Salvaging brass

[BobS761]

I just received a little over 300 .30-06 rounds. There is no way I would shoot them in my Garand, so I'm pulling the bullets. Is there a safe way to remove the primers that's not readily aparent to me? I figure if nothing else, I'll just cycle them through the rifle.

Thanks, B

[blairmckenzie1]

some people say oil kills primers. I've decapped plenty of live primers with no problem.

Edited April 10, 2015 by blairmckenzie1

[dauntedfuture]

Just use the primers that are in the cases.

[Alaskapopo]

I just received a little over 300 .30-06 rounds. There is no way I would shoot them in my Garand, so I'm pulling the bullets. Is there a safe way to remove the primers that's not readily aparent to me? I figure if nothing else, I'll just cycle them through the rifle.

Thanks, B

Run them through your press. Never had an issue. But why not just use the primers that are in them.

[Redhook]

You can always pop them off.

[RPatton]

If you run them thru the press to remove the live primers you should do it slowly. The decapping pin hitting the primer anvil with any speed will set the primer off from the shock. You can crush a primer and not set it off but you can't do it quickly.

Wear glasses and ear plugs if you plan to de-prime......just in case things go horribly awry.

Why not just use them?

[Steve RA]

Just use them, unless it's really old brass with corrosive primers.

[wgj3]

Send the rounds to me and and I will return you once-fired brass. Or trade with you for commercial brass.

[IATURNKEY]

In over 30 years of reloading I have never had a live primer detonate when de-priming. I guess it's possible, but for some reason I have never had it happen.

[FlightMurse]

Out of curiosity, what are the rounds? Are we talking hunting rounds or cheap surplus stuff? You might just keep it for trade fodder.

[david8989]

Run them through a decapping die in your single stage press. I would highly recommend safety glasses just as a precaution

[RPatton]

Is it reloaded or commercial ammo.

US Military after 1953 is not corrosive.

If it doesn't have corrosive primers just use them. I had some CCI Large Rifle primers that a friend gave me. He bought them in AK back in 1963 and hell only knows what kind of conditions these primers had been exposed to over the course of 50 years but they all worked as advertised.

[CPD7119]

Just deprime them like you would a regular spent primer. I've don't it multiple times and never had any issues. Helps save a few primers in bad loads.