Quote Originally Posted by Patrick Chadwick View Post
P.S. Looking at the indentations of the primers, the almost indentical patterning in the indentations (there is a pimple in the second primer below the A of Spanish , that seems to match another below the N in the first case) lead me to suspect that the tip of the firing pin may have some slight pitting. Take a look at the tip under a watchmaker's eyeglass.
Yep, I see that.
My gut feeling is that hard hammer strikes are deforming the cup against the anvil inside the primer.
This close-up of the firing pin indicates that all is well but it’s just a side shot. Tonight I’ll take a straight-on close-up of the firing pins end to confirm its condition.





One thing I am sure of is that I won’t suffer any light hammer strikes; it falls with a great deal of authority, leaving deep craters.