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Hey guys I've started round three with the Fiocchi customer service rep. He has continued repeating they use tens of thousands of these primers and have never had a primer discharge. I asked for a pre-paid shipping label so I could return them for a refund since it was my belief that they were...

(DrMike beat me to it.) If you don't plan on reusing them a drop of oil or water in the case will do the trick. If you want to save the primer and have a universal decaping die or just a sizing die with decaping pin push them out slowly and they shouldn't go off unless they are crimped in place...

Your welcome JD. I tried the roller handle a friend has leant me and found it to add a little more leverage than the ball style handle that I have used since getting my first Dillon press, but it may not be for everyone. I decided to measure the length of the Fiocchi primer and compare it to a...

Gave Dillon a call today and provided the info about the primer pop. The CS rep said he pass on the info to the engineering department. I also ran a test to satisfy my curiosity and picked out 5 pieces of brass of each brand I have on hand, Rem, Fed, WW and Star to size decap, square up and...

Thanks for the reply and info. Back in the day when I use to shoot PPC whit revolvers I would test primers in empty cases to find which ones had the softest cups and ignited ease with the lighter hammer springs used in my guns. Yes, I fired this outside with hearing protection and found out why...

Yeah it was Dan, I never expected it and was taking it ease with them since they were tight going in.

Thanks for your response. I do have a gifted RCBS hand primer that the good DrMike gave me that I use for rifle reloading. Maybe I need to give Dillon a call and see what they say about using Fiocchi primers in their presses. I know they use to not recommend CCI primers due to the thicker primer...

Thanks for the responses everyone. I do were a magnifying visor over my glasses which acts like safety glasses because it is wider then my glasses and gives me almost full coverage. I measured the primer cup thickness and the Fiocchi's is .016" and Federal metal thickness is .013". I didn't...

Thanks JD, in 62 years of reloading this was a first for me and hope it is the last. I still have 900 of these primers left and will be wearing hearing protection when I use them to reload. I have crushed a few that have turned sideways in the Dillon primer feeder cup and not have them detonate...

I was reloading some 45acp this afternoon and had a Fiocchi pistol primer go bang while seating it in a casing on my Dillon 550B. This the first time in 62 years of reloading that I had this happen. I received minor powder burns on my right forearm and my right ear is still ringing an hour...

Nice photo.

One of the reasons I went away from Colt was the discontinued 70 series. Colt was trying to appease the politically correct crowd and make a safer handgun when they already had one in the 70 series. There are quite a few brands that are better than the 80 series and, in my opinion, you are...

I always avoided the 80 series and bought only 70 series. You can remove the firing pin block and get a good trigger pull so I'm told but never tried to do it. Sorry I can't be any help.

If you do decide to reload for it there are 2 185gr JHPs that I would recommend, the Nosler 185gr and the Zero 185gr JHP, they look almost identical and I shoot them interchangeably with 4.2grs of N310 in Star Line brass with WW large pistol primers. This is the load the military pistol teams...

I'm glad they are not any closer to me though it would make for a nice day trip and easy drive for me. I would probably live in the store.🤣

Talk about Ouch and Ouch, the Only thing worse is a Spanish 10ga double barrel doubling up on you. Had one almost break my shoulder. Couldn't use my arm for most of the day. It was a friend's gun, and I never shot it again. He didn't either and sold it after having it checked by a gun Smith to...

I hope this is correct and it is truly Fotis's birthday since I saw it on face book looking for a Ramps festival that was close to go to. If it is I would like to wish Fotis a very Happy Birthday and enjoys a fantastic day.:D

I hear you Don and agree with you 100%. Those days are long gone for me also, not because I'm uncertain of my capability's but of the skill level of others and was a main driving point when I turned in my CDL license for a class A noncommercial license.

Glad to hear you and the wife made it home safely. There were quite a few times I had wished I would have stopped and got a motel when I was driving my truck but drove on through snow and ice storms to get to the delivery point or to get home. The weather never worried me as much as the other...

Not a 280AI but a 338WW, I had picked up some Swift A Frames to load in my 338WW. The 210gr bullet would show pressure signs faster than a standard cup and core bullet like a Nosler or Sieara. The Jacket material of the Swift grabs the lands and groves of the barrel causing more breach pressure...