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Wow! Great ideas, with quite a bit of diversity on what if anything will deactivate a primer. Never thought about heat. Reminds me of the scene in RED where Bruce Willis drops a handful of 9mm cartridges into a frying pan to create a diversion!. Anyway, got me to thinking: Why not test and find out? I picked out 10 rounds each of .22LR Winchester Wildcat (CCI Headstamp), an unusual headstamp from ammo I've had for years on my pistol belt, Super-X, and CCI Mini-Mags, and pulled the bullets. Used a washer from a roofing screw, which fit the cartridges exactly, and provided a bit of padding when using the kinetic bullet puller. Discovered the Super-X cartridges were orders of magnitude more difficult to pull, causing me to give up and mechanically pull some of them after 15 whacks of the kinetic puller, where the other 3 brands took 2 to 5 whacks on average.
Will let one of each soak for a week in Kroil, Strike-Hold, Ballistol, acetone, denatured alcohol, Hoppes #9 nitro powder solvent, water, gasoline, Sea-Foam, and vinegar. Then will dry out with compressed air, and let them dry in the sun for another week. Then will try firing them in my .22 LR revolver and see which, if any of them, are fully inert.
Will let one of each soak for a week in Kroil, Strike-Hold, Ballistol, acetone, denatured alcohol, Hoppes #9 nitro powder solvent, water, gasoline, Sea-Foam, and vinegar. Then will dry out with compressed air, and let them dry in the sun for another week. Then will try firing them in my .22 LR revolver and see which, if any of them, are fully inert.