what could possibly go wrong?

Not for me if someone else wants to try that’s on them

I've heard of people making there own primers and recharging rimfire brass with that stuff. It's not like ammonium nitrate or something like that, relatively safe if handled with reasonable care, no?

Eta: Hmm. Maybe it wasn't that stuff. The stuff I was reading about wasn't corrosive.

When I was a teenager I once tried to make blackpowder. I knew the ingredients, and the proportions of each to use.

But, I didn't know how to mix it into a useful .... uh, explosive .

I count myself lucky. Maybe some neighbors as well .... .....

No thank you. (and) Possibilities for misuse are endless.

FWIW, If KCl03 is the main component, then H-48 primer compound (obsolete before WWI) is probably what they are talking about, and has little in common with the chart hso posted.

I don't disagree with the general sentiment that this is not something the vast majority of us want to mess with. Even if you have an advanced chemistry degree and the proper facilities to make the stuff, H-48 isn't a good choice - there are reasons it is obsolete. It's very corrosive, and tends to leach chlorine which is likely to interact with your powder in interesting ways.

I like lead azide myself.

The issue with making any priming compound is the nature of the beast.
Priming compounds are all primary explosives, designed to go bang on impact.

This designation is a result of the sensitivity of these materials to percussion, heat, and sparks (both electrical and mechanical) and their intense power during detonation

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While I have never tried it I imagine you could light 8oz of powder on a table in front of you and walk away either unharmed or with some burns.
8oz of priming compound going off in front of you would probably ruin your day.....
(if you were doing it probably best to make really small batches)

Yes people do reload primers, but unless I had no other choice I would pass.

https://aardvarkreloading.com/resources/Homemade Primer Course Update.pdf

This is kind of a cool "prepper" DIY priming method, specifically for .22LR but you could reprime spent primers as well, I think. Idk, it's kind of cool. Would have to be in really dire straits to have to use but still neat.

Reloading 22LR Ammo - You Can
https://www.ammoland.com/2015/11/reloading-22lr-ammo/

It sounds really interesting but definitely above my pay grade. If I run out of primers I’ll just use my flintlock. I can make those primers ok

Steve Milbocker said:

It sounds really interesting but definitely above my pay grade. If I run out of primers I’ll just use my flintlock. I can make those primers ok

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No God made those primers, you just have to pick them up and adjust their size.

I just tried it. They worked much better than expected. I just have to use a voice to text app now.

I just tried it. They worked much better than expected. I just have to use a voice to text app now.

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What you can't you type with your toes?

Dudedog said:

What you can't you type with your toes?

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I wear a 14 shoe period So period period period no period send wait this is going to take some getting used to period el oh el

In the black powder section their is info on this very subject.

I have a personal attachment to my own appendages.

I have watched videos on this subject and in very small batches AND done correctly it's fairly safe.
But that being said, I like the rollcap method. No chemicals to put you on "lists" and really quite safe when following directions.
And it won't break the bank.
Don't forget the glass and extra powder.

Tommygunn said:

When I was a teenager I once tried to make blackpowder. I knew the ingredients, and the proportions of each to use.

But, I didn't know how to mix it into a useful .... uh, explosive .

I count myself lucky. Maybe some neighbors as well .... .....

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It's got to be "wet" then mixed.

Waisting lead said:

It's got to be "wet" then mixed.

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I found that out much later.

I meet a fellow. Who said he uses the paper roll caps. The ones that we had as kids for our cap guns. To reuse primers.

I like things that go boom, but I want them to go BOOM over there.

Tommygunn said:

When I was a teenager I once tried to make blackpowder. I knew the ingredients, and the proportions of each to use.

But, I didn't know how to mix it into a useful .... uh, explosive .

I count myself lucky. Maybe some neighbors as well .... .....

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I lived in Decatur for years. Tried the same stunt....lucky I can still count to 10 using my fingers ....

Now and then the subject of using small pistol magnum and small rifle in place of small pistol standard primers. Here is a video explaining how it's safe to do so. The guy has pressure testing equipment.

"What could possibly go wrong?" is the number two harbinger of a an impending disaster. Number one is of course "Hold my beer and watch this!"