Once in a while when discussing blown guns, the prospect of a primer in the powder charge is mentioned. I've always wondered HOW such a thing could happen... I just found a way.
Equipment: MEC Grabber 761R circa 1980. Alliant Promo. Fiocchi 616.
While loading some of my first batch of Promo loaded shells, I was weighing charges frequently for consistancy. Operator error (inattention, distraction, old age, lack of intelligence, whatever) resulted in me cycling the press with no shell in station number 2.
Powder dropped of course, but no primer was visible. I 'recovered' from this event in my usual way, namely undo the primer feed chain, catch the next charge of shot in an empty shell, lock the bar to the left, and clear out the shells under construction so as to provide a clear loader for the cleanup.
On the second cycle of the press, the primer appeared. It had been stuck in the powder drop tube, held there by powder packed around it.
This was something of an attention getter.
The 'what if' is obvious.
