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I had a similar issue with a screw on a firearm. Not broken but the head was unusable. I ended up using a punch to turn it. But, I don't have tools to remove a broken screw. And, was wondering how others have dealt with a similar issue without seeking professional help.

had to remove the screw stump from the receiver

Did you have to use any special tools to remove the screw stump?

I finally finished loading all the .45 ACP Bayou Bullets. I swapped a buddy small rifle primers for large pistol.

Reset my reloader to .308. My son needed, .308 for deer hunting. Cleaned, deprimed, head stamped all the .308 brass that I had in my stock pile. Found the largest collection of the same head stamp. Case gauged with a L E Wilson case gauge, touched the flash hole with a flash hole tool. Weighed each one. Arranged by weight. Discarded several at the low and high weights. Loaded 70 or so. Until I ran out of that head stamp. Keeping them in weight order. Took my son to PSC where he verified the rounds and sighted in another two rifles.

For me.
I loaded the first sample of .223. Test fired through two different rifles. While I was at PSC with my son.

On Wednesday, I received my third can. Purchased in January 2021. Received November 2021. Ruger 10/22 Integral barrel. Installed the barrel and put on new furniture. Tested the reconstructed rifle, as well. I still need to add a scope. Currently using an inexpensive Red Dot.

On Sunday, I updated my powder, primer, and finished ammo, inventory.

Busy week. It's good that I am retired.

i found my missing primer

That's always better than your spouse finding it with the vacuum cleaner;-)

As expected,the small primers took more powder to get a 165 power factor. Over what normal Large Pistol Primer brass requires.

.45 ACP Small Primer update:
I went from 4.45 Gr of powder with Large Pistol Primers
to 4.58 Gr with Small Rifle Primers

(No my scale isn't that accurate. On my XL650 I throw 10 powder charges and weigh)

Yes, BUT...
Last week I ordered a replacement part then discovered the original about 1' from where it should have been.
I just chalked it up to a tax for being disorganized.

I reloaded .45 ACP with SMALL PRIMERS

Unexpected issue
Some of the brass has the primer crimped like military brass.
Probably less than 1%

As expected,the small primers took more powder to get a 165 power factor. Over what normal Large Pistol Primer brass requires.

.223 reloading

Just a comment. I've reload a lot of 9MM, 38 Super, .40 S&W, and .45 ACP I am not sure of the exact number but it's North of 100,000 and South of 200,000 rounds.

Reloading .223 is similar to pistol, in that, you want a lot of rounds.
BUT, there are a bunch more steps to be done. Many of them aren't on the XL650. I think I have been doing brass collection and prep. (off and on) for more than 10 years. I may reload my very first .223 round in 2021. But, it may be 2022.

I am under 1000 total combined rounds in .308 and .243. Maybe under 500.

The VERY FIRST round of .45 ACP brass that came out of my case feeder was large pistol. I said 'gosh'!

I thought I had sorted better than that.

I did load enough rounds to test them out. So... I guess I'll have to go to the range soon

Finished loading the last ~500 - Bayou Bullets that I had on hand.

Switched my XL650 to .223 and Resized and pushed out the primmer on the last of the .223 brass. Used my Frankford Arsenal case trimmer to trim the OAL and ream the primer pockets. Didn't count the sticks of brass. It was somewhere around 500. About half a small ammo can.

Switched my XL650 to .45 ACP. The last time I loaded .45 ACP (February 2017), my powder measure was set to throw 4.45 Gr. of VVN310. I checked without adjusting and a 10 round sample averaged 4.46 Gr. I am a happy camper. I plan to reload a sample and chronograph and function check. I am switching from Large Pistol primer to Small Rifle primers and from lead 200 gr. SWC to coated 200 gr. SWC I am sure that, those that pick up the brass that I missed, will get irritated at the small primer pockets:-) For me it's just a way to use the primers that I have.

It's odd that no one seems to be posting in this thread.

Completed a batch of 500 9MM using range brass, 145 Gr. Bayou Bullets, VV N320, and Small Rifle Primers.

Wiped off the Dillon Case lube, case gauged, boxed, then loaded the boxes into my current match ammo can.

Now I am ready to go to the next five or so matches.

I still have ~500 to load before switching my XL650 over to .45 ACP.

I am using Small Rifle Primers because I still have enough. I bought what I thought would be at least an eight year supply in the November 2008.

So...
Did you make it to the range?
Did they work as you had hoped?

I am not a nubbie but I am still learning

Your mileage may vary

115 gr seems light for a .45

But...

I get in ruts.

I think I've only reloaded 200 gr. lead for .45. Some plain lead and some coated.

This week, I completed loading 2500 147 gr. Bayou coated bullets in 9MM. I've shot about 1000 without issues. The rest should carry me through the spring (assuming I continue to shoot around a USPSA match per week). If I run low, I'll switch to the Montana Gold 147 gr. and 115 gr. that I have loaded. It takes me a little longer to load 9MM on my Dillon 650 because of .380 and military brass. I catch the military crimps at the priming station (they don't feel right) and the .380 at the seating station (the powder is too high in the case). I lose a few primers that way. Oh, well.

I've got my Dillon 9MM set up with: Dillon resizer / deprimer, EGW / Lee Undersized die, Dillon Powder measure, Dillon Seating die, and a Lee Factory Crimp die. I drop checked each round in my Lone Wolfe threaded barrel. There wasn't a single failure. I put 100 rounds to a box, mark the head (to help spot high primers), then dump them into manly tupperware / ammo cans. 1000 loaded rounds of 9MM fits nicely.

My XL650 is now covered and ready to sit for a few months.

In 1997, I started reloading with .45 ACP in 1997. It was a lot simpler then. Big ole fat brass. A low pressure round. I inadvertanlly reloaded some Berdan primed brass. I just shot it. In .45 ACP, it didn't make a difference. Now, when you load .45, there will always be a few small pistol primers in the mix.

In November 2008, I ended up with "enough" Small Rifle Primers. (I use Small Rifle Primers for .40 S&W, .38 Super, and sometimes for 9MM). In 2008, I had more confidence in my shooting and less in Washington DC. I have more than 1/2 left. Since then, I ended up buying some Large Pistol and some Small Pistol primers. I even traded a few thousand Small Rifle for Small Pistol.

I primarily load 9MM, .40 S&W, .45 ACP, and .38 Super. I think I've reloaded somewhere around 120,000 pistol rounds, but I've lost count.