HPS Ammo Pimer issues!!!!

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HI lads, oops!! and ladies,

Last Saturday I purchased some HPS ammo - 155gr .308win.

They shot very well.

When I got home I noticed a mark on the primers... ALL of them!!!

It would seem a little too much pressure used to seat them.

Is it safe to use the rest of that batch?????

The other rounds fired without a problem, but am I tempting fate???

PIcy's:





sorry about pic quality but its a camera phone...


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demonloop

I suggest phoning them, I think its John you need to ask for, he does the ammo.

shanmoll308

Hey Fish.
I have the very same marks on my 155g HPS ammo and they all shot fine with no pressure signs. I also have boxes of 175g HPS and they do not have that mark on the primers

Shanmoll308

Mr.Flibble

I think it's quite common on that ammunition.

Perfectly harmless AFAIK.

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Once I know the primer isn't going to perforate and give me a new hair cut!!!

Cass

Its only a tool mark from the priming tool. Completely harmless and on all/most HPS ammo.









EDIT - Just done a check on the 155gr, 175gr, and 190gr HPS ammo i have here. All of them have those marks in varying degrees of severity. I only have a couple of each rounds left having fired all the others and i've never had any indicators of pressure damage on any of them. No ring/halo/crater around the primer, no fouling on the neck/shoulders, etc.

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Thanks lads, better safe than DEAD!!!