Oh joy, missing or not missing primer.

[gonoles_1980]

I pull out a box of a hundred primers, get setup at the loading bench, open the box and there are only 99 primers inside. So I wonder, was there a missing primer from the factory (unlikely), or did one fall out somehow. I didn't shake the box or anything, normally I know if I've dropped a primer. So now my wife won't vacuum around the bench. I don't know if there is a primer something on the floor or not. Spent an hour looking, but that just means I either didn't find it, or the box came with 99 primers.

Argggghhhh!!!!! Just venting for everyone's pleasure .

 

[Blue68f100]

I had one like that, once. Found the missing one loose in the carton when I pulled the rest out. Just run the vacuum or shop vac with a filter over the intake to keep it out of the bag. Old panty hose or rags work.

 

[ReloaderFred]

In over 800,000 primers used, I've had one box that came from the factory with a primer missing. Nobody is perfect, especially when dealing with millions and millions of the product......

Hope this helps.

Fred

 

[hdwhit]

I buy most of my primers at a retail store (not mail order) and it's not unheard of for me to get a box of primers home and have one missing. I suspect it comes from the customers who handled the package before me. If you've done a thorough search I don't think you need to assume that you lost it; it probably came home with you like that.

 

[Reloadron]

And thus the term stuff (or whatever) happens. Thinking back I can't recall a shorted package but I guess it can happen easy enough.

Ron

 

[deadeye dick]

Found 3 missing from a tray of Wolf primers the other day, and half of the rest were flipped over. Go figure.

 

[gonoles_1980]

The panty hose over he shopvac is a brilliant idea. It could be floating around in the storage container. Since I live in Florida, I put rice in the bottom of a small Styrofoam container, then put the box of 5000 primers in that container. It coulda fallen out one of the holes in the corner of the cardboard box, I have plenty of spares from my boxes that I did ladder loads from.

 

[kingmt]

I once had a UPS man pull in the driveway & while I was waiting on him to hand me the package he throws the package across the the truck bouncing it off the back door. I told him if he knew what was in that package he wouldn't throw it like that. He said why what's in it? I said 10K primers enough to take out that back door. I'm pretty sure he changed colors & he always handled my packages gently after that.

It really has no relevance but I do like telling that story.

I've never been sorted a primer thank goodness cause it'd really mess with my OCD. A bullet is bad enough but a primer would be 10 fold.

 

[Jesse Heywood]

Don't spend too much time hunting for the primer. Sooner or later it will make itself known.

 

[Muddydogs]

O geez get out the vacuum and don't worry about it. I used to load on carpet and always ran the vacuum over the carpet picking up powder, shot and a few primers from time to time. I now load on a plywood floor and use the shop vac to clean up the area. If I don't put a block in front of the press when depriming a few make it to the floor and I have had a few live primers make it to the ground that I couldn't find but the vac finds them. Seams like a bunch of worry about nothing.

 

[wally]

I have had a few live primers make it to the ground that I couldn't find but the vac finds them. Seams like a bunch of worry about nothing.

Matches my experience. If you ever checked the flammability of the dust and debris your household vacuum usually picks up, a few flakes of powder and a few live primers are the least of your worries.

Don't spend too much time hunting for the primer. Sooner or later it will make itself known.

Yup! I've lost a few under the freezer that used to sit next to my reloading bench in the garage. Thought I'd vacuumed them all. Except one, popped when I moved the freezer to get rid of it, Got the adrenalin going! But no big deal.