Removing Live Primers
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Exactly, and neither are you nuts not to. Nothing you will be handling will be absorbed through the skin (including lead), so all you have to do is keep your hands out of your mouth while you're reloading, and wash your hands when you're done. I wash mine before and after - simple as that.
There is so much misinformation about the dangers of reloading and casting that I thought it appropriate to pipe in. Go ahead and wear gloves (or a space suit) if you want to, but don't suggest that others should as well.
I don't think its an OAL or setup issue. When sizing the shell holder makes contact with the bottom of the sizing die. I took a factory loaded case, fired it, resized it and tried chambering it... and it's hard to close bolt? No bullet, no powder, no primer .... just the case. I can't see any obstruction in the rifle chamber?
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many moons back I had 10,000 primers get flooded in my basement. I put them all out on towels and air dried them. used a bunch with no problems (match rifle as well as pistol). some got flooded again. same deal, once dried, they worked fine. no changes in velocity or anything. I only finally tossed out about 2000 of them when they started to show signs of corrosion from the 3rd flood. (and yes they were well off the floor each time sometimes water doesn't go where it's expected to in a flood). the primers I chucked went into a metal coffee can with some gas, a long fuse was then used and then lit. Those primers shredded the can. kind of neat.
as for depriming live brass, why bother, yank the primer punch, or if you need to take them out, just do it normally, and save those primers, you can reuse them. I do all the time.
as for depriming live brass, why bother, yank the primer punch, or if you need to take them out, just do it normally, and save those primers, you can reuse them. I do all the time.
Joe-NWT you were right, it was my setup. I had said the shell holder was touching the die, and it was plus a 1/8 further turn down.......but, with a casing in the die there must be enough flex or slop in the press linkage so it wasn't quite hitting. When I got a light behind it I could see the gap.
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That's good you got it. I thought for a min that you might be using an action with a Mauser claw and since you were trying an empty you just stuck it in the chamber, hence the not chambering.
I'm amazed that you couldn't chamber a round that was loaded with the shell holder 1/8" off... That is the jippo neck size method that HALF works pretty good
Mike
Removing live Primers
Lee O frame ..bought used.
Glad to see you solved the problem!
BTW, what press are you using?
Lee O frame ..bought used.
"...seen my fingerprints seemingly etched..." That means the oils from your hands are particularly acidic. Not unusual. However, you have nothing to worry about from cast bullets, powder or powder residue or the dust in your tumbler. There's not enough concentration of anything.
"...hard to close bolt..." You don't need new dies. The small base die will do nicely. (Even though it's not required. Regular full length sizing will do for a semi or a bolt action.) Your sizer die isn't set up right. The bottom of the die should just kiss the shell holder with the ram all the way up.
"...hard to close bolt..." You don't need new dies. The small base die will do nicely. (Even though it's not required. Regular full length sizing will do for a semi or a bolt action.) Your sizer die isn't set up right. The bottom of the die should just kiss the shell holder with the ram all the way up.
