live primer removal

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Same process as used. I'd add, if you don't already use safety glasses or better yet a face shield for work with live components.

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I've done it on occasion. I don't like doing though.

Use eye protection and use your press with decapping or resizing die and use SLOW, STEADY pressure. No sudden or jerky motions.
 
I see no problem. Primers are made to go bang when struck sharply against the cup. Pushing on the other side is totally different. It is highly unlikely you will cause a primer to go bang from the inside. Almost every live primer I have removed was reused and every single one went off on the first strike. Of course I only used them in range ammo but they all did work.
 
I have removed live primers with no issue.

i wear eye pro when working with live primers, but i am curious, has anyone ever set off a primer they were trying to remove with a decapping die?

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Remove it just like you would a spent primer. Just dont hammer at it going mach speed and you will be ok. It went in without exploding, it will come out without exploding. I have decapped several thousand pieces of live primed brass with no issue.
 
I have decapped live primers with both a dedicated decapping die and just the regular resizing die with no issues. Just go slow.

I have never had a primer go off anywhere except inside a gun--and sometimes not even then.
 
Go slow, wear eye protection.

I've done this a bunch of times - once for a lot due to a loading mistake on my part and every so often when the brass is bad but not seen until loaded.

I've always reused the primers without a problem.
 
Just decapp them slowly with a sizer or universal decapper. Re-use as applicable.
 
Yup, nothing special except to not to go for a speed record while de-priming...steady pressure is the key.

I just deprimed 3 cases this morning where there were flaws in the case that I didn't detect until loading. I use a Lee Universal de-priming die in my Lee Classic Cast single stage press...catching the primers in the attached tube.

Be sure to check that the anvil hasn't been dislodged during the process
 
Or you could just put them in the firearm and fire them off!

But like others, I have removed them with no issues just use caution and PPE.

I recently decapped 100 40S&W rounds that I found at the range with the primer upside down. Someone just left them in the brass bucket!

None went off but i was gentle with the press.........

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Wow, that's something I have never had to do. I would be real cautious with upside down primers.
 
The only problem I would foresee with depriming live primers, slowly, would be if the primer had been crimped in.

As others have said, wear eye protection.
 
Above advice is good. If you want to add another level of safety shoot some WD40 into case. They say it kills primers. Then deprime.
 
WD40 and other oils can kill a primer but more times than not it will NOT. There is no reason to kill a primer just to decap it, even if crimped.
 
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