Depriming live primers?
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I use a lee universal deprimer. I have deprimed hundreds of rounds with live primers in them with no problems. But, I go very very slowly when doing so.
One night, a few years ago, I resized some brass that was primed and I didn't think was. The sizing die had the deprimer pin installed. I resized them like normal. The next day, I dumped the primers out of the tube and saw they were live. I could have died.
I'd recommend making sure there are no other live primers around, no powder around before attempting to deprime the live primer. I've never had one go off. But you never know. I usually don't worry about it.
Losing your face... hmmm... I can't see these thing being more powerful than a firecracker. Most it will do is hurt your ears, even the larger rifle ones. I have doubts on that concept.
One night, a few years ago, I resized some brass that was primed and I didn't think was. The sizing die had the deprimer pin installed. I resized them like normal. The next day, I dumped the primers out of the tube and saw they were live. I could have died.
I'd recommend making sure there are no other live primers around, no powder around before attempting to deprime the live primer. I've never had one go off. But you never know. I usually don't worry about it.
Losing your face... hmmm... I can't see these thing being more powerful than a firecracker. Most it will do is hurt your ears, even the larger rifle ones. I have doubts on that concept.
achildofthesky
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I removed a batch about a week ago and just smooth easy pressure while doing it and had no problems. I reused them and had no problems with the loaded rounds.
Be safe
Patty
Be safe
Patty
FieroCDSP
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Take it easy, wear protection, and don't worry about it.
Now that we have one item from the "Not Recommended" list in the beginners books taken care of, we should ressurect the "SHTF, make your own primers from matches" thread. ::starts chanting::
Now that we have one item from the "Not Recommended" list in the beginners books taken care of, we should ressurect the "SHTF, make your own primers from matches" thread. ::starts chanting::
The Bushmaster
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Primers from match heads...I remember that thread...Ya gotta just make sure you use the white part of the white head matches only.
amlevin
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gtmerkley said:
What do you base this statement on? Experience? or what you read somewhere?
rcmodel said:
I not only have an understanding of the power of a single primer but that of an entire tray of small rifle primers.
It is certainly well worth note and should be respected it is not anywhere near the level that might remove "half your face".
I was loading some .223 rounds on a LEE Progressive when I had an entire tray of primers detonate. Had some plastic cut the back of my hand and some flash burn but I am using that same hand today to type this method (Touch typing to boot, using all fingers
).As long as the "explosion" is uncontained there is little chance of damage and safety glasses will prevent any eye damage. The particles that are tossed about by a primer going off in a de-priming operation are directed upward and away from the operator.
As pointed out by others a primer is a device that must be struck to detonate it (or in my case overheated by a worklamp:banghead
, not squeezed like it is in a de-priming operation.When I am loading either .223 or 9mm on my 650 today, and I have a primed case that I might have pulled from the shell plate for one reason or another, it just goes back in the casefeeder to go through the process again.
in 33 years the score is ZERO live primers detonating while being deprimed. The tray detonation was from a far different cause
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