Can this be done safely ?
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Can this be done safely ?
I just use a firing pin for mine :thumbsup:
Worse I hate is when you've pushed a primer in backwards. ooops, there goes a case in the hedge.
i just put them back in the press and deprime them never had one go off yet touch wood :XD::ka boom: just make sure you don,t stand over the press and do it gently and make sure you wear safety glasses
I don't know how but I have never in all the years I have been reloading put a primer in backwards or had a problem decapping live ones. I have decapped a fair few live ones, recovered them and reused them. (mainly pistol ammo)
I have had a primer that wasn't seated properly that almost jammed up my press. I never gave it a thought when I grabbed some needle nose pliers to remove the primer from the case.
It looked liked it wouldn't take much to remove it and with a click of the pliers as they slipped off the primer it went of in my hands.
Like an idiot I didn't have safety glasses on and had bits of stuff hit all around my face and eyes.
I now wear the bastards whenever I am at my bench.
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And ear defenders they are quite loud, It is safe to deprime live primers they need a fast hard strike with a pointed object to go off, pushing them out with a press and decaping pin is not going to cut it,Quote:
Originally Posted by 57jl
Why do you want to deprime the cases anyway?
That explains a few things....... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by R93
Why do you want to deprime and if really required, can you shoot it off first? Hopefully you wouldn't be reusing the primer anyway...
Oh and in answer to your first post, I personally think the risk outweighs any benefit.
I was gunna post a disclaimer that my appearence has nothing to do with the incident. Actually had you in mind. [emoji16] But thought na......the very next fucking post. Well done sir [emoji106]Quote:
Originally Posted by Beaker
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Ive decapped a few, like R93 says just do it slow and careful.
Only primers I have ever had go off was on an RCBS green machine, and on a Dillon 1050, both times doing pistol cases, both times reloading, not depriming.
"soft" federal primers and some grit was one issue the other one was real weird .... the base of the primer seperated from the cup walls leaving a "ring" in the primer pocket. So when the new one went in it detonated.
Sure gets your attention! Must say the Dillon experience was nicer than the green machine. On the RCBS shit flew everywhere! and I staggered out of the reloading room with my ears ringing. With the Dillon things were a lot more contained and was more of an " oh thats interesting?" situation.
You thought well madam... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by R93
Forgot to mention that the primer was a fed small pistol.
I usually use cci Sr primers for all my pistol ammo.
Lightened the springs in a revolver and had a few hundred rounds loaded with the cci.
1:3 would fire with the cci. Had to reload the whole batch with fed small pistol. Fixed the issue and all the reused cci primers worked perfectly in another pistol.
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Have done thousands with no issues, I do make sure I have eye and ear protection on while doing it just in case. If the primers are crimped in I have taken a knife to the crimps first just in case- not sure if it's a needed step though.
Have 2000 .303 cases waiting to have it done one day when I have that mythical free time
If you can fit them without them going off then I see no reason why the reverse shouldn't apply. I guess the pin does concentrate the decapping force right where the anvil makes contact with the cup. Nevertheless I also have never had one go off this way, and agree with the others that it seems to be all about impact speed.
Hahaha no i havnt seated them backwards just have some rounds made for old rifle i want to strip and start fresh with as i dont know what primers were used (had a guy make them for me)
Cheerz guys will do slow and steady ;)
For the price of a primer and a case, I throw them. Loosing a finger or an eye is not worth it. I believe a squirt of CRC in the primer will render it dead, so if you have to de-prime a live one, kill it first.
Been there done that, don't work the best killer of primers is plain old water put a little in the case leave it a couple of days fire one in gun to see if dead if not a couple more days should do it
The only reason to reprime them would surely be pistol primers accidentally in rifle cases, magnum or br ones would still make them useable.Quote:
Originally Posted by llewelyn
Nope @Marty Henry my loads will be hot and want all factors to be the same, not just a primer that's in the case is good enough
Another reason to de-prime is for split case necks in a batch of reloads occurs, stop shooting, remaining cases can be saved by stripping down the round and then annealing them.
Never had primer go off, use safety glasses.
If you are really keen to know how loud primer can be and how much force required to set off, set up experiment, safety glasses, ear plugs, hammer, hard surface and a barrier between you and a SINGLE primer only, can put arm around the side to strike it. pretty uneventful really, all bang - no felt force or blown up bits. You will be surprised by how much force you need, think about it, have you ever dropped/knocked/bumped a live round and it has gone off? or even in your mag as you shoot the other rounds?
I was loading some 577/450 the other night, I put the primer on a piece of hardwood, position the primer pocket, bit of dowel in the shell and hit with hammer. Had the only one every go bang. Nice thing was the speed my wife arrived from up stairs to see if I was alright, of course she could have been in a rush to see if I was dead, but Ill believe the former!! Interesting thing it was just a bang, no firing the dowel upwards, I continued doing more with problem!!:cool:
I just get the Midget to do mine.
Thanks all ;)
Llewelyn,
I have deprimed (just using the resizing die) probably hundreds of cases, and reused the primers. This can be done without issue or any special care, and I have never had a misfire with any of them either. Think nothing of it.
Whenever I sell a rifle I cannabalise the remaining ammo and reuse the powder and primers. I am as thrifty as the old elephant hunter who only had one bullet, and he used to dig through the elephant afterwards to get his bullet back and roll it between two boards until it was straight enough to reload again.
Whenever I sell a rifle I cannabalise the remaining ammo and reuse the powder and primers. I am as thrifty as the old elephant hunter who only had one bullet, and he used to dig through the elephant afterwards to get his bullet back and roll it between two boards until it was straight enough to reload again.[/QUOTE]
So you know my uncle then
Had a misunderstanding whether some cases had been neck sized or not so had to pop out 30 primers the other day.
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No problems encountered.
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I did chuck the primers away after (wet paper towel in a plastic bag).
I pop the unfired primers out if I am changing a load and have had no problems at all. I do keep the old primers separate and use them for load development, but in saying that they all seem to be OK.