Faulty primer, what do you do??

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Reloading for a 22-250. Out today sighting in the rifle. About the 5 or 6th shell never went off. I left the gun alone for about a minute before removing the shell. The primer had the same firing pin mark as the rest, held the shell in my hand...then it dawned on me: Likely not the best thing to do. I left the shell in the middle of the field where I was at. The primers I use are the CCI ones. What do you guys do if this was to happen? Just discard the shell? I didn`t think the brightest thing to do was to bring it home with me...:eek:
 
After the initial minute, it's unlikely to go off.(on it's own)
I've had that happen. I #### and fire again. Usually goes on the 2nd hit.
 
lister said:
After the initial minute, it's unlikely to go off.(on it's own)
I've had that happen. I #### and fire again. Usually goes on the 2nd hit.
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I had thought about doing that, but was a bit leary on doing so. Guess i`ll try it if it happens again.
 
Fire it again. If it works, fine. If it doesn't, either toss it or - if you reload - wait a bit like you did, take it home, pull the bullet, reclaim the powder and just eject the primer as you normally would. Keep your eyes away from the press just in case...
 
OH DEAR :runaway: You should have called the bomb squad.

Seriously even if it managed to go off outside the gun there would be very little risk. Without the chamber surrounding the case to direct the energy the round just pops. I've tossed entire boxes of ammo in a fire in front of me
 
All of the above.

Wait 1 minute, re-#### and fire again. Wait 1 more minute, then:
A: disassemble and reclaim available components (being extra cautious when removing faulty primer)

or
B: Bury the round in a safe location (in the fence row, not the middle of a field) - OR - turn in the round to the local police station for proper destruction.
 
Ask NASA if they would safely dispose of it for you the next time there is a Mars probe launch. That should keep the world safe.
 
I usually rotate the cartridge 90 degrees and try to fire it again. If it does not fire I pull the bullet, dump the powder and run the case slowly through the de capping die while wearing safety glasses. Once I found a primer in a newly opened box of primers without an anvil in it, so weird things can happen to cause a cartridge to not fire.
 
Very rare occurrence, indeed.
If it does not fire in 20 seconds, it is safe to open the bolt.
Once in a while, a second try will fire it, but usually not.
Break it down, reclaim brass and bullet.
Discard the rest.
Eagleye.
 
Own a kinetic or collet bullet puller. Kinetic is more generic, collet caliber specific. After waiting one minute, and attempting to re-fire, wait another minute, unload, take it home, pull bullet, re-use components (except primer!) (Well, I'd throw the powder away too, cause I don't know if I loaded a dud primer, or contaminated the powder and primer post-loading.) The minute wait is hugely excessive, but I do believe that is what is taught in the CFSC, so stick to the party line. Black powder shooters do indeed need to wait the full minute, since damp or oily powder may smoulder for a while, (as in perhaps a second or two) and then still discharge.

The priming compound is not going to ignite the powder a minute after it was struck. so the failed cartridge is fine in your hand pocket, pending disposal. The suggestion to take it to a police station was jarring. Just what we need. More ammo for the anti's, literally. Meaning more laws. See my post above in "POLLS" regarding % reduction of civil service.
 
hunting - I would imediately jack another round into the chamber and fire... the dud I may look for later

target shooting - recock and try again, if that fails eject and put it somewhere safe away from the good ammo, disassemble when I get home salvage the brass

its not an atomic bomb :rolleyes:
 
Many years ago at an unnamed gun club some young guy said he was having trouble seating primers in his reloads. An old guy told him to spray the whole tray of primers
with WD-40..... "lots of it, you can never use too much, then they'll just slide right in"

Unfortunately, the young guy didn't see "The Wink" and didn't realize he was being set up.............

A week later he was back at the range swearing that all his rounds were duds and what crappy primers etc.

I wasn't the old or the young guy but interestingly the two did become good friends!
 
IMagius said:
All of the above.

Wait 1 minute, re-#### and fire again. Wait 1 more minute, then:
A: disassemble and reclaim available components (being extra cautious when removing faulty primer)

or
B: Bury the round in a safe location (in the fence row, not the middle of a field) - OR - turn in the round to the local police station for proper destruction.
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Wrong !

You cannot just show up at the police station and turn in such an object of mass destruction.

First call 911, keep calm, explain the disaster and give proper directions to your place.

The Bomb Squad will take care of the rest.
 
Guy JR said:
I usually rotate the cartridge 90 degrees and try to fire it again. If it does not fire I pull the bullet, dump the powder and run the case slowly through the de capping die while wearing safety glasses. Once I found a primer in a newly opened box of primers without an anvil in it, so weird things can happen to cause a cartridge to not fire.
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While this will work well with rimfire cartridges, why would you do it with centerfire shells?
 
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