Left over primer residue...

[Andy Griffith]

Just to ask...
Is a large quantity of spent primers dangerous?
In other words, is there still any residue that might ignite?

Stupid question after all these years, I know.
I've got roughly half of a five gallon bucket filled (took a while, though).

[Andy Griffith]

Just to ask...
Is a large quantity of spent primers dangerous?
In other words, is there still any residue that might ignite?

Stupid question after all these years, I know.
I've got roughly half of a five gallon bucket filled (took a while, though).

[Amici]

Originally posted by Amici:
They've already ignited - that's why they're spent.

The problem is the lead residue you now have a half-bucket of. Just what are you saving it for?

[Skip Sackett]

Originally posted by Andy Griffith:
Just to ask...
Is a large quantity of spent primers dangerous?
In other words, is there still any residue that might ignite?

Stupid question after all these years, I know.
I've got roughly half of a five gallon bucket filled (took a while, though).

Andy,
I suppose they are if you stick your head in there and do a "snuck" or two through your old nose bone!

Or if you take your hand that has about a "gazillion" bleeding cuts and stir around in it.


If you aren't going to do either of those two things, get rid of them. Don't throw them away though, they are brass, brass is worth money, money can buy other reloading supplies, need I say more?

I have about 1/2 of what you do. Depending on what your scrap yard classifies the brass to be, you can get from almost $1/lb and down.

FWIW

[Andy Griffith]

Originally posted by smith crazy:

I have about 1/2 of what you do. Depending on what your scrap yard classifies the brass to be, you can get from almost $1/lb and down.

FWIW

That's what I was thinking.
Just wanted to be certain that I didn't have anything that might ignite from static electricity because I could have sworn I read somewhere that large quantities of spent primers may have enough residue to ignite.

Silly me.

[Skip Sackett]

may have enough residue to ignite.

Our yard requires all firearms brass to be burnt in a can with gasoline before they will take it. Just in case there are any live rounds in the mix!

I get buckets of brass from my local indoor range and there are inevitably live rounds in them. From 22 LR to 308 and everything in between.

One thing to be careful of when "lighting off" your primers is that if there is any powder that doesn't make it into the case it will end up in the same bucket.

On my Square Deal B's I have had problems with primers "feeding" into the "anvil". I have missed a few and charged the case anyway. Since I use a lot of Accurate Arms powders because they meter so well, they also "fly" through an open flash hole!

I know it is risky telling on myself like this on a public forum but, it's the truth!