Fit a primer in a live round
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Definitely start again, purely because the anally retentive re loader in me would be crying over the three or four, or five, or six kernels of powder that were not in their correct place.
Drop them in through the flash holeDefinitely start again, purely because the anally retentive re loader in me would be crying over the three or four, or five, or six kernels of powder that were not in their correct place.
Alex L
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Can’t be any more risky than hand priming an empty shell (in theory). Maybe ask an understanding, yet non-understanding friend to
do it for youassist?
It seems that it’s not really to be recommended, especially if you plan wrapping anything around the brass, which obviously momentarily causes the pressure to spike sufficiently behind the bullet to send it on a ways.
Primers have a fair bit of energy stored up...
I was with them until the teddy came in to the equation....
I would pull it and start again and be please I spotted the primer was missing before loading in in a mag in the dark one early morning...
Limpet
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I would start by buying a lottery ticket to see how lucky I feel this week.........
A 2020 Darwin Award winner....
(17 March 2020, Colorado) Michael Sexson, 58, read of a buried treasure in a book authored by an eccentric and controversial art dealer named Forrest Fenn. In The Thrill of the Chase, Fenn claims that he himself buried two million dollars worth of gold coins and other artifacts somewhere out in the Rocky Mountains, and gives "clues" throughout the book, hinting at its secret location in nine poetry verses.
Temptation was great for Michael. Although 350,000 others had gone looking for the buried box, no one is known to have found it; worse, four men died in the effort. Unlike the rest of them, however, Michael KNEW where the treasure was buried, based on his interpretation of the "clues" in the book...so he talked a 65-year-old acquaintance into joining him on a treasure hunt, and their quest for quick riches began.
In February of 2020, they headed to Dinosaur National Monument on the Colorado-Utah border. Michael was so certain he knew where the treasure was that neither he nor his colleague prepared for an overnight stay in the mountains, no doubt assuming that if they started early enough they would be home by sunset, two million dollars richer.
Well, Michael was wrong. They found no treasure, and they lost their bearings. Cold, hungry, and disoriented, the future looked grim for Michael and his friend. Shivering and close to death, they were fortunately found just in time by a search and rescue team who brought 'em down the mountain.
One would think that having survived such an experience, Michael would have learned better...but he did not. One month later, having sufficiently recovered, he set out for a second try!! Once more he sweet-talked the 65-year old colleague into joining him because, treasure! THIS time they would find it.
The unfolding COVID-19 epidemic had prompted intermittent closures of Dinosaur National Monument, and hikers were cautioned that difficult terrain should be avoided so first responders could remain safe in quarantine. But that didn't stop Michael. On Tuesday, March 17th, he left Denver with a few candy bars, two bottles of water, a copy of Fenn's book, and the clothes on his back.
Just outside the park, the two men rented snowmobiles and loaded them onto the bed of their pickup truck. The bemused rental agent watched the unprepared treasure hunters drive off towards the remote northwest boundary of the park, perhaps wondering how long the unlikely pair would last before they returned. After nightfall, the rental agent alerted local authorities.
The search began. On the morning of Friday the 20th, they found Michael's truck. On Saturday morning they found the abandoned snowmobiles, and saw that Michael and his friend had unwisely continued on foot. Saturday afternoon they located the two men about a mile from the snowmobiles, ironically at nearly the exact spot of the previous rescue a month earlier. Michael was brought back down the mountain, but this time in a body bag. His friend barely survived, and refuses to talk about their ordeal to this day.
In June of 2020, the treasure was rumored to have been finally discovered, but this word came from the author Forrest Fenn himself, and he has not provided any further details as of the time of this writing. Fenn's veracity has been questioned by, among others, the FBI, and several lawsuits have since been filed against him. Some speculate that the treasure, if it exists at all, consists of artifacts illegally harvested by Fenn; whatever the truth is, people will no doubt continue looking for the fabled treasure. If so, they had best proceed better prepared... or else find themselves in the same sorry predicament as Michael and the treasure trove... buried.
Moral is ..... don't join this elite band of Darwin Award winners, thy are mostly muppets.
A 2020 Darwin Award winner....
(17 March 2020, Colorado) Michael Sexson, 58, read of a buried treasure in a book authored by an eccentric and controversial art dealer named Forrest Fenn. In The Thrill of the Chase, Fenn claims that he himself buried two million dollars worth of gold coins and other artifacts somewhere out in the Rocky Mountains, and gives "clues" throughout the book, hinting at its secret location in nine poetry verses.
Temptation was great for Michael. Although 350,000 others had gone looking for the buried box, no one is known to have found it; worse, four men died in the effort. Unlike the rest of them, however, Michael KNEW where the treasure was buried, based on his interpretation of the "clues" in the book...so he talked a 65-year-old acquaintance into joining him on a treasure hunt, and their quest for quick riches began.
