face. I’d pull it down for components. Or give it to a reloader who can pull it down.
I had a factory round with primer upside down. You make 18 bizzallion rounds and shit can happen.
PB
It wasn’t the whole box, just this one.
I might just have to buy a cheap PSA upper to give this a try haha
I will get around to pulling it for components, just figured I would share it first.
I have had one 9mm case with no flash hole and one that was not crimped/tapered. Both were from major manufacturers and both stopped me in my tracks.
I have managed to install a primer backwards but caught it as soon as it happened.
Andy
I’ve read about that before too.
I have managed to install a primer backwards but caught it as soon as it happened.
Oh Lord. As a Dillon 550b owner, I’m mashed, flipped, flopped, and flapped a ton of primers. I quit running that primer system over 10 years ago.
So if it was more centered on the primer, what’s the chances of whatever hit there to the edge of the primer igniting/firing that round?
Very low. It has to strike just right and quickly enough to ignite. I’m smashed the crap out of many primers. I’ve only had one ignite and that was because it was seated in the cup, and I whipped the swing arm (out of habit from clearing debris) against the press body. It was a damaged primer stuck in the cup, and it got smacked straight onto the press body.
I posted a 380 with no flash hole here in like 2018. I’ve also had at least one 9mm with a flipped primer. Both from longstanding major manufacturers.
Flipped primers are easy to get. Missing them on simple inspection is unacceptable.
I had a Hornady critical duty 9mm with no primer hole. Found out testing a new g19 to see what it liked to carry it. Sent it back to Hornady and never heard anything again. Hornady is the only factory ammo I have ever had duds with and case head separations. They always blame it on the gun never their ammo.
I buy their bullets now but never their ammo.
Finding a bad ball round is no big deal to me. Finding a bad defense round would cost them a customer for life.
That wouldn’t apply so much for police who burn enough defense/HP ammo that there is bound to be a faulty round or two.
Andy