Primer dent depths

mowart

October 05, 2005 04:28

My .38 Webley MK IV puts a noticeably deeper dent in the primers than any of my other revolvers. Is this a random variation in firing pin length, deliberate design or what? Is there something about military primers having thicker metal?

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  richbug

  October 05, 2005 05:15

  Military primers are notoriously hard, and the webley design uses a Big heavy spring as compared to colts and S&W's of its age. Webley was more concerned with the rounds going off than having a nice target trigger pull.
  
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  perry shooter

  October 06, 2005 18:24

  Hello one other thing to consider Is. A pistol like a 1911 with an inertia fireing pin will dent the primer but then the primer will push back with no resistance of the fireing pin I have seen some hot loads on both revolvers and semi auto push the primer back into the fireing pin hole . The dent on a fired case is not a valid indicator on how hard the fireing pin hit."PRAISE THE HARD-BALL GUN"

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