reloading primers - too sketchy?

[Average Joe]

If it comes to reloading primers, I'll pick up by crossbow, or hi powered .22 air rifle instead.

 

[CQB45ACP]

Only @Wolfmanjack has provided pictures. Let’s see some results from others...

 

[FROGO207]

I have in the past taken apart .22 duds and dissolved the priming compound with distilled water. then scraped out what I could with a jewelers screwdriver and saved it. I remove berdan primers with a hydraulic setup and the primers are the easiest to reuse. Knock the primer dent out with a punch. Spread some primer putty on the bottom a little thicker than a sheet of paper and let dry, reprime and use. All 25 worked as planned. Two had small primer leaks where pin hit again but otherwise OK. It was a $59 Mosin after all. This was before I had a smart phone or digital camera so sorry no photos.

 

[Archie]

I'm not that desperate yet.

 

[Antimony]

I just ordered a kit of the sharpshooter 22lr powder. Will check it out and report back...but any way you look at it its gonna be labor intensive,
I agree with @WeekendReloader - meat purposes only and not plinking...

ill just use my bow, but i do have BP and extra

 

[packetloss]

Get used to the current state of affairs. Availability and prices are going to get worse (remember when folks were making fun of people buying primers for $150 a brick on Gunbroker? - Well those were good prices, they are now going for over $300). 9M new gun owners and there just isn't enough ammo. It's not "panic" buying, it's just plain not enough supply. Couple that with the fact that ammo producers prioritize primers for their own ammo so as they increase capacity to produce ammo, there will likely be even fewer primers being sold as components. Putting all COVID supply issues and political junk aside, this supply problem will not take care of itself unless the manufacturers increase capacity, which based on the Federal CEO video is not happening.

 

[Brad Cobb]

I once started a high road thread on where to find online video tutorials for powder and primers.

That thread is closed out and no longer able to be edited or add comments to, however I have since run into a YouTube video Channel having some non-corrosive primer tutorial recipes.

"Reloading Primers - The four ingredients to a noncorrosive recipe" on Mark Wilson YouTube channel

With YouTube's policies, I doubt that this information will be available very long?

Not to worry, this information is mirrored on a site (which hopefully won't be censored?) Having even further expanded information on priming compounds and powder:http://aardvarkreloading.com/

Website quoted previously hosting homemade primer course. That course didn't have any non corrosive primer recipes but look around further on website for more information with non corrosive recipes.
http://aardvarkreloading.com/primers.html

Mark's YouTube channel has more tutorial videos, but "you better hurry because they may not last" lol ;-P Mark has already had to delete one of the eight videos in his eph 20 primer tutorial playlist! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkem_UngSUgbo-y36W54Daj2L3oUZLAdW

Homemade Primer EPH20
Homemade Primers Series - How to get Started
Homemade Primer Series Part 1 - Separate your primers by Type
Homemade Primer Series - Part 2 - Washing the Primers
Homemade Primers - Part 3 Anvil Removal
Homemade Primers - Part 4 Dimple Removal
Epm8 formula. Homemade Primer Formula
#7[Deleted video]
Reloading Primers - The four ingredients to a noncorrosive recipe

 

[milsurpguy]

The way things are going, probably better to learn sooner rather than later.
I'm going to try it. I'll start with simple corrosive Armstrong mix similar to what was used in WWII ammo, then move to inert till activated lead Hypophosphate plus lead nitrate primer. Once wetted lead nitro Hypophosphate forms. It is non corrosive and fairly inert until placed in a primer cup and wetted, so you never have to handle more than a primer worth of explosive stuff.
I have started wet tumbling stuff, I dabbed my toe in wet case cleaning in 2015 when I got the medium sized hornady ultrasonic cleaner for Christmas, used it a few times and realized I just didn't need it to do what I wanted to do. Dry tumbling was working and was all I needed.
Now the ultrasonic cleaner is back, using it to knock the dirt off really dirty range pickup brass and knock the heavy soot off spent primers and anvils.
So I ordered some stainless steel media and I'm going to wet tumble all the very tarnished brass I picked up at the outdoors range and clean primers plus separated anvils, not at the same time.
Ordered some chemicals and lab gear, already have a huge pile of fired primers, starting to disassemble, clean and hammer out the firing pin dent on those spent primers now.
Next weekend I should be testing the first mix. I already developed loads for a k98 using pull down Russian block made cold war era corrosive primed brass. Already figured out how to tame the corrosiveness of the ammo and have loads developed for those types of primers, so why not?

 

[Mark_Mark]

If it comes to reloading primers, I'll pick up by crossbow, or hi powered .22 air rifle instead.

I’m with you!

 

[Akula69]

Just as a follow up.... I did order two of the primer reload kits from the site (12JAN21) and never received them. They will not answer the phone (mailbox full) and will not respond to e-mail.
Gonna give them 2 more weeks then cancel the CC charge.

 

[milsurpguy]

Yeah I ordered from 22 sharp shooter, got the conformation email for my order.
If they don't ship for a while I have some of the other primer components and precursors on hand and the others I need on their way.
Main thing the 22 sharp shooter kit has is potassium chlorate, but I can order it from some where else, it was convenient to be able to order an ounce or so from them rather than a pound or kilo from some where else.

 

[Brad Cobb]

All of Aardvark reloading How To tutorial videos are (as anticipated) being censored and removed by YouTube, however not to worry!

YouTube policy and censorship applies to YouTube only, and fortunately doesn't reach it's strangling tendrils everywhere! lol Aardvark reloading moved their videos over onto gunstreamer hosting, as their back-up plan to YouTube's censorship. Neener neener neener you boobs! lol

Since Joe Q. Public unimaginatively nearly exclusively uses YouTube (for the most part), probably only small minority of the curious will ever suspect censored information can be found on alternatives like gunstreamer, but there you go, it is what it is.

Forget about You Boob's Draconian censorship policies (there may still be a few Aardvark reloading videos on YouTube), so why even bother with YouTube, when everything you want is on Gunstreamer? idk >;P

https://gunstreamer.com/@HELPMENOWMARK

https://gunstreamer.com/@HELPMENOWMARK?page=videos

 

[milsurpguy]

Looks like all the cheap potassium chlorate is gone, have to get lab grade. Which is 99.9% or 99.8% pure versus pyro grade which is 98% and contains anti clumping additive, problem problem with pyro grade is we want it to clump in our application.

 

[milsurpguy]

Still moving closer to making my own primers. I could make some but not a recipe I would like.
Going to start with armstrong mix for my k98, sice I already shot a lot of corrosive ammo in it and know how to tame the corrosiveness.

 

[Akula69]

Update: Did receive the two kits I ordered. Unfortunately life is currently in the way, so until I get time the demo is gonna have to wait.

 

[joneb]

I must admit some trepidation, however. I highly value my eyes and fingers. Has anyone here tried it?

I have not, and I hope things don't come to place were I need to think about it, but here we are. My biggest concern with home made primers would be safety and then corrorsion.

 

[milsurpguy]

Don't mix up more than a gram at a time, wear the same protective equipment that you're supposed to be using when priming brass and you will be fine, or go with one of the lead salt mixes that's not sensitive till after its been wetted.

Corrosion is only as bad as regular corrosive ammo.