Primer seated upside down. What to do?

[jcwit]

But then that is not just one going off and no more, its adding more force from more primers going off.

 

[Walkalong]

You learn after the first one to seat the primers with maybe ten soft swings of the hammer.

Which is how I de-prime a live one with a Lee de-capping stem and a small brass hammer. Easy does it. Several soft taps. Never had one go off, and am not concerned if ones does.

I am still not recommending it. Just saying.......

 

[918v]

Why would you do something like that when your sizig die is so much softer and gentler?

 

[ghostwriter]

If by some star aligned chance of fate the primer was ignited during the decapping process the resulting flash would harmlessly vent out the shell holder, in fact very little actually goes up inside the case and is vented thru the die. Anyway, there isn't enough poop to pop to be an issue.
When I was a kid, some 30-40 years ago us kids used to just prime cases and then melt candle wax into a small cup to a depth of about 3/8" deep. Let the wax harden and then just take your newly primed case and press it into the wax creating a "wax bullet". We used to play shoot-em-up and that was before paint ball guns were created. Had a whole lotta fun let me tell you. You can just imagine the fun we had.
So, for me to knock out a primer, wow, maybe I should go get a permit or something and then have the fire dept stand by huh> LOL> amazed I survived my childhold huh.

 

[Palehorseman]

If anyone is worried about setting primers off, don't ever use the old Lee classic loaders, I remember those bangs well.

 

[Walkalong]

Why would you do something like that when your sizig die is so much softer and gentler?

Excellent question! Lazy, it's fast and easy.

But like I posted, I do not recommend it, I just used it as an example that primers don't go off easily.

 

[Deen Macheen]

If anyone is worried about setting primers off, don't ever use the old Lee classic loaders, I remember those bangs well.

Really? I just bought one for 38 spc and am reloading a bunch of cases right now. I know there is a potential for the primer going off, but we are being careful. Also is there a difference from the way the old primer seat was mfg and the new one? the set I have is brand new and seems to have some safety rings in the primer seat assembly.

 

[jinxer3006]

Can't believe we have over 40 posts on how to save a three cent piece of brass!

Forget that. We've now had over 40 posts since the OP got the primer in question out of the brass!!!!!

 

[BeerSleeper]

It's not just about the 3 cent primer, or the three cent brass. When I sit down with one box of primers (100), one box of bullets(100), and two empty ammo boxes(100), I don't like to get up with one empty hole in one of the ammo boxes. (Never mind the fact, that because the deprimed/reprimed primer was "iffy", I had to go shoot it right away, and then *had* to shoot the other 49 rounds in that box)

 

[Cosmoline]

Frugality has its limits. I have a feeling that there are more than a few hand loaders here who would be good subjects for that "Hoarders" show.

I can see the hosts, concerned about the fifteen coffee cans full of sorted rubber bands. Thousands of cleaned and sorted once-fired cartridges for rounds you do not load and have never shot, but you keep them because they were just sitting on the ground at the range. Now I'll admit that I do keep a box of 6.5 M-S brass around, but that's in the hopes that it will attract the corresponding rifle.

 

[918v]

The arguments against depriming a live primer have no merit. Depriming a live primer is perfectly safe. Toccing a primed case makes as much sense as tossing a loaded round whose OAL is too long. The whole point of handloading is to have the ability to adjust and disassemble the rounds. That's why we have all these tools. Choosig purposefully to not use the tools due to some unfounded paranoia is just not right.

 

[Walkalong]

Can't believe we have over 40 posts on how to save a three cent piece of brass!

But it's still interesting.

Thousands of cleaned and sorted once-fired cartridges for rounds you do not load and have never shot, but you keep them because they were just sitting on the ground at the range.

Guilty.

The arguments against depriming a live primer have no merit

Yep. De-prime using a sizer or universal de-capping die. No worries. Just don't slam the thing down.

 

[BeerSleeper]

another point no one has mentioned...my junk brass doesn't go in the trash can. It goes in the scrap brass bucket. That bucket goes to the metal recyclers. They'll take spent brass. It's not "spent" if it's primed.

 

[RustyFN]

But then that is not just one going off and no more, its adding more force from more primers going off.

JC I agree with you 100% and have decaped live primers many times and reused them. My last reply was to the post that anything designed to seat a primer is safe and you don't have to worry about a primer that goes off in one, that would be false. That's why press manufactures sell primer blast shields and other safety devices for presses. But as you say I don't worry about a single primer going off in a sizing die if it was to happen.

 

[Rollis R. Karvellis]

The reason I, use Blasser Alumminum case ammunition in my self defense guns, is if I, ever have to shot someone, the cop's probably won't give bake my empty cases.

 

[RustyFN]

The reason I, use Blasser Alumminum case ammunition in my self defense guns, is if I, ever have to shot someone, the cop's probably won't give bake my empty cases.

Don't want to lose those brass cases Rollis.

 

[Ruger GP100 fan]

I can see the hosts, concerned about the fifteen coffee cans full of sorted rubber bands.

Hey Hey Hey!!! That's the spare belts for my Harbor Freight rock tumbler I clean my brass with you're talking about!!!

 

[Hondo 60]

De-prime using a sizer or universal de-capping die. No worries. Just don't slam the thing down.

Amen! I've done this probably 20 times over the last year.
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