Friend had an idea - Will this work?

[moooose102]

he is asking for major trouble. all of this is a big no-no. leave the cheap ammo alone, shoot it and forget it. the only thing he is really going to acomplish doing this is hurting himself, someone else, or his rifle(s).

 

[offthepaper]

While I'm still fairly new to reloading, I was given formal instruction by an NRA certified metallic reloading instructor. This idea just goes against EVERYTHING that I was recently taught.
This is a very, very bad idea.
There are so many different bad things that could come from it that it never even be considered.

 

[ranger335v]

Pull bullets? Put glue in primer pockets? Buy dummy rounds? (Who would want to shoot dummies anyway, that sort of foolishness puts my life at risk!) When it's so simple to load a few old cases with no primer/powder?

 

[hershey]

in my reloading woes i actually did just what he asked about, i thought it was a bad primer, but when i went to salvage the case in the bullet puller i found no powder present, it was a pure oops on my part, but the relavant part to this discussion is that my federal primer did not dislodge the crimped bullet from the case.

all this said i in no way encourage anyone to intentionally do it, but i did and that was the result.

 

[bullseye308]

Pull the bullet, fire the primer, seat the bullet. Mark it either with a sharpie on the buttom of the case, nail polish the bullet a different color, or somehow mark the case as a dummy. Drilling holes through it like was mentioned would be great. Maybe even use hot glue to fill the primer pocket. I onse heard mention of useing a piece of eraser glued into the primer pocket to make a dummy and not harm the firing pin, so you have valid options that you can use.

 

[dpeck]

firing powderless cartridges

Excellent way to jam up your gun. The primer will most certainly have enough force to push the bullet well out into your barrel. Then your looking for a way to remove the bullet without damaging the barrel!!!!
Get someone with a reloader to make you some dummy rounds for the test you're trying to run.

 

[jeepmor]

Speer sells plastic bullets for primer propelled training. I have never bought them myself, but I have seen that at Sportsman's Warehouse if that helps.

jeepmor

 

[jpwilly]

Use a SNAP CAP!