Gatorbaiter
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I thought I was the only one depriming live primers...glad to see I'm not the Lone Ranger!!!
Depriming brass with live primers
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roger460xvr
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i never had a problem either decapping live primers
CookE
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I RELOADED FOR ABOUT 30 YEARS AND I DID IT ALL THE TIME. MAYBE I WAS JUST LUCKY, BUT I "NEVER" HAD ONE GO OFF. That's kind of like they tell you NOT TO TUMBLER LOADED BRASS BECAUSE OF THE DANGER OF A ROUND GOING OFF. I DID IT FROM DAY ONE. WINCHESTER DOES IT. IF YOU EVER GET A CHANCE TO OPEN UP NEW AMMO, I DON'T CARE WHOSE BRAND IT IS AND TAKE A "REAL CLOSE LOOK AT THE PRIMER END OF THE CASE YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE CORNCOB STILL IN THE PRIMER POCKETS. I was a personal friend of the President of 3-D AMMUNITION CO. OUT OF DONIPFAN NE. I TOURED HIS PLANT AND THEY DID IT ALL THE TIME. THEY USE "CEMENT MIXERS" AS TUMBLERS......................CookE
Nemo288
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Dang. And to think all these years I have tried to keep the corn
cob OUT of my primer pockets! Little did I know.
cob OUT of my primer pockets! Little did I know.
Going back to your original post and the comment that the ammo "wouldn't cycle the action". To me that implies the primers were firing but the ctgs had light or contaminated powder charges. If the primers were going off I would not de-prime the cases at all.
If you put oil in the cases how do you plan on de-oiling completely to reload?
If you put oil in the cases how do you plan on de-oiling completely to reload?
JohnnieB
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I don't often have the need to de-prime cases with live primers, but when I do, I soak them in the same NRA formula (water, vinegar, salt and detergent) I routinely use for washing cases and decap them while they're damp with a Universal Decapping die. So far, none have popped, but I always wear eye/ear protection.
Miata Mike
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I would reload a magazine full of them with your favorite powder and see if they cycle the action. Sounds like the primers could be OK. How many cases are we talking here to deprime?
FWIW:
An exploding live primer will propel itself to about 1400 ft/sec out of the primer pocket (I read in Guns & Ammo…I think.) Now, depending on a type and design of the reloading press you're using this could either hurt your knee if spent primers travel straight down the ram or bounce right up in your face if you have RCBS press! Best way to "disarm" life primers is to fire them in your gun! Pull the bullet, dispose of powder, load empties in a gun and pull the trigger.
An exploding live primer will propel itself to about 1400 ft/sec out of the primer pocket (I read in Guns & Ammo…I think.) Now, depending on a type and design of the reloading press you're using this could either hurt your knee if spent primers travel straight down the ram or bounce right up in your face if you have RCBS press! Best way to "disarm" life primers is to fire them in your gun! Pull the bullet, dispose of powder, load empties in a gun and pull the trigger.
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Which way to do it safely?
I pulled a bunch of bullets out of some old Remington ammo that for some reason (stored incorrectly perhaps?) wouldn't cycle the action. I'd like to reuse both bullets and brass and now I have a collection of primed brass the trouble is if the powder had deteriorated enough to lose it's moxy, the primers should also be suspect and I'd so like to get the brass decapped.
How do I do this safely? Maybe soak 'em with WD-40 before running through the die?
Take the primed brass, your pistol, eye and ear protection and teach a youngster to pull the trigger and shoot without a flinch and develop a healthy respect for just how powerful those darn primers are.
I had this problem - primed cases needed depriming, due to my inexperience. I read the posts, then went & deprimed 50 cases. I used a Lee universal deprimer. No problem. Now I'm wondering if I can reuse the primers? They seem ok, dia is the same.
What say you?
What say you?
I say no. reason is, the lasT time I decapped a bunch of live ones there was a noticable amount of green primer dust afterwards. This tells me that the mixture must have been somewhat compromised/crushed in the process.
Also, FWIW, I can speak from experience that oil WILL NOT reliably kill primers.
I have decapped hundreds of them with press and the Lee decapping set and never had one pop.
thndrchiken
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As has been said, consistent pressure and safety glasses, however you can always spray the inside of the case with some wd and allow to soak for a few hours. IMO that's all wd is good for anyway.
