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What exactly is a cratered primer? What do u look for. Sorry for my ignorance.
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They look like this but much smaller in scale. :P

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Some good pictures in this thread --> Clicky Thingy...
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HEHEHE thanx dude.
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Waldo: You qwack me up! :lol:

Very cool dude!
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I guess I should have provided a link with some history on that crater.

Barringer Crater
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I believe that the crater is known as the Sedan crater. It is an early nuclear test in the Nevada test site desert.
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I experienced cratered primers once along with duds. :chin: :wall:
I'm assuming the anvil in the primer isn't supporting the firing pin.

I held a casing and looked at the primer pocket with a magnifing
glass and noticed that the base of the pocket wasn't flat.

Where the walls meet the base was curved. So I bought a pocket uniformer had haven't had anymore problems.
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