shooterbenedetto Posted December 24, 2008 Author Share Posted December 24, 2008 Just a note of encouragement to your friend: Merle Eddington won the National Championship and the World Championship shooting without the last joint of his trigger finger. His only problem was RO's continually yelling "Finger, finger" because of the missing tip giving the appearance of his finger being in the guard.A-G Thank you I'll tell him next time I see him.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJDOUBLETAP Posted December 24, 2008 Share Posted December 24, 2008 Ouch, man that sucks, Hope he gets better soon. Now I am afraid to load primer tubes, oh well I'll just make my brother do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimdoe Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Hope he gets better and get back to shooting soon. This sure is a good note since I just started reloading. I'll be extra careful even more now. Good fast recovery to you friend... Jim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoshidaex Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Out of curiosity, do you happen to know what brand the primers were? I only ask because of the reputation some have for being more 'touchy' than others. He said winchester a bit eye opening considering winchesters are one of the harder primers to set off. He did say when the primer got stuck in the pickup portion of the tube/tip, he tapped it twice. The third time is when it went off. He seems to be doing fine. He did mention shooting his open gun hurt a bit too much from the recoil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcbfluff Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 Saw this post last week, then got a stack of primers stuck in the tube just the other day. Started to get ready to impatiently "give the tube a little tap on the bench" and remembered... thanks for the post, may have saved me some grief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ragsflh Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 GOOD TO HEAR YOU AREDOING GOOD.YES STUCK PRIMERS THROW AWAY AND GET A NEW ONE//SAFETY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dillon Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 from any Dillon Instruction Manual: PRIMERS: Never force primers. If they get stuck in the operation of the machine, disassemble it and gently remove the obstruction. Never attempt to clear primers that are stuck in either the primer pickup tube or the primer magazine tube. Never, under any circumstances, insert any type of rod to attempt to force stuck primers out of these tubes. Trying to force primers out of the tube will cause the primers to explode causing serious injury or even death. If primers get stuck in a primer magazine or pickup tube flood the tube with a penetrating oil (WD-40), throw the tube in the garbage and call us for a free replacement. Never attempt to deprime live primers – eventually one will go off. When it does it will detonate the others in the spent primer cup. Depriming live primers is the single most dangerous thing you can do in reloading and can cause grave injury or death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colbyjack Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 wow, ouch... maybe the primer filling station is next on the list. wish him well and hope hes feeling better. -chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckbuster Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 I have just started using a reloader and had primers get stuck, I'll be sure and remember this post next time one gets stuck. Thank you for the post, Hope your friend is doing well. Marcus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al503 Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 Just pulled out the Dillon RF100, which had been a back up to the vibraprime. I guess one or two upside down primers every now and then is better than losing/damaging digits. I also ran a q-tip down all of my primer tubes and primer assemblies on the loaders. They came out real dirty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Dunn Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 I think the RF100 primer tube is stainless steel instead of aluminum. I do notice the primers zip out of the RF100 tube, and exit more slowly with a couple of shakes required for my regular tubes. The RF100 is expensive but very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nhglyn Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 Man, glad I read this post, I have sometimes been guilty of using a plastic rod to remove stuck primers. No more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike early Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Sorry to hear about your friend .... but thanks for posting this as it always good for me to get a reminder of the consequences if I am not paying attention to what I am doing ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike early Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 (edited) Actually ... after thinking about this a bit more and how I use the tubes --- I probably lean in way too close to make sure I am picking it up right --- I decided that the $300 for the FT100 was not such a bad deal after all ... so went over to Brian's store site and placed an order. Might be an over-reaction but ... hey, I have gotten used to where my fingers are after these 65 years together .... Edited April 6, 2009 by mike early Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry cazes Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Actually ... after thinking about this a bit more and how I use the tubes --- I probably lean in way too close to make sure I am picking it up right --- I decided that the $300 for the FT100 was not such a bad deal after all ... so went over to Brian's store site and placed an order. Might be an over-reaction but ... hey, I have gotten used to where my fingers are after these 65 years together .... Yup. Truth is if even a small amount of care and caution is used when handling primers, this is just a non issue. Enjoy the auto filler, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lugnut Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 When loading the primer tubes- how do you usually get the last on in the tube that is stuck in the plastic nipple that the pimers go into? I just had a change of heart after rereading this. Especially since the tube now has 100 primers in it!!! I'm alos thinking of using gloves when loading the primer tubes... as an extra precaution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackBuzzard Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 I have been using this to fill primer tubes. It was cheap and works very well for me. Now is see its discontinued and I wonder why. BB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waxman Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Wow. I have always let my son do this for me. I always made him wear safety glasses, and have preached to never push hard. I just had to tell him, he will not be doing it again until he gets much older. Thanks for the word of caution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spray_N_Prey Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 and to think that when I get a few primers in the overflow "ski slope" on my 650, I just take them out, put them in my hand and pick them up with the primer tube, heheh ok no more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooterbenedetto Posted April 15, 2009 Author Share Posted April 15, 2009 Doesnt hurt to switch over to CCI. I know I have since they are known to be harder that others. I had a few bang from winchester myself then switched to CCI. none so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboFC3S Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 A year and a few months ago I shared my experience on ar15.com of losing 1/2 my thumb to the cylinder gap of a 460XVR ... many said how they appreciated my taking the time to share the graphic nature of what can happen. Most like myself know to keep stuff away from the cylinder gap, but sometimes you need a smack in the face reminder. I've been guilty of trying to force primers in certain ways, but certainly not anymore. I appreciate the time taken to post this, and wish your friend the best. As in my case, I can't get my thumb back, but hopefully save others from the same pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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