Can these be "saved"?

[Hockey7711]

Can these be safely deprimed?

 

[AJC1]

Yes no problem. Go slow.

 

[ericuda]

Aj nailed it. I bet it took a lot of pressure to seat the 2 to the right.

 

[Hockey7711]

I don't remember how those two happened. It was a while ago.

 

[Walkalong]

Yep, have done it, do like @AJC1 posted, just use a decapper or sizer.

 

[Hockey7711]

OK will do

 

[Obturation]

If you ever have a backward primer you can pop the anvil out, that greatly reduced chances it will make a noise. Either way, not much will happen either way. Looks like you have plenty of primer seating power, dang.

I prime individually , gives a good feel for seating pressure- which I like

 

[gunlaw]

Yep

 

[nofendertom]

Using a Dillon press?

 

[bullseye308]

I have done it more times than I’ll admit, but like mentioned above, take it slowly. I use either a universal deprimer or the Lee decapper and base. Both ways work and so far, I have not set off a primer yet.

 

[AJC1]

I actually believe your less likely to damage the primer the way yo have it than trying to remove one normally installed. The point pressure on the anvil cant help.

 

[Walkalong]

Primers I pushed out because I mashed them.

 

[Random 8]

I would de cap them, then use the ones that look fairly straight.

 

[berettaprofessor]

Nice and slow yes.

 

[Bcwitt]

I drop them in water first. Just to kill the compound. No chance that way.

 

[AK Hunter]

The three that are backwards can but the ones that are mashed sideways no.
Wear safety glasses & push them out slow. I use a home made pin & a block with a hole in it for under the case, then just tap them out.

 

[edwardware]

I drop them in water first. Just to kill the compound. No chance that way.

If you run the experiment, you'll find that water doesn't bother primers in short time. They'll still detonate after being wet for at least a couple hours.

 

[bersaguy]

I've done that with a Lee hand primer. Well the backward ones, the sideways ones I'd need gorilla hands to do that with the Lee. But I was able to decap mine. They looked like they had a firing pin strike when I was done, but was able to reseat and fire them just fine. Put then in my press with a Lyman decapping die, went slow, no boom

 

[dcloco]

I drop them in water first. Just to kill the compound. No chance that way.

This info is not true. Try multiple liquids if you wish. Primers are very hard to kill.

Whatever liquid you wish to use, let them dry a couple days after quench....prime a piece of brass, load, point in a SAFE direction....and see if you have success or not.

 

[Bfh_auto]

Primers I pushed out because I mashed them.
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I don't keep evidence of the crime laying around.

 

[rfwobbly]

I don't keep evidence of the crime laying around.

Exactly. I saw where Biden now plans to prosecute people who waste primers.

 

[Hockey7711]

Well, I was able to deprime all of them. No problem.
Used the lee carbine resizing and depriming die.

 

[santacruzdave]

Done it plenty of times. Just like everyone says. Slow and steady with a universal decapping die

 

[Walkalong]

I don't keep evidence of the crime laying around.

LOL, I tossed them long ago, but I did take a pic for such threads as this.

 

[Walkalong]

Well, I was able to deprime all of them. No problem.
Used the lee carbine resizing and depriming die.

Excellent!