Brass with live primers.

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Has anyone ever shipped primed brass? Is it safe? Or is there a way to deprime them with out the correct dies. I sold my gun and dies in 303 and now found some loaded ammo. I can easily pull the bullets but how to take out the primers without dies has me baffled. Thanks
 
Shipping primed cases is the same as shipping primers. Most carries don't allow it but some (Canpar and UPS come to mind) will allow it; sometimes there's an extra hazmat fee.

I always keep a Lee universal decapping die around. It has a cavernous body cavity with a decapping rod with no expander ball and a mandrel that will fit down to .20 cal cases I believe. It can't deprime 50BMG or some African hunting cartridges but I've used it for everything from .223 to .45-70 and .300WM. They're under $20 I believe and very useful. Spare decapping rods are $3-4 as well but when I broke mine Lee sent me 3 of them for free.

If you had dies for something with a bigger case but smaller diameter bullet (like a .30-06 maybe) that might