Yep, one week later 50% fired with a pzzf and 50% went Bang. I don't trust WD40 as a deactivator of primers.
Deactivating Live Primers
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Yep, one week later 50% fired with a pzzf and 50% went Bang. I don't trust WD40 as a deactivator of primers.
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These are removed from the brass. They cannot be used again. So far, it looks like the best answer is to bury them.
No, why bury them? Wrap them up put them in a old sealed container and put them in the trash. At least they will end up in a landfill.
The correct thing to do with them, if your County has one is take them to the Haz Mat disposal.
Ours takes any haz mat material, paint, ammo, light bulbs, TVs etc etc.
ArchAngelCD
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Heck, just throw them in the garbage since they are already out of the case. If not bury them under a few inches of dirt. The moisture will surely ruin them in short order. (I would just throw them away...)
Our community has an annual haz mat day where one can drive to a collection point but it specifically excludes ammo. I doubt they would even know what a primer is, much less know what to do with it.
I also vote for tossing them in the trash (which is where the spent ones already go).
The crazy thing about the Haz Mat centers like ours. It's well organized and divided up into each type of material, guys wearing haz mat suits and everything gets sealed in 55 gal drums.
And where do these drums go?? The landfill
So just pitch them in the trash. Anything buried can get dug up or leach into the water system. I guess some of the motor oil gets burned.
And where do these drums go?? The landfill
So just pitch them in the trash. Anything buried can get dug up or leach into the water system. I guess some of the motor oil gets burned.
According to the following Cal Tech posting (DARPA/MTO/MEMS Digital Micro-Propulsion Project) lead styphnate can be neutralized by a sodium carbonate solution, which is soda ash.
"Lead styphnate does not react with metals and is less sensitive to shock and friction than mercury fulminate or lead azide. Lead styphnate is only slightly soluble in water and methyl alcohol and may be neutralized by a sodium carbonate solution."
"Lead styphnate does not react with metals and is less sensitive to shock and friction than mercury fulminate or lead azide. Lead styphnate is only slightly soluble in water and methyl alcohol and may be neutralized by a sodium carbonate solution."
Thanks for that link.
Also, sodium carbonate is also know as washing soda. You can make your own by baking regular baking soda in the oven on a flat baking sheet for 1 hr at 350*. This drives off the CO2 and water. ( I used a lot of it in keeping saltwater reef tanks)
Since I don't trust WD-40 anymore I did away with the balance from my WD-40 experiment by putting them in my vice flat ways and crushing them. They come out sealed up pretty good and then into the trash. Yea, technically it is hazmat but it is so little I am not going to worry.
Had a thought. I bet that Kroil will do the job. Next time I have some primers to get rid of I will try spraying some into the cup and letting it sit a while. That stuff penetrates like crazy.
Had a thought. I bet that Kroil will do the job. Next time I have some primers to get rid of I will try spraying some into the cup and letting it sit a while. That stuff penetrates like crazy.
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