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[Paul Harm]

I use only Cheddite primers and one of my Parkers on the right side will pierce the primer quite often. On another reloading forum many of the guys have the same complaint when using a couple of high end guns. I believe Cheddite uses a thinner material and if your gun has a primer that reaches out a bit to far they'll pierce. Because I shoot so much, to keep the cost down I use Cheddites. But because I'm rotating between ten different SxS's that one Parker doesn't get shot too much that I believe it's getting hurt a whole lot. One of these days if I get off my lazy a** I'll shorten that one firing pin.

[Parker Bachelder (Brad's Profile)]

Paul, I can't tell you why on a Molecular level, however I have seen this condition occur frequently on trap over and unders. The bottom barrel is fired much more often than the top barrel. Doubles, the right barrel is fired much more than the left. For whatever reason the least fired barrel tends to be prone to more atmospheric corrosion. I am farily sure it has to do with heat and compression of the steel. Just an observation,

Brad