Thread: Nothing wrong with old primers

Originally Posted by shananah

Here's a man after my own heart, been doing this for some years now, a lot of fun & the CAC Mk 7 is good brass once its annealed. How do you get the fired primers out. I've been using a pick I made from a concrete nail like Ramset guns fire through timber into concrete. It works Ok.

I’ve tried lots of methods including the rcbs tool (painfully tedious) so I use a hydraulic decapper and hammer. Most have a sealant around the primer which makes them hard to move but a candle will soften them. I then ream the crimp off using a case deburring tool which i flattened the nose on, size, Anneal and prime using a ram prime with a larger stem.

It’s amazing how much if it’s still around. A while ago I got given a small batch that was dated 1917. I’ve only had one split so far.

The stuff comes up like new.