jester121 Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 If you look at how primers actually ignite, you'll see there's nothing to be all that nervous about if they're just seated upside down in the brass. It's not the firing pin itself that makes the bang noise.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10X Posted December 5, 2017 Share Posted December 5, 2017 I push them out carefully to get the brass back; never occurred to me to try and re-use the primer, and I doubt I'll start; I'm just happy to be able to reuse the brass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doublehelix Posted December 10, 2017 Share Posted December 10, 2017 It is NEVER worth the danger to mess around with live primers. I used to punch them out, but I gave up on that a long time ago. Dispose of them properly as-is and move on. What is the cost of one piece of brass and one primer compared to the long-term effects of an injury? Even if the odds are low, not worth it in my book. Even if it is 10 or 20 of them, I would toss them. "When in doubt, throw them out." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slavex Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 what kind of long term injury? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stick Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 On 10/21/2017 at 8:57 PM, Ray_Z said: I get an occasional upside down primer when I load. I save the cases until I'm through loading. then, after emptying the powder measure and putting all the powder away, I do as the others have said. Yes, I'm a tight ass old German. I try to reuse those primers. But only in practice rounds. I will first check the primers to see if any of the anvils fell out. Safety glasses are a must. Same here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunBugBit Posted December 13, 2017 Share Posted December 13, 2017 I haven't bothered with most of the upside-down primer rounds I've produced, except for a couple, which I de-primed without incident. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swordfish Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 lol you guys act like this stuff is going to kill you. It doesn't happen often that I get flipped ones, but I don't take any extra care when decapping them with the 550. Granted I've never done it with Federal primers, but I mostly hand-prime those anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeti Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 I toss them into a small bin and s-l-o-w-l-y decap the mistakes when I am feeling lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synchronicity Posted December 16, 2017 Share Posted December 16, 2017 Smaller primers I just do slow and gentle, never a problem. Yes I also dry tumble primed straight wall pistol cases. With 50BMG primer issues I ensure that eye and ear protection is in place and go slower and gentler , never a problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k80clay Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 It's all great until one goes off when you're trying to get it out. For a $.03 primer and $.03-$.15 or so piece of brass, it's not worth the extra laundry for the occasional screw up. Now, if you really screwed the pooch and have 40 or 50, I guess I'd come up with some way of getting them out without setting them off. With the cup upside down, the primer is most likely going to fall apart rolling around in the trash before something sets it off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synchronicity Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 With the .50 it is .45 for the primer + 1.50 to 5.00 for the case + any custom work to case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Want2BS8ed Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 With the .50 it is .45 for the primer + 1.50 to 5.00 for the case + any custom work to case...but given the component cost and the need to reload each round individually by hand, it begs the question: how are you getting a flipped primer when loading .50BMG? ;-)MSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelDeVille Posted January 10, 2018 Share Posted January 10, 2018 On 10/23/2017 at 9:10 AM, 3gunDQ said: ALWAYS WEAR SAFETY GLASSES WHILE LOADING!!!! You have two eyes for a reason.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
synchronicity Posted January 11, 2018 Share Posted January 11, 2018 9 hours ago, Want2BS8ed said: ...but given the component cost and the need to reload each round individually by hand, it begs the question: how are you getting a flipped primer when loading .50BMG? ;-) M Load enough rounds and sooner or later you find yourself staring at one wondering how that happened. 9 hours ago, Want2BS8ed said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPGMD Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 I've done it a few times. I do the same thing I do for depriming any live primers of questionable origin (mostly range pick up live rounds). I wear eye & ear pro, do it very slowly, on a single stage press using a universal decapping die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kipdynamite Posted February 11, 2018 Share Posted February 11, 2018 (edited) Slowly on my 650. I've re-used all of them. They've all gone off. Edited February 11, 2018 by kipdynamite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9x45 Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 yes, but why bother? The time it takes to recycle them you can make 10 new rounds, just toss em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonytheTiger Posted February 20, 2018 Share Posted February 20, 2018 1 hour ago, 9x45 said: yes, but why bother? The time it takes to recycle them you can make 10 new rounds, just toss em. Because when I get 999 rounds out of a 1000 primer box I turn all green and start smashing cars and buildings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9x45 Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 It's acceptable losses.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slavex Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 doesn't cost me any time to deprime, my machine is automated, I just sit there twiddling my thumbs for a large portion of the loading process. And before I retired I'd pull bullets and deprime em at work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuckinMS Posted February 21, 2018 Share Posted February 21, 2018 On 11/6/2017 at 2:40 PM, Pasley said: I like the way you think. I'm curious what people think is going to happen if one does go off, assuming you don't have an open container of gasoline or black powder next to your bench. I loaded some with one of those Lee kits when I was a teenager. The kind where you beat the primer in with a mallet. I popped quite a few with that thing, still have all fingers and eyes. I hand prime my rifle brass and had one go off. It's loud and does flash. It was a crimped primer pocket and I had been priming for a couple hours and just squeezed it in...got a little surprised when it went bang. Rang my ears pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StratRider Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 On 10/21/2017 at 3:37 PM, GregInAtl said: I'm more concerned with proper disposal than I am reusing them. I'd hate to have them discharge somewhere else besides in my gun. If you are not concerned with reusing it, then just fire it in the gun. I've done that many times before I figured out that I can push them out with the press and re-use them. Which I have done with over 200 rounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwray Posted February 22, 2018 Share Posted February 22, 2018 I swept the shop floor the other day and threw everything in the burn barrel that was already going. Obviously there were several live primers in the dust pan because it sounded like high powered popcorn for a couple of minutes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevrofreak Posted February 26, 2018 Share Posted February 26, 2018 I have a Hornady single stage mounted next to my 650 that I leave a universal decapping die in. It takes less effort to pop out an upside down primer than it does a new, unfired one. The sharp edge of the primer has nothing to hold onto, unless it went into a very swaged primer pocket. I've never had one go off, and most get reused. If the primer was mangled rather than seated upside down, I quickly chamfer the primer pocket on my Lyman case prep before I waste another primer in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason237m Posted March 1, 2018 Share Posted March 1, 2018 I used to do it too, till I had one go off. Scared the kids to death and damaged my press. Not worth it to me, ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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