Hi-Power Jack Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 I'll smack them both with a hammer tonight. 100 primers is the equivalent of one stick of dynamite. Not sure I believe that ... I'm not saying he's wrong, just that I find that difficult to believe. I've heard of people having their primer tube explode and all it did was send the rod into the ceiling. But, I may be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kneelingatlas Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 I'd believe 100 primers going off in a Mason jar would much more dramatic than in a primer tube. Kinda like lighting off 10gr of powder laying on the floor vs packed behing a bullet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Flying glass shards usually aren't much fun !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igolfat8 Posted August 11, 2015 Author Share Posted August 11, 2015 Flying glass shards usually aren't much fun !!! Kinda like being an amateur boolit catcher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 A little off topic, but lead styphnate's detonation velocity is less than TNT and Dynamite by a fair amount, and the Relative Explosive value is less than 1.0. So, considering that a stick of Dynamite weighs about 7 ounces it would take a lot more than 100 primers to come close to that same energy, In any case, always keep primers (and powders) in their factory packaging. This should go without saying but storing any energetic reloading component in glass is an especially bad idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kneelingatlas Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 If you want to throw primed brass away safely you can soak it in water to neutralize the primer. It is the common idea, but there have been reports that soaking in water or WD-40 doesn't work, as the primers have protective film on them. I have not tried that myself, but people have, and they reported negative results. I might try it too. Both flattened out without fanfare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitrohuck Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 lol, kneelingatlas is at home smashing primers with a hammer and you guys are debating over depriming them safely in a press with glasses on... I've done this hundreds of times in a single stage press. The primer falls right into my hand, and you'd have to rip the handle like a madman, as in seriously and unreasonably fast, to ever even come close to lighting a primer off (think firing pin speed). Just push it out and be easy with it. The only case I can think of where you could perhaps crush a primer would be if you were to receive primed and crimped military brass and you tried to deprime those. Also, if you are reloading in a dillon, the primer falls all the way into the machine, and if it went off isn't near you at all. As mentioned before, that loaded primer tube going off is way more dangerous than depriming one case could ever be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kneelingatlas Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 lol, kneelingatlas is at home smashing primers with a hammer and you guys are debating over depriming them safely in a press with glasses on... I also rip the tags off mattresses and shoot 9mm in 38s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxbat Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 If you want to throw primed brass away safely you can soak it in water to neutralize the primer. It is the common idea, but there have been reports that soaking in water or WD-40 doesn't work, as the primers have protective film on them. I have not tried that myself, but people have, and they reported negative results. I might try it too. Both flattened out without fanfare But did you try them before you soaked them? Maybe they were both bad already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 That would be a good trick !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougCarden Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 We have cases of winchester primers from the flood in 2008. They have been sitting and drying out since then. We pulled some out last month and looked at the ones that appeared to have no compound left in them. One got the anvil test. Went bang. We are going to load them for practice and see what they say on the chrono. As far as depriming brass. Been doing it for over 20 years and yes I wear safety glasses. I have not set one off....yet. The only time I have seen primers go off when they should not was when they were crushed or sheared, not dropped. There has to be force to set it off. There are some talented dumbasses out there and do some stupid stuff, no doubt. The safety warnings are there for a reason.... DougC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwall64 Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 I gently push them out with a universal de-capper in a single stage press and reuse if anvil is still in it. Safety glasses over my prescription glasses... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slavex Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Doug, I used 50,000 primers I had that went through a flood years back, not a single problem with them. However another 10,000 of them went through a second flood, a lot of them were duds. I just dried them out with a dehumidifier I had at the farm at the time (big room for drying pelts). I also deprime cases with upside down live primers, and reuse them as long as the anvil is in them. Never had an issue doing that, depriming or firing later on once loaded into a case the right way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougCarden Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 Thanks for the info Rob! DougC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfalcon00 Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Yeah I reuse them too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NFLcavediver Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 yes I also reuse them but, I also used 700 cci 500 I bought in 1979. I found tucked in behind some things. They all went bang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bkreutz Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 I don't reuse live decapped primers, they aren't worth the time, I just pitch them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
safeactionjackson Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 Okay, I'll be the only dissent. I would NEVER, under any circumstances, take a chance on removing a live primer. Just not worth it - they're not that expensive. ^this, simply not even worth the time/effort. Actually surprised by the number of people that do it. ~g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b1gcountry Posted September 4, 2015 Share Posted September 4, 2015 (edited) I keep them separate because I don't want any surprises. Shooting them is just the safest way to dispose of them Edited September 4, 2015 by b1gcountry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfalcon00 Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 I keep them separate because I don't want any surprises. Shooting them is just the safest way to dispose of them Yeah I don't just throw live primers away. Pretty sure it's kinda illegal too. If I don't wanna de capped I'll just pop them off in a pistol then you're all good. Easiest way the make primers inert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bkreutz Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 I keep them separate because I don't want any surprises. Shooting them is just the safest way to dispose of them Yeah I don't just throw live primers away. Pretty sure it's kinda illegal too. If I don't wanna de capped I'll just pop them off in a pistol then you're all good. Easiest way the make primers inert. About as illegal as throwing aerosol cans in the garbage, and none of us do that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bfalcon00 Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 I keep them separate because I don't want any surprises. Shooting them is just the safest way to dispose of them Yeah I don't just throw live primers away. Pretty sure it's kinda illegal too. If I don't wanna de capped I'll just pop them off in a pistol then you're all good. Easiest way the make primers inert. About as illegal as throwing aerosol cans in the garbage, and none of us do that. Haha yeah good point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustybayonet Posted September 11, 2015 Share Posted September 11, 2015 I have removed live primer using my trusty punch and hammer. I made a jig for my vise, in the garage, to hold the case securly. Case mouth up to the sky, use the punch and hammer, if it did go off the punch might make a hole in the roof. So far no boom, I try to save the brass not the primer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dolton916 Posted September 12, 2015 Share Posted September 12, 2015 Punch em out in station one and put them right back in Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruleyoutoo1911 Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 I do too, just wear eye and ear protection and go slowly. Re seat them in good brass, and I have never had any problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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