Is it just me? - Primers

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I load for handguns and do batches of 50 or 100 usually, but sometimes 150

I reload for revolvers. In multiples of 6.

So, 48 in a box, or 96 in a box.

It's a fluke if I ever have a box of 100 primers. Or 50, or some number like that.

Your carpet selection doesn’t surprise me for some reason. You seem like a shag carpet kinda guy, Prius and all

Can't say I'm surprised either...;)
 
That’s quite a punch for a single primer to blow up a vacuum cleaner!

I never blew one up, did set off primers with them before though, heard the pop and it smelled a little funny.

Get things just right though, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_explosion

I just quit the practice before my luck caught up to me. I did save a photo of part of the impeller, when my buddy blew it up though. It’s the pic that pops up when he calls. :)

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the usps frowns on live ammo-live primers sent thru the regular mail, empty brass cases are ok. and i saved about 20.00 by useing the removed primers to reload other shells.
 
Hypothetically, if a vacuum cleaner has a mixture of air and dust a primer could set off a bomb.

I always try hard to find a primer because I've had one go off in a wood stove.

(Didn't see Jmorris's post)
never thought about that!!!

Like a Flour Silos can blow up! Good Call!
 
Even at today’s prices it’s $0.10… worth picking up but also not worth pulling the furniture back for. Think of it as a strategic reserve for *really* hard times ;)
 
Ever drop a live primer in a pile of spent primers? Thats the worst.
I've never dropped a live primer in a pile of spent ones, but there are usually a few spent ones left of the floor from the resizing/depriming operation. The spent primers get policed up at that time as I have to check each one until I find the live primer.
 
When you all find these long lost primers does it make a difference to you what they are? I mean don’t small rifle and large pistol look alike? Or how about magnum v. regular?

(I know, I’m showing my ignorance)

I stop to pick up a dropped primer when I drop it. No problem worrying about what they are as the original packaging is still sitting on my bench.
 
Did you find them with a vacuum or were you down there playing with your army men? :)

I had almost completely forgot about having to rake the carpet…that’s ‘70’s stuff or has shag made a comeback?

I found live primers after vacuuming ,by having to clean up the Mess of Dust ,Dog hair and powder spills ; After the BAG EXPLODED :eek:
Also had to buy the Wife a NEW vacuum ,as apparently I'd spilled more powder than I thought . Yep confined explosion until the Bag and canister Vac didn't contain it . Not to mention the small fire . IF You Don't have an extinguisher in your reloading domain ,might I Strongly suggest GETTING ONE ASAP !. 55 Years reloading and that happened 32 years ago !.
 
Don’t tell my wife, she hates the Kirby due to its weight. Might have a tragic primer accident.
Gotta blame my brother for that one. It was his wife's vacuum. She complained about it not vacuuming very well and when he took it apart he found the impeller was all but devoid of fins from his wife sucking up pennies. (His little kids liked playing with the pennies from his penny jar but they rarely picked them all up!) Two weeks after replacing the impeller he was using the vac to clean his space and that's when the Kirby ingested the LRM primer. So much for the virgin impeller. The Kirby went down the road shortly thereafter.... :D
 
When I lose a primer it really bums me out. Sometimes the primer makes a little sound when it hits my foot and bounces across the floor and I can tell which direction it went. So I get down on my hands and knees and start looking with my eye close to the floor, scanning like a radar. That seems to make little things scattered around the floor show up better. Old primers, rubber bands, dust balls, pieces of wire, dirt and gravel from my boots, that pen I lost last week, etc. Sometimes the clutter is too bad I have to sweep the whole floor and then poke around in the dust pan for the lost primers and other good stuff.
 
Seriously guys. Get a broom and a dustpan and a foxtail for the reloading room. A vacuum is an injury waiting to happen.
At the very least get a shop vac so the impeller is on the safe side of the collector, and use a filter over the impeller to catch explosive dust. Change that filter and check the seal often. That’s still not safe but a little less hazardous.
Having a vac that puts everything it picks up through an impeller and blows it past a hot sparky motor in your reloading area is not the best decision you ever made.
There is a reason explosion proof vacs cost $2000-$10,000
 
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