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Really safe unless you try to use one on a rimfire bullet.
That's funny, I'll have to keep that in mind,next time I forget my hearing protection!
I always do and cannot imagine how it could ever cause a problem.I've heard of some people using shell holders to hold the case instead of the supplied case holder and I do not advise doing this. Mishaps have been reported doing it this way.
I am going to pee in the punch bowl:
Primer goes off in inertial bullet puller on a loaded 22-250.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=794751
Just had a close call when using a RCBS inertial bullet puller. I have been using one of these for about 30 years with out any problem. Today I was going to pull a few bullets out of loaded 22-250 ammo to change the load for testing.
I had a 50 grain Hornady V-Max on top of 37.5 grains of Varget in Hornady brass with a CCI 200 LR Primer. I smack the RCBS inertial bullet puller several times on the concrete floor and the bullet would not budge, I finally gave it a very hard hit and the primer went the Primer went off. At first I thought I might have hit a loose primer lying on the floor but could not find any burn marks, then I noticed the primer was missing out of the cartridge but the cartridge was intact with the bullet still in it. How that that be possible. I the powder did not ignite. I thought may be the primer bounced out and I smacked it on the floor, so I pulled the bullet and dumped the powder out. Sure enough several grains of powder were singed but the powder did not ignite. The primer simply went off and with out any thing to hold the primer in, it simply pushed it self out with out enough fire going thru the flash hole to set off the powder.
I have been reloading for 47 years and loaded ten of thousands of rounds. I never would have believed this would have been possible.
Has any one else ever had a primer go off by accident?
I have used inertial pullers for decades now, never had a primer go off, but you know, never say never. Wear your safety glasses when priming and also when using inertial pullers. If you never have a primer go off, you absolutely wasted your time. If those glasses protect your vision, because the ultra rare sensitive primer went off, you will value those safety glasses more than gold bars.
While accidents due to old gunpowder and sensitive primers are rare, become complacent and you will find these energetic items have the energy to hurt you badly.
Don't know of anything 100% safe. Even watching tv in bed you can get bed sores, misaligned spine and screwed up vision.I don’t understand “fairly safe “, “pretty safe”, etc. either it’s safe or it’s unsafe. Maybe it’s just me.
Glad you didn't get injured Slamfire. I'll continue to put unknown cartridges into the NG / unknown bottle.
Although we're always seeing new idiots who can screw up even the most recent idiot-proof items, if there was any danger in kinetic bullet pullers, I'm guessing the liability suits would have eliminated them from the market by now or raised the price so high you wouldn't be able to afford one.
I don’t understand “fairly safe “, “pretty safe”, etc. either it’s safe or it’s unsafe.
That's sort of like saying a steak is either done or it's not done.I don’t understand “fairly safe “, “pretty safe”, etc. either it’s safe or it’s unsafe. Maybe it’s just me.
When I see a story like that , I have to think there's more to it than meets the eye. But, maybe not.I am going to pee in the punch bowl:
Primer goes off in inertial bullet puller on a loaded 22-250.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=794751
Just had a close call when using a RCBS inertial bullet puller........