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<blockquote data-quote="BobTail" data-source="post: 4223909" data-attributes="member: 3752"><p>It's not a dirt / oil / etc problem from handling. Primers will go off after being soaked in WD40.</p><p></p><p> Try this (I did). Take a few primers and lay them out upside-down on your workbench. Give them a good spray with WD-40. Go back the next day and dry them off with a paper towel. Lay them on a paper towel and allow them to drain overnight. The next day press them into a case and try to fire them. When I did this not a single round failed to fire on the first strike. Now .... do you think that handling them will cause a problem? There's no way your hands could be oily enough to damage primers.</p><p></p><p>I'd suspect the firing pin spring, or possibly a headspace issue. It's impossible to seat a primer too deeply with that particular press, so that isn't the issue.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BobTail, post: 4223909, member: 3752"] It's not a dirt / oil / etc problem from handling. Primers will go off after being soaked in WD40. Try this (I did). Take a few primers and lay them out upside-down on your workbench. Give them a good spray with WD-40. Go back the next day and dry them off with a paper towel. Lay them on a paper towel and allow them to drain overnight. The next day press them into a case and try to fire them. When I did this not a single round failed to fire on the first strike. Now .... do you think that handling them will cause a problem? There's no way your hands could be oily enough to damage primers. I'd suspect the firing pin spring, or possibly a headspace issue. It's impossible to seat a primer too deeply with that particular press, so that isn't the issue. [/QUOTE]
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