Factory Load - No Primer

[Dad24GreatKids]

Earlier this evening I was loading magazines for my G23 & G27. Kinda mindless work, so I was on autopilot talking with my youngest daughter. About half way thru a box I noticed flakes of gun powder in several of the plastic compartments. I've never seen this before so I decided to unload some of the magazines and see if there might be a defective round. Sure enough I found a single round without a primer. I've loaded thousands of rounds and have never seen a round like this before. The "what if this had been in my carry pistol" thought crossed my mind. In the future I'll be more diligent.

[trig]

Well if in fact it was primer-less, I'd be interested in what brand.

Any sign of the primer in the box?

[Dad24GreatKids]

Federal. No primer in the box.

[trig]

Of course it's the brand I shoot at the range.

What caliber, and was it target ammo, or defense ammo? Hopefully you've already shot off an e-mail to Federal.

[MoJo]

I've never had a round with a missing primer but, I have sure had my share of rounds with primers in upside down. I had two in the same box of Blazer 9mm once. For serious business regardless of brand I always inspect my ammo to insure they are 100%.

[Dad24GreatKids]

Of course it's the brand I shoot at the range.

What caliber, and was it target ammo, or defense ammo? Hopefully you've already shot off an e-mail to Federal.

.40 cal, target round. Purchased sometime in the last year. Assuming I've fired 5K rounds during the last 15 years then that's a failure rate of .0002%. Seems acceptable.