Removing live primers. Advice

[shoppe]

foxyboy43, your " friend " must have been deaf already when it happened twice to him for him to think it was not loud!
When they go bang, it's ffffing LOUD.
Try gently hitting a primer on say a vice with a small hammer and will know all about how loud it is!!
Please take safety precautions before trying this.
Goggles etc
Shoppe

 

[Smellydog]

Don't hit one on an anvil.
That's how I as a kid got a piece of brass in my leg.
Being genx I didn't go to mummy crying but dug it out myself because had I gone to mummy she would of leathered me!

 

[finnbear270]

Primers when set off unrestricted are as loud as a dummy launcher (.22 short blank)

 

[Foxyboy43]

Can you speak up - I didn’t quite catch that?

Ten past seven, why?

 

[gixer1]

The one I set off was pretty loud, and powerful enough to embed itself in the table….that was a Federal LMRP…from a .303.

 

[Foxyboy43]

The one I set off was pretty loud, and powerful enough to embed itself in the table….that was a Federal LMRP…from a .303.

Ouch!
Both of my friend’s primers were in my his Lee press - one was small rifle and the other large; there was indeed a significant difference in detonation so muffs are a good idea…

 

[nic531]

remove bullet and powder and fire them off and replace with new.......

 

[finnbear270]

remove bullet and powder and fire them off and replace with new.......

If firing them off in your rifle, be prepared for a prolonged cleaning session, I won't do that again.

 

[wytonpjs]

Rather stupidly I thought my resized cases were dry after washing lube away. However having primed them all I now discover that the powder in first case bald and they are still a tad damp inside! So will have to deprime and dry then reprime. Booger

Advice on depriming live primers?

I just fire the primers off, then decap - a lot easier

 

[wytonpjs]

If firing them off in your rifle, be prepared for a prolonged cleaning session, I won't do that again.

Didn’t have any issues last time I did that - have built up about 5 I need to make safe so I’ll pay more attention this time and see.

 

[Foxyboy43]

On a point of detail - never put live-primed brass in your recycling bins or Club brass bin - they have apparently been known to detonate at recycling plants with unwanted consequences. One of my clubs has very recently put up a very large sign warning of dire consequences for any offender….

 

[drone]

My advice is don't do it. There's saving money and saving money but eyes don't grow on trees.

 

[Stalker62]

... eyes don't grow on trees.

 

[C h r i s]

As per post #2, do it all the time and never had one detonate, just don't be daft and take it easy. Some real risk averse comments on here, wonder how some of you ever cross the road....

 

[drone]

Cross the road quite frequently, use both my eyes. I ain't woke and I'm not risk averse, just not stupid.
Stalker 62 I thought they looked like some form of genitalia, were you cryptically saying something?

 

[Smellydog]

Primers need percussion to go pop. No percussion no worries.

 

[Smellydog]

My advice is don't do it. There's saving money and saving money but eyes don't grow on trees.

Just put safety glasses on then

 

[Stalker62]

Stalker 62 I thought they looked like some form of genitalia, were you cryptically saying something?

No, I was just trying to make folks grin…

 

[Foxyboy43]

No, I was just trying to make folks grin…

Funny how the mind works, for reasons unknown I am now trying to think of the collective noun for a number of genitalia - I need to get out more…

 

[Bavarianbrit]

Funny how the mind works, for reasons unknown I am now trying to think of the collective noun for a number of genitalia - I need to get out more…

A load of B!!!loks?