So...upside-down primers and my de-capping pins.

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when I started reloading, I made a few mistakes; one of my more common ones was primers that somehow ended up seated up-side down.

Now if I were to run one of these cases back through my press, would my de-capping pin set off the primer? That sounds like a bad way to spend a saturday night to me.
 
Just deprime them as normal. I doubt you could slam your press hard enough to touch one off if you tried..

I have deprimed right side up and up side down thousands of times, without incident.

I have a small screw drive to pry out the ones I seat sideways.
 
ilikeoldguns said:
when I started reloading, I made a few mistakes; one of my more common ones was primers that somehow ended up seated up-side down.

Now if I were to run one of these cases back through my press, would my de-capping pin set off the primer? That sounds like a bad way to spend a saturday night to me.
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If it was me, I would put a drop of oil in the primer and after a few minutes run it through the decapper GENTLY. Get rid of any residual oil before reloading. Come to think of it you could use water instead of oil and then allow a decent amount of drying time before reloading.
 
Ganderite said:
Just deprime them as normal. I doubt you could slam your press hard enough to touch one off if you tried..

I have deprimed right side up and up side down thousands of times, without incident.

I have a small screw drive to pry out the ones I seat sideways.
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He pretty much summed it up for you. Also have done hundreds with no issues
 
coldestcanuck said:
If it was me, I would put a drop of oil in the primer and after a few minutes run it through the decapper GENTLY. Get rid of any residual oil before reloading. Come to think of it you could use water instead of oil and then allow a decent amount of drying time before reloading.
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Oil doesn't deactivate primers every time. Modern priming compounds are far more chemical resistant than in decades past. Water will do even less. Not that I support this idea at all since a live primer can be safely and easily removed from a case and reused.

I've deprimed a couple thousand live primers right-way-up and at least a few dozen up-side-down. Just be gentle and go slow.
Maybe 1 in 100 will have the anvil fall out if depriming right-way-up primers from cases.
 
I've popped out sideways and upside down primers on the press without issue. Just go slow and they'll just pop free. Wear safety glasses as a precaution.
 
ilikeoldguns said:
when I started reloading, I made a few mistakes; one of my more common ones was primers that somehow ended up seated up-side down.

Now if I were to run one of these cases back through my press, would my de-capping pin set off the primer? That sounds like a bad way to spend a saturday night to me.
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Setting off a primer by accident is no big deal, it happens now and then depending on your loading method/equipment. As already mentioned, safety glasses are a good idea
 
Unless it's rare brass I'd throw it in garbage. Had some go sideways in 223 and 9MM, just chucked em out.
I use a Lee hand primer and pay super attention when priming to make sure they go in right side up.
Personally I would not press them out with decapper die. Had .22lr explode by squeezing them in a bench vise when I was a kid lol
 
It's nerve racking when you start loading to realize that primers don't always cooperate but after a few you realize it's okay when you use caution
 
If you're really worried about live primers in your recycling bucket, get out your ear protection, eye protection, welding gloves, nail set and hammer. A decisive blow from the hammer will take care of any priming compound.

Otherwise, just deprime slowly, and proceed.
 
I had one of these oopsies the other day with a .45. I loaded it in my rockchucker with my full length die with decapping pin installed and very slowly ran it through. Clink, out popped the primer with very little effort. And I am a newbie when it comes to reloading.
 
Mark-II said:
Didn't we just do a multi-pager on this topic not long ago?
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It's one of the topics that comes up every couple-few months when the old thread gets too buried. Kind of like tumbling loaded ammo, swapping regular primers for magnum, the cost benefits (or lack there of) to reloading basic 12ga target load, how to load cast bullets, and why there is a powder and component shortage.
 
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