In February of 2020, they headed to Dinosaur National Monument on the Colorado-Utah border. Michael was so certain he knew where the treasure was that neither he nor his colleague prepared for an overnight stay in the mountains, no doubt assuming that if they started early enough they would be home by sunset, two million dollars richer.
Well, Michael was wrong. They found no treasure, and they lost their bearings. Cold, hungry, and disoriented, the future looked grim for Michael and his friend. Shivering and close to death, they were fortunately found just in time by a search and rescue team who brought 'em down the mountain.
One would think that having survived such an experience, Michael would have learned better...but he did not. One month later, having sufficiently recovered, he set out for a second try!! Once more he sweet-talked the 65-year old colleague into joining him because, treasure! THIS time they would find it.
The unfolding COVID-19 epidemic had prompted intermittent closures of Dinosaur National Monument, and hikers were cautioned that difficult terrain should be avoided so first responders could remain safe in quarantine. But that didn't stop Michael. On Tuesday, March 17th, he left Denver with a few candy bars, two bottles of water, a copy of Fenn's book, and the clothes on his back.
Just outside the park, the two men rented snowmobiles and loaded them onto the bed of their pickup truck. The bemused rental agent watched the unprepared treasure hunters drive off towards the remote northwest boundary of the park, perhaps wondering how long the unlikely pair would last before they returned. After nightfall, the rental agent alerted local authorities.
The search began. On the morning of Friday the 20th, they found Michael's truck. On Saturday morning they found the abandoned snowmobiles, and saw that Michael and his friend had unwisely continued on foot. Saturday afternoon they located the two men about a mile from the snowmobiles, ironically at nearly the exact spot of the previous rescue a month earlier. Michael was brought back down the mountain, but this time in a body bag. His friend barely survived, and refuses to talk about their ordeal to this day.
In June of 2020, the treasure was rumored to have been finally discovered, but this word came from the author Forrest Fenn himself, and he has not provided any further details as of the time of this writing. Fenn's veracity has been questioned by, among others, the FBI, and several lawsuits have since been filed against him. Some speculate that the treasure, if it exists at all, consists of artifacts illegally harvested by Fenn; whatever the truth is, people will no doubt continue looking for the fabled treasure. If so, they had best proceed better prepared... or else find themselves in the same sorry predicament as Michael and the treasure trove... buried.
Moral is ..... don't join this elite band of Darwin Award winners, thy are mostly muppets.
Sounds a bit like Oak island 
Woodsmoke
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Even if (and it's a big 'if') the primer detonates the bullet will have a very weak trajectory so if it's pointing to a safe area all you'll get is a serious fright. Main concern for me would be potential loss of powder and/or contamination though. I really wouldn't have any confidence in that round. Best pull it and make it again, I reckon
I would say for most the danger would be getting bashed about the head by your wife when there’s a “pop” and a small hole in the plasterboard in the ceiling.
Rhodesianjess
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Personally, I don't need one single round that much! I'd put it aside for pulling or bin it.
I've never had a primer go off with a proper seating tool but equally with a full case load of powder I don't think I'd want to chance it.
Its one round vs the potential damage to your hand/arm/face and I have no particular desire to become known a "Three Finger Stu" so... I would pull it and reload it.
Its one round vs the potential damage to your hand/arm/face and I have no particular desire to become known a "Three Finger Stu" so... I would pull it and reload it.
Utectok
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Just a bit of fun matei cant believe someone is asking this questionbs
Woodsmoke
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Why not? I think it's a valid question, and it highlights the need to pay attention. I've not yet actually missed a primer, but I've had my fair share of primers go in reversed due to the primer tray not doing it's job properly, and me not paying enough attention to it. My reloading technique now involves a visual inspection of the case following each separate operation as a result.i cant believe someone is asking this question
Of course, that still doesn't mean I remember to lube every case
bluesako
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i know, it just reminds me of my mate who loaded 50 new rounds, and we drove 50 miles to try them, only to find he,d not put any primers in them, i had a great days shooting,
and its a 2 minute job to pull the bullet, and dump the powder, and reprime good luck bs
Richard Parsons
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Just tap it in gently with a centre punch.
Ooh, good! Pedantry is definitely fun - so I suggest that it would be impossible in this context to put a primer into a live round, because a live round by definition would already have a primer in.
Foxyboy43
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Gosh, I bet we are all dying to know what has happened, I know I am. Anyone in SW Scotland heard a loud bang, screaming and then shouting, followed shortly thereafter by blues and twos wailing away?
Meanwhile and in the same spirit of adventure I am clutching this Mills bomb having foolishly thrown the pin away....... Mum!!!!!
Meanwhile and in the same spirit of adventure I am clutching this Mills bomb having foolishly thrown the pin away....... Mum!!!!!
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