Doc Cherokee, SASS#48332 0 Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Will primers explode if, say, they are in your house and it catches on fire? or do they have to be struck a blow in order to ignite? Link to post Share on other sites
Pack Saddle Slim, SASS #73122 0 Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Hmmmm. If I was a twelve-year old kid again, I'd just grin and say, "I dunno. Let's try it!" Link to post Share on other sites
Tn Tombstone 593 Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 In a word...yes they will explode. Link to post Share on other sites
Adirondack Jack, SASS #53440 16 Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Primers use explosive in no way related to BP, but yes, flame or impact, the results are the same. Link to post Share on other sites
Buffalo Dick, SASS #12880 47 Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Primers use black powder to function. Huh? Link to post Share on other sites
John Boy 982 Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Primers use black powder to function. Tombstone, let me help you out what's in them brass cups with an anvil: http://glarp.atk.com/2008/msds/Primers.pdf http://www.federalpremium.com/resources/msds.aspx Some companies even use glass & aluminum... but Black Powder? NO! Link to post Share on other sites
Dirtwater Doc 17941 2 Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Oh yeah.....I still have a scar on my hand DD Link to post Share on other sites
Doc Cherokee, SASS#48332 0 Posted September 7, 2011 Author Share Posted September 7, 2011 Thanks for the replies, I was 99.9% sure they would, just wanted to get a few confirmations.. Dumb question actually..One of those things in which ya just assume they would, but then someone asks if they do and ya can't say fer sure.. Link to post Share on other sites
Driftwood Johnson, SASS #38283 1,051 Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Hey John Boy Thanks for the MSDS. I thought the ammo companies had stopped using Lead Styphnate in primers. I guess not. By the way, Black Powder is used as an initiator in some artillery rounds, but not in small arms primers. Link to post Share on other sites
John Boy 982 Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 By the way, Black Powder is used as an initiator in some artillery rounds, but not in small arms primers. Driftwood, concur - it's a fact.And because it is a Federal DOD regulation that the powder has to be made in the United States ... that's the only reason, along with the blasting powder, that Hodgdon bought Goex. Then put it to the BP shooters by no longer producing: Cowboy - Cartridge and Express. But hold onto your suspenders cause they are coming out in January 2012 with some whiz bang-super duper BP that I'm sure they will hype is better than Swiss and now, the new 2010 lot of KIK. And it won't be cheap! Edit: And it won't be made in Minden, LA at the Goex facility because Hodgdon fired nearly everyone there that knows how to make quality original 'sporting' gunpowder Link to post Share on other sites
Adirondack Jack, SASS #53440 16 Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Hey John Boy Thanks for the MSDS. I thought the ammo companies had stopped using Lead Styphnate in primers. I guess not. By the way, Black Powder is used as an initiator in some artillery rounds, but not in small arms primers. AS far as I know only the "NT" or range safe stuff is lead-free. PRIMER lead has closed many many good indoor ranges around here. Link to post Share on other sites
Tn Tombstone 593 Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 I knew better then to answer this. Link to post Share on other sites
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