Reuse Winchester LRP or toss?

[au_prospector]

Hey guys, simple question here.

I backed out some Winchester LRP from .45-70 brass. Only about 10 or so. I have never done that before, but I went slow and applied steady pressure and they popped right out. 9 went into the primer catcher, one hit the floor. The reason I did this is I need to trim the brass and have found it is easier to trim brass when the primer pockets are empty as my LYMAN seems to center the brass using the primer pockets. They have never been trimmed and they are different headstamp and I want to make them uniform.

Should I attempt to reuse the backed out primers or trash them?

 

[345 DeSoto]

By all means, reuse the primers. If they didn't go off upon removal, then they're reuseable...

 

[jwrowland77]

Load'em and use. I'd personally use in fouling rounds, but that's just my quirk.

 

[Reloadron]

While there is nothing wrong with the reuse of primers when I weigh in the cost, especially for a low number like 10 EA primers, I toss them. If I did use them? It would be as mentioned, for fouling rounds.

Ron

 

[Slamfire]

I had the powder go bad in an ammo can of 308 match ammunition I loaded. The powder was outgassing nitric acid gas, cracked the case necks. Bullets and primers were the only thing salvageable. I deprimed the cases, used the primers in rock busting ammunition. I think they all went bang. Can't remember a bad one. I would not reuse them in a safety critical application because the risk exists of cracked primer cake.

 

[cfullgraf]

I reuse pulled primers as long as they have not been damaged, aka stepped on if they fell on the floor.

I rarely have to pull more than one or two at a time and most frequently when I discover that I missed a cracked case. So, for me, they usually get reused immediately.

Yes, it takes some time to find and reseat a primer but when retired, every day's holiday.

Although I am not competing at this time, like others, i probably would not reuse the pulled primers in match ammunition.

 

[Reloadron]

I reuse pulled primers as long as they have not been damaged, aka stepped on if they fell on the floor.

I rarely have to pull more than one or two at a time and most frequently when I discover that I missed a cracked case. So, for me, they usually get reused immediately.

Yes, it takes some time to find and reseat a primer but when retired, every day's holiday.

Although I am not competing at this time, like others, i probably would not reuse the pulled primers in match ammunition.

Yes, and every meal a feast.

Ron

 

[gamestalker]

I toss them. I'm very paranoid about having a primer leak, thus mar the bolt face or worse. I had a primer seal on a factory load completely let go a while back. Made a mess of the bolt face and blew the extractor out. although that had nothing to do with a used primer, I don't reuse primers.

IMO, a primer that's already been seated is going to have a looser fit in the pocket because it's already been seated once, thus it's probably going be a bit compressed. And with a high powered rifle cartridge, a primer leak can be more than just annoying.

GS

 

[mdi]

Jes wondering, have any of the members that posted they would either toss or only use these primers for "plinking" experienced any failures to fire, from a properly seated once seated primer. Has anyone had a failure from a pushed out and reused primer...

I have "reused" several and narry a one failed, so I was wondering if anyone had the opposite experience or it's just speculation?

 

[Reloadron]

Jes wondering, have any of the members that posted they would either toss or only use these primers for "plinking" experienced any failures to fire, from a properly seated once seated primer. Has anyone had a failure from a pushed out and reused primer...

I have "reused" several and narry a one failed, so I was wondering if anyone had the opposite experience or it's just speculation?

No because in reality I trash them. Today primers are between $0.02 and $0.03 or roughly two to three cents each. Even if I trash 100 primers I have trashed what? Two to three bucks? Not enough for me to worry about. So speculation on my part with my post.

Ron

 

[cfullgraf]

I've never had a failure to fire from a reseated primer. I find they seat with about the same amount of pressure as they do originally as long as the primer pocket is not oversize. But then, new primers are loose as well.

On the other hand, if i disassemble completed rounds for some reason, I dispose of the powder for fear of it getting contaminated with something that will upset its burning characteristics. Fortunately, I've yet to screw up bad enough that I have to disassemble more than a couple rounds at any one time. Not too much wasted.

 

[gamestalker]

Like Reloadron, I see it as a whopping .02- .03 loss for each one I toss, not worth the risk, though still just speculation on my part.

GS

 

[TexasDon]

Here is my solution

When/If I pull good seated primers, I save them in a CLEARLY marked original primer container and use them for wax bullets or glue-lets when I make them.

Right now at this time, primers seem to be in good supply and not that expensive, if they were not, I'd save and reuse them in whatever I needed them in.

TxD

 

[mdi]

I'm still waiting for a good reason not to reuse primers. Sure they are cheap, but sometime you can't find them and when you do the price jumps exponentially. Like brass where some see shiny new dimes when they're looking at brass on the ground, some see perfectly good primers representing a nickel being tossed away. Besides I don't like throwing away perfectly good stuff (and money has never been a factor in my reloading). And I have never had a "recapped" round fail to fire or preform as any other primed ammo.

So, any real reasons, besides "I don't wanna" for not reusing primers? (Actually, "I don't wanna" is a perfectly good reason for doing/not doing anything!). Jes for my information...

 

[FROGO207]

I reuse them over with no regrets. I do swipe a marker over the heads and store them in a different container to be used for non critical practice rounds "just because". Never had one in about 3 thousand I have reclaimed for one reason or another fail to fire if the primer was not crushed, crooked, or sideways. Those I dispose of . YMMV