Is it just me? - Primers

[eastbank]

i,ll check again, but i was sure i was told by a US postal counter person no live primers or loaded ammo thru the US mail. fedx and ups will take it with proper lables and fee,s.

 

[Yankee1986]

i,ll check again, but i was sure i was told by a US postal counter person no live primers or loaded ammo thru the US mail. fedx and ups will take it with proper lables and fee,s.

Loaded ammo is definitely a no-go using USPS.
Not sure about primed brass.
I have received both by USPS from individuals who did not know better or did not care, no way to know for sure.

 

[gifbohane]

What brand of primers do you have. A number of different colors they make the compound and cup.

I use CCI primers. All of them are the same chrome color. Three years ago I wrote to CCI to get the dimensions of each and never heard back. I think that i found the specs on the internet and they were so close that I gave up trying to measure them.

 

[gifbohane]

I only use small pistol and large pistol, personally. Easy to tell them apart. Now, I do have plans to start reloading rifle calibers in the future, so that might complicate things.

Tell me how you differentiate the two. Forget the comment Sorry misread your post

 

[1976B.L.Johns.]

Tell me how you differentiate the two.

 

[lightman]

I've always looked for a dropped primer. Not necessarily because I'm cheap but I hate opening a box of a hundred just to replace one that went AWOL. I just hate having odd open boxes with odd numbers of primers. It can't always be helped but I try to resist it.

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

I've always looked for a dropped primer. Not necessarily because I'm cheap but I hate opening a box of a hundred just to replace one that went AWOL. I just hate having odd open boxes with odd numbers of primers. It can't always be helped but I try to resist it.

Resistance is futile.
I have special sticky labels for sleeves I update every time I pull from an open one. I keep whole sleeves for “boxes” and partials for development and to make up odd numbers. Works for me.

 

[Mark_Mark]

Resistance is futile.
I have special sticky labels for sleeves I update every time I pull from an open one. I keep whole sleeves for “boxes” and partials for development and to make up odd numbers. Works for me.

you guys are so OCD! Just pour it into a mason Jar and sprinkle it like cheese!

Jk… that idea would give me nightmares

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

you guys are so OCD! Just pour it into a mason Jar and sprinkle it like cheese!

Jk… that idea would give me nightmares

You’re only half kidding. I’ve known people who bought primers by the case and spent a day emptying sleeves into 30Caliber cans. Said it was easier to load that way. I never tried it.

 

[Mark_Mark]

You’re only half kidding. I’ve known people who bought primers by the case and spent a day emptying sleeves into 30Caliber cans. Said it was easier to load that way. I never tried it.

that would literally be a bomb!

https://youtube.com/shorts/loL5odOXFZ4?feature=share

 

[cfullgraf]

I use CCI primers. All of them are the same chrome color. Three years ago I wrote to CCI to get the dimensions of each and never heard back. I think that i found the specs on the internet and they were so close that I gave up trying to measure them.

Tell me how you differentiate the two. Forget the comment Sorry misread your post

For me, differentiating between different primers is not an issue. I only have one type of primer open on the bench at a time.

Same as powders.

When I move on to a different cartridge that uses a different primer, I package up the primers I was using, store them appropriately and get out the new type primer for the next cartridge.

 

[cfullgraf]

You’re only half kidding. I’ve known people who bought primers by the case and spent a day emptying sleeves into 30Caliber cans. Said it was easier to load that way. I never tried it.

That is a recipe for disaster.

Primers should be stored in their original packaging.

Return any unused primers to their original packaging.

 

[cfullgraf]

I like the RCBS APS priming system. I have a couple of primer tools that use the APS strips including a Pro2000 press..

RCBS has a color code for each APS strip for different type of primers to help the user to know what primer he is using for factory loaded APS strips.

RCBS made a tool for loading primers into primer strips. RCBS recommended loading standard pistol primers in one color strip, magnum rifle primers in an another strip and so forth thought out the various primers that were available. on the market.

Since factory loaded APS strips are becoming less available, I'm reloading APS strips in my APS strip primer loading tool. I;ve started to load primers in two different color strips that when priming cases, I alternate colors of the APS strips to tell me when a strip is ending and a new strip is starting.

