Lost live primers

[Qc Pistolero]

I too stop and look for it.After 1 or 2 minutes,if I haven't found it,I get my high tech lost primer retriever;an old broom.99.99% of the time,it turns up from under some place in the loading room(these primers can sometimes roll a pretty good distance and hide pretty well);it is satisfying to find the missing 1% and by the same token keeps the floor clean!
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[tops]

I use coffee cans to store my pistol empties and loaded shells so when I reload the cases I always have an odd number. I don't bother to look for dropped primers. The cost of a primer doesn't have anything to do with the cost of my next meal and one monkey don't stop the show. Larry

 

[Clovishound]

My vac just pulls the primer against the dirt bag.

Maybe I've seen too many episodes of NYPD Blue, but that right there is funny. Intended or not.

 

[Gpsman]

It's not the pennies or the fear or explosions that bothers me....
As others have said, it's that odd number of loaded cartridges sitting there staring at me!

 

[feelinlucky]

When loading, it's inevitable that you will occasionally crush a primer when it doesn't seat right in the primer feed. Some people are not particular about the actual number of rounds they load, so when that happens, they load 99 and forget it. Some people want to load exact numbers of rounds. In that case, they have to open another pack of primers.

I like to fill my ammo boxes... no more... no less, so I long ago forgot about trying to keep even component counts. I just keep the primer feed full and only count my rounds.

There are some things that I could lose sleep over though.

One of those is knowing that there are little bits of explosive laying around my shop that if set off at an inopportune moment, could at best cause me to **** my pants, or at worst cause me to saw my hand off.

 

[littleriver1]

Dropped primers always seem to find their way back somehow. I usually call my wife to find them. She has eyes like a hawk. If I don’t find it right away I move on and find it when I’m not actually looking for it. I worry about it but it’s not like stepping in dog ****. When that happens the planet stops spinning and everything floats off into outer space except the smell. That smell just seems to follow you around for the rest of the day no matter what you do to hide from it.

 

[Nevada Ed]

My reloading room is also where I store my fishing gear and also reload shotgun shells. One has to be very careful on how he goes about searching for things.

A small #22 dry fly hook or a #12 treble hook on my indoor/outdoor carpet is not what you want to find, sweeping your hand across it.

I usually use a wooden or plastic ruler on edge to find things.
A broom just scatters things and makes for a larger search area.

I usually put all the Shotgun pellets spilt, from #9 lead to BB steel along with fishing leader and all the
spent pistol and rifle primers that did not make it from the tray to the garbage box, into a small cup
which is transferred to a coffee can.
Sorting through all this for one primer is sort of silly but I also like to have 50 or 100 rounds in a box
and not one short. I say it is peace of mind. My wife would say I'm cheap.

 

[tcook90]

You guys are killing me! I dropped a primer 3 reloading "sessions" ago, and have spent a total of about an hour searching for it. I have searched on hands and knees probably 5 or 6 times. Now after reading through this, it's gonna be 7 times!

 

[mi2600]

I used to drop primers occasionally. Now, since my purchase of the Lee new model primer tool, I am afforded greatly expanded opportunities to crawl around on my hands and knees!

 

[Fishslayer]

I've opened a primer sleeve upside down more than once. I don't worry about 'em too much except during the Great Primer Drought of '09. I spent more time looking back then.

 

[03Fatboy]

I have lost my share of primers on the garage floor. I frequently blow it out. If I don't see it shortly after I drop it then it remains in place like a land mine. Makes for fun when waking in the garage barefooted.

 

[LostintheOzone]

My floor usually has 3-4 primers on it after a loading session. I just sweep them up and throw the small ones in the garbage. The large ones I reuse because I know they are LP primers. The small ones could be SP or SR, I can't tell the difference. I suppose they would still work if I switched them but for 10 cents I'll just use the right primer.

Now if you start talking about cases, well that's a whole nother ball of wax.