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hunterjoe21 Super Member
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 10:01 pm Post subject: Live Primers |
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I have some live primers that were removed from brass that was showing signs of case head separation. What's the proper way of disposing of them?
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slimjim Super Member
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Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2010 10:10 pm Post subject: Re: Live Primers |
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Load them in good cases and fire? I have removed primers from numerous cases and reused them without issue.
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Dawgdad Super Member
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 7:57 am Post subject: Re: Live Primers |
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Oils will often render the fulminate inert. Soak them in WD-40 and then try vinces technique to see if it works.
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Bushmaster Super Member
Joined: Jun 12, 2005 Posts: 11393 Location: Ava, Missouri
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:07 am Post subject: Re: Live Primers |
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Oh, here we go again.
Water, WD-40, oil or any other substance will not render modern primers inert. Maybe one or two will be effected, but......
Modern primers have a protective coating like shelac or varnish to protect them from the eliments. You will note the unsealed and flimsy packaging they come in.
Load them in good cases and proceed with life. If I do have (and it's rare) a live primer that must be done away with I just put them in my waste basket under my loading bench. From there they end up in a steel 55 gal. burn barrel and go pop sometime after I re-enter my house.
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gelandangan Super Member
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 1:28 pm Post subject: Re: Live Primers |
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I have been soaking bad primers in kerosene for a few days.
then took them to my next camp and light them up inside an empty can.
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hunterjoe21 Super Member
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 4:20 pm Post subject: Re: Live Primers |
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Kewl...Thanks.
I didn't know I could re-use them.
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stovepipe Super Member
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 4:25 pm Post subject: Re: Live Primers |
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One or two might be duds if the anvil gets kaddywompus, maybe, them things love to go bang. ...giver a go in some plinking ammo if yer not sure if they got buggered up. I check close like with a mag glass and compare 'em to virgin ones if I reuse 'em in must-fire stuff.
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hunterjoe21 Super Member
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 4:31 pm Post subject: Re: Live Primers |
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I got some new .308 Win. brass that I wanna fire once with some el-cheapo bullets, then neck size 'em. These primers should work fer that!
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Bushmaster Super Member
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 4:35 pm Post subject: Re: Live Primers |
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Absolutely!! Go for it!! Load'em!!
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slimjim Super Member
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Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:18 pm Post subject: Re: Live Primers |
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The primes were probably better protected installed in the brass case than sitting in the 100-pack paper covered plastic tray. I haven't had a misfire.
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slimjim Super Member
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Gil Martin Super Member
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Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 5:02 pm Post subject: Re: Live Primers |
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It depends. I would never recycle live primers. Just a personal preference thing. All the best...
Gil
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