After doing some research, I decided to go ahead and punch the primers out.
"Punching" is not the best term to use when depriming live primers regardless of the exact process you use. If you punch a live primer too hard, it will go off.
After doing some research, I decided to go ahead and punch the primers out.
Not everything is about money. I don't think I'm tight but I do reuse those nasty fired cases my guns throw out on the ground...And I thought I was tight. I have never reused a primer before..
Not a big deal, it's actually totally expected. Powder through expander dies are common, so belling after priming is a thing. I don't know how you would seat and crimp a functioning round without a primer in place first.So my question is two fold: even if not the best practice, if I clean my press of any debris or residue, is it a big deal to bell/seat/crimp a primed case?
Yes. I've accidentally primed cases before sizing, so I used a universal die to remove the primer, then used the sizing die without messing with the neck exapander position, then stuck the same primer back in after. Only done it a couple of times, but it didn't go bang at the bench while it did at the range.If I should avoid this, is it possible to save the extremely valuable primers by carefully depriming all of the newly primed brass? Because of the design and composition of modern primers, I suspect the depriming process has a pretty low chance of fouling a primer if done competently, but I'm still new to all of this.
I use all my de-primed live primers over again. They don't grow on trees.
I will throw away spilled powder, I will throw away a piece of brass that doesn't look or feel right, but I will not throw away a good, live primer.
You should see what I go through finding a live primer when I drop one on the floor.
I know it's only .03 cents for what I paid for them, but I can't reproduce them, or cast them, or find them laying on the floor at the range.