Thread: Primer question

Ive decapped and reused 2-300 primers with no worries at all. Every single one has fired. Certainly de prime with caution as mentioned above.

Originally Posted by Kiwilad2021

Ive decapped and reused 2-300 primers with no worries at all. Every single one has fired. Certainly de prime with caution as mentioned above.

Spot on. Probably be more relevant now primers are more expensive than illegal drugs.

Originally Posted by TeRei

Spot on. Probably be more relevant now primers are more expensive than illegal drugs.

For sure. no way im throwing unfired primers in the bin these days lol

Originally Posted by Kiwilad2021

Ive decapped and reused 2-300 primers with no worries at all. Every single one has fired. Certainly de prime with caution as mentioned above.

Same! Take it slow be genteal. I have had no issues at all, way too much Scotch blood to throw them away.

I've deprimed heaps of cases over the years but someone once told me, "every time you do it, expect it to go bang", and I do. Luckily haven't shat my pants yet.......but theres still time

Originally Posted by Kiwilad2021

Ive decapped and reused 2-300 primers with no worries at all. Every single one has fired. Certainly de prime with caution as mentioned above.

I've done the same thing without any hassles, wore leather gloves & a leather apron I used to use for hay making plus of course safety specs. Never had a commercial one go off on me but like @zimmer a couple of milsurp ones go pop. I use a Lee decapping die for all my decapping & this seems to contain any aggro quite happily. The die & shell holder got a good wash out with hot water & a spray with CRC afterwards when the milsurp primers went off on me, being as they were likely corrosive primers.