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Might be ok but are you willing to gamble on it? I'd consider it an educational experience, I'd change them out and try to be more careful in the future.
Shoot and deprime. Don't waste a bullet and powder on it. Primers are $.04 each, but bullets and powder are way more.
Shoot and deprime. Don't waste a bullet and powder on it. Primers are $.04 each, but bullets and powder are way more.
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I eventually fired them in my rifle. 50/50 result. Half went POP and the other half didn't. There's your answer.
Thanks a bunch for the update. I am very surprised - I was really sure that the sonic cleaner would have "scoured" all the priming compound out of the primer cups. I've read that sonic cleaners can actually lift chrome, if it's not really secure. Live and learn, huh ?
Bake them in the Kitchen oven at 450 degrees for at least 8 hrs to make sure they are completely dry first before loading !
RJ
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Some years ago, I sprayed WD-40 on a number of primers, left them over night, then the next day I put them on a steel bench and hit each of them with a hammer. I don't recall hearing an audible bang, typical from a normal primer ignition, from any of them, but most of them made smoke, so while none would not have initiated the powder charge in a cartridge reliably, the danger of hangfires could not be discounted. At that point I began to doubt the wisdom of soaking primers in oil, then declaring them inert.
