Guest EL NEGRO GATO #8178 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Howdy all, I have several rounds that the primer is in backwards, has anyone decapped live primers safely? Or is it not worth the price of a shell? ENG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoken D Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Done it on my Dillon past 20 years and so far no problem. But, I do it very slowly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorado Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Go very slow and gentle. I've done a couple that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presidio Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Key words: Slow Gently Done it on my Lee 4-hole turrent manyy a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Sage, SASS #49891 Life Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Yep...what the others said. Did one yesterday matter of fact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOUTH-PACIFIC,SASS #59402 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 slow and easy with a constant pressure don't jerk or slam do et all the time on the 550 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 You might want to soak that shell and PRIMER in some oil for a bit before you deprime it. That way, you only lose the primer and not the shell casing or your fingers or other parts of the anatomy. I have done it, but the pucker factor is quite high. I have been either lucky, or I have a guardian angel looking out for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rooster Ron Wayne Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I just use a bullet puller hammer knock out the bullet . Dump the powder and put on safety glasses and push out the primer just like it was a shot shell . Never had one go off yet . Not that big of a deal . Good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 .... not only have I pushed them suckers out, but I have saved and successfully re-used the offending primers in practice ammo. ... the wisdom is to go slow when you do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rancho Roy Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Do it all the time. Never had one go off...........Slow and steady wins! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Smokepole #29248L Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I do it all the time..... Only sloooooowly.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheriff Oso, SASS #57788L Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 IF YOU DUMP YOUR "SPENT PRIMER CATCHER" BEFORE (stoopid capslock)before removing the inverted primer, you can use it again. At least on my 550's I can (and do) FWIW..YMMV Oso Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I've done it many a time (although not much lately. I must be getting better. 'Bout time - only been loading 35 years). Always reused the primer, also. Looks funky, as the decapping pin dents the primer cap, but they've always gone boom when I shot 'em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I've done it a lot. I go about quarter speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Gun Barney, SASS #2428 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Well, I'll admit to just the opposite of most of the pards answering before me. I figure the brass isn't that expensive, so I don't mess with it. I have never tried popping the offending backwards primer out. Doesn't happen very often so the loss of brass isn't huge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Dave Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 OK, so we have documented that it can be done without setting the primer off. Now, lets here those stories of when it did set the primer off! I'm with Barney, haven't done it enough to worry about, just tossed the cases. Then again I load on a single stage press and use a hand priming tool and check primer alignment on every primer after I got a couple backwards ones when I first started. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Well I never set one off. Maybe I should put some in backwards and have a go at pooping it out quickly. I could never be as fast as a single action hammer. On second thought, maybe not, unless I can land a bomb disposal outfit. I did set off a primer when cutting a case with a dremel tool, wasn't that big a deal really. Can't remember why I was doing that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jake1001 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Do it on a Dillon 550, just really sloooooooooooooooow. Never had one go off....yet. I reuse them and they go bang. Big Jake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tennessee Stud, SASS# 43634 Life Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I try to decap inverted primers... by jerkin' that load handle just as fast as I can... Afterds... love to pick all the lil' pieces of shrapnel outta my face and body... just an overall... invigoratin' sensation. ts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother King, SASS #69031 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Yup.... first one is kinky.. then about normal after that... put them in the practice bin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Mark Flint #31954 LIFE Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I have done it over the years more than a few times and have never set one off. That being said, I do not deprime them on my progressive press. I deprime on an old single stage press with a depriming die away from my press and powder. Priming compound residues cann accumulate in tubes and mechanisms. If it were to go off in a separate press, the harm would be zilch. If it were to go off in my progressive press (Dillon 650) it would have a (Very small) potential to cause a chain reaction of primers and powder. I believe this is one of the potential explanations for some BP Static explosion stories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uno Mas SASS #80082 Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 You might want to soak that shell and PRIMER in some oil for a bit before you deprime it. That way, you only lose the primer and not the shell casing or your fingers or other parts of the anatomy. I have done it, but the pucker factor is quite high. I have been either lucky, or I have a guardian angel looking out for me. +1 for Badg. He didn't get so old and so ugly by doing dumb things. Well... too many dumb things. Primers are about $0.04 per. Only pennies. Hit them with WD-40, and pop them out safely. And yes, I ain't as smart as Badg. I did it really slowly, with a lot of care, and it was REALLY loud, and it HURT!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. Mark Flint #31954 LIFE Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 Oil soaking will not always deactivate primers-don't believe me, just try it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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