Damn Yankee
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When you are pushing the handle down just throw a old jacket, throw rug or big towel over the press and if something happens you will have a barrier between you and the primer.
Unseating an upside down primer
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crankyoldlady
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As most have said . . . no prep no drama necessary, though eye protection as always is a good idea.
Run the case back through your resizing/decapping die . . . slowly . . . and push the primer out.
If you've never done this before, you might feel better control by having nothing else on your shellplate.
The primer is very likely still usable, but I prefer to put it in an otherwise empty case, chamber it, and fire creating a for-sure-used primer
In some revolvers, this method can interfere with cylinder rotation due to the primer setback. I prefer to take the primer outside, place it on the cement, and whack it with a hammer.
gwpercle
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I've deprimed them, more than a few times and never had one go off. The trick is to use a single stage press and go very, very , very slowly. A sudden impact is needed to set one off, going slowly and gently is the secrete.
Wear ear plugs and eye protection , just in case. I have even used the primers after easing them out ....they all went bang when flipped over!
Gary
Wear ear plugs and eye protection , just in case. I have even used the primers after easing them out ....they all went bang when flipped over!
Gary
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So what if it does go off?
Years ago I had to knock out an upside down live primer with a hammer and pin punch. Yep, it went off. No big deal. Nothing to get "the vapors" about.
Years ago I had to knock out an upside down live primer with a hammer and pin punch. Yep, it went off. No big deal. Nothing to get "the vapors" about.
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That's fun too.....
That's fun, too. Reminds me of the time I put a whole roll of caps on the cement and whacked it with a big hammer. It was the first of several events that drastically affected my hearing.
That's fun, too. Reminds me of the time I put a whole roll of caps on the cement and whacked it with a big hammer. It was the first of several events that drastically affected my hearing.
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That's fun, too. Reminds me of the time I put a whole roll of caps on the cement and whacked it with a big hammer. It was the first of several events that drastically affected my hearing.
Yes, it does make the ears ring!
fredj338
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Banging on live primers with a hammer should be avoided.
DWalt
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I couldn't count the number of upside-down primers I have removed over the past 50 years - probably well into the multiple hundreds. Just run them through the sizing die/decapper die again. Or use a hand punch. I have never had one go off. I don't re-use them after removal. Forget the soaking primers in oil, WD-40, water, whatever. It's a waste of time and does nothing to desensitize them. I don't know who started the urban myth that it does. If you don't believe me, try it yourself.
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I'm sure you can get.....
I'm sure you can get flack vests at the Army Surplus store.
I'm sure you can get flack vests at the Army Surplus store.
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Push the primer back out with a decapping die and reuse it, as has been said many times already.
Hurts exactly nothing.
I do believe safety glasses are in order.
Unexpected weird sh*t does happen.
Safety glasses are cheap, eye surgery is expensive.
I tried spraying primers with WD40, went to lunch, came back,
loaded them in empty cases and they all fired just fine.
Hurts exactly nothing.
I do believe safety glasses are in order.
Unexpected weird sh*t does happen.
Safety glasses are cheap, eye surgery is expensive.
I tried spraying primers with WD40, went to lunch, came back,
loaded them in empty cases and they all fired just fine.
Oil and primers.....
I believe that modern primers have a very thin seal between the charge and the anvil. It might take more than a spray of oil to neutralize them.
Now when they made bombs out of blasting powder, an oil bath would make it useless in no time, but I don't know anybody that does that anymore and besides, I never have an open barrel of oil handy when I need to dunk a bomb like Tom Swift did.
Anybody care to do a test to see how much oil it takes to kill a primer?
I believe that modern primers have a very thin seal between the charge and the anvil. It might take more than a spray of oil to neutralize them.
Now when they made bombs out of blasting powder, an oil bath would make it useless in no time, but I don't know anybody that does that anymore and besides, I never have an open barrel of oil handy when I need to dunk a bomb like Tom Swift did.
Anybody care to do a test to see how much oil it takes to kill a primer?
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Shooter Magaven
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Step 1 : immediately place the cartridge in an approved blast container,
step 2: call your local EOD team
step 3: notify the BATF
step 4: fill out all necessary paperwork in triplicate.
No piont in causing potential death or severe injury by doing this yourself. Always rely on the Government to perform these dangerous tasks. Remember, you are just a civilian, they are the professionals.
step 2: call your local EOD team
step 3: notify the BATF
step 4: fill out all necessary paperwork in triplicate.
No piont in causing potential death or severe injury by doing this yourself. Always rely on the Government to perform these dangerous tasks. Remember, you are just a civilian, they are the professionals.
Beemer-mark
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I do it all the time, no biggie. In 20 years I've never had one go off.
Once I got a primer stuck hard in the progressive press loading tube. Only 1 primer in the tube. Mad me mad. Put on safety glasses (over my prescription safety glasses) put the tube in a vice, used heavy leather gloves and drove it out with a steel rod. Had to really hit the rod with a hammer to make the primer go off. Primers just aren't that sensitive. Using a decapping die is no where the force of a firearm hammer striking the primer.
Beemer-mark
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44-40 ain't cheap either
Finally, a voice of reason. If only one child's life is saved...
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