Reloading for first time on a Universal RCBS handprimer and messed up about 6 primers that went in sideways. Is it safe to decap the primers using the full sizing die? Or, should I take my losses and discard the brass, after all it is range brass and I have swaged the primer hole on all the brass.
Decapping sideways primers, yes or no.
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rcmodel
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Yes, it is safe.
Just go slow and push them back out the same way you smashed them in sideways.
They are safely contained in the die & press frame.
And primers go off due to high speed impact.
Not from a slow steady push.
If they were going to go off?
They would have when you smashed them in sideways!
rc
Just go slow and push them back out the same way you smashed them in sideways.
They are safely contained in the die & press frame.
And primers go off due to high speed impact.
Not from a slow steady push.
If they were going to go off?
They would have when you smashed them in sideways!
rc
When priming .223 cases that have had the primer pocket "fixed" I find there are always a few that still resist priming and on occasion I will get a flipped primer that gets crushed in sideways. (I have to crush it in far enough to get it out of the shell holder on the hand primer) I just de-cap them and re-primer.
Since I do it with a brass hammer and a de-caping stem from a Lee die, and so am I positive it will be safe gently squeezing them out with a de-caping die or sizer.
Tap them out at your own risk.
Since I do it with a brass hammer and a de-caping stem from a Lee die, and so am I positive it will be safe gently squeezing them out with a de-caping die or sizer.
Tap them out at your own risk.
buck460XVR
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What else you gonna do? Safety glasses, earplugs and a towel over the press as I punch 'em out is what I do.
Maybe you haven't worn yours down enough yet.
99% of the ones I get sideways have been in "processed" .223, but after many tens of thousands of rounds primed with my RCBS hand primer I will occasionally have a small primer get sideways. I got new plastic inserts thinking that was it, but it still did it. Very seldom thankfully.
99% of the ones I get sideways have been in "processed" .223, but after many tens of thousands of rounds primed with my RCBS hand primer I will occasionally have a small primer get sideways. I got new plastic inserts thinking that was it, but it still did it. Very seldom thankfully.
HDMF04
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I have used my rcbs press to push live primers back out of brass and never had an issue. I do wear safety glasses though. I would do it so I could save the brass.
ArchAngelCD
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I agree with all but the towel. Even that is not necessary.
arizona98tj
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rc,
It took me better than 35 years of reloading before the first primer went of in my press while priming a .45 ACP. Needless to say, I was using a slow steady push....of that I am sure. That being said, it is rare that it happens, but it does happen.
FROGO207
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On the rare instance that I push a primer in sideways (they are like gold these days) I also use my universal deprimer and push them out slowly. Not had any go off yet but always seem to pucker up when I pull the handle just in case.
longknife12
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In 50+ years of reloading, I've only done this a couple of times. I simply
used my Rock Chucker to deprime and went slowly. No problems. Kinda kicked myself for not paying attention.
Dan
used my Rock Chucker to deprime and went slowly. No problems. Kinda kicked myself for not paying attention.
Dan
TenDriver
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After I take sideways primers out using with a sizing or decapping die, I go smash them in the driveway with a hammer just like I did with caps when I was kid.
buck460XVR
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I'd remove sideways primers because I wanted to save the brass, not the primer. Good .460 brass is about .60 a piece.
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