I like to prime off the press for a variety of reasons and a number of folks think I'm crazy. Well, different strokes for different folks. I like the way AS strip primer tools work. It is too bad that RCBS is abandoning the system in my opinion.

I've invested in a serious supply of APS strips so that I can continue to use the APS priming system when I'm reloading.

 

[jmorris]

I use CCI primers. All of them are the same chrome color. Three years ago I wrote to CCI to get the dimensions of each and never heard back.

Have you tried sliding open a tray and flipping one over so you can see the compound? You could sort these 4 different CCI primers from one another, by looking at them, if you mixed them all together, for example.

 

[markr6754]

that would literally be a bomb!

https://youtube.com/shorts/loL5odOXFZ4?feature=share

It was incredibly painful to watch. I can't remember a time when primers were so cheap that sacrificing a bottle full for clicks was worthwhile. Referencing his comment, tannerite is significantly cheaper, and the results infinitely more impressive than his stunt.

 

[gifbohane]

I only have one type of primer open on the bench at a time. Same as powders..

CFULL- I do the same with both primers and powder (one in front of me at a time) however when I look for a dropped new primer and find two, or find one a few days later, I do not know which variety it is.

HOWEVER, being cheap, I have a few hundred unidentified in a plastic bag that I could not and cannot bring myself to discard. I will try the JMORRIS idea.

 

[epags]

I've never dropped a live primer in a pile of spent ones, but there are usually a few spent ones left of the floor from the resizing/depriming operation. The spent primers get policed up at that time as I have to check each one until I find the live primer.

You must not have a Dillon press. LOL

 

[epags]

After reading so many posters chasing dropped primers (and I are one (sic)) I started laughing. I continue to read numerous posts from new reloaders worrying if touching primers with their fingers would contaminate the primer to the point it would not fire. I guess the dust and dirt on my floor (not to mention the debris from fired primers) is ok????

 

[Mark_Mark]

After reading so many posters chasing dropped primers (and I are one (sic)) I started laughing. I continue to read numerous posts from new reloaders worrying if touching primers with their fingers would contaminate the primer to the point it would not fire. I guess the dust and dirt on my floor (not to mention the debris from fired primers) is ok????

Primers eventually will sit in a case full of powder dust and powder debris. So it should be fine! lol

 

[cfullgraf]

You must not have a Dillon press. LOL

I have five Dillons. The SL900 is the only one that I prime on the press.

 

[ciwsguy]

Primers at $25 per brick? No longer at retail. Those days are LONG GONE. Will you see gasoline at 37 cents a gallon? Yep, long gone. You may see primers at $75 per brick of 1000 retail. Inflation is real

 

[Mark_Mark]

Primers at $25 per brick? No longer at retail. Those days are LONG GONE. Will you see gasoline at 37 cents a gallon? Yep, long gone. You may see primers at $75 per brick of 1000 retail. Inflation is real

just wait for the Resection to hit! remember, cash is KING!

 

[barnfrog]

So I get down on my hands and knees and start looking with my eye close to the floor, scanning like a radar. That seems to make little things scattered around the floor show up better.

This reminds me of a trick someone (can't remember who) taught me that is very helpful when looking for small items on the floor. Take flashlight and hold it down next to the floor so the light is shining parallel with the floor. The shadows cast by small items will be much larger than the items themselves. Of course, if you never sweep your floor you're also going to find all the other crud you've dropped since the last time you had to look for a primer.

 

[jmorris]

Primers at $25 per brick? No longer at retail. Those days are LONG GONE. Will you see gasoline at 37 cents a gallon?

Sounds familiar,

Anybody who says that they’ve got some magic bullet to get oil, gas prices down to 2 bucks a gallon aren’t telling the truth.
President Obama, 3-13-2012

FWIW under Trump, is was not only “down to” but below $2/gal…

So, I think policies have something to do with it as well. However, those convinced they can’t do something are usually right.

 

[epags]

I have five Dillons. The SL900 is the only one that I prime on the press.

Ah! I have two. One is dedicated to bulk reloading of handgun calibers and I do use the primer feeder tube. Very occassionally the primer will turn sideways or jump out of the holder and when I try to get it realigned, my fat fingers will bump it into the expended primer holder. I assumed that happens to everyone at some point.
FWIW, my rifle brass is all hand primed.