I have been lucky enough that my peak accuracy loads have never shown signs of pressure.
Baking up some plinking rounds and my starting load is making the primers look a little flat. Would you stop or continue?
Fed case, cci 400, 22.2 V V N140, 77gr nosler custom. Next load is 22.5
Curious to see the comments. My 357 mag shells look the same and I have shot over a thousand rounds of it. I remember researching it because I too was concerned and I concluded it was fine.
Excessive headspace will flatten a primer even without excessive pressure. How far are you pushing the shoulder back when compared to a fired case from the same rifle?
Can you get enough "known " powder for 223 in a case even compressed to get to extreme pressures?
Im not talking jamming the fastestest pistol powder in there.
The "popular" 223/556 powders seem to be very forgiving.
OP you dont even have ejector swipes on that brass....
I was testing loads yesterday for my .223 bolt gun, settled on 24.5gr. Varget with 90 gr Berger's, got the velocity I was looking for and it grouped the best. 24.0 gr of IMR 8208 was blowing primers out of the case. Now i just have to see how that combination works at 600 yards. In regards to the pictures you posted they look fine to me.
I have been lucky enough that my peak accuracy loads have never shown signs of pressure.
Baking up some plinking rounds and my starting load is making the primers look a little flat. Would you stop or continue?
Fed case, cci 400, 22.2 V V N140, 77gr nosler custom. Next load is 22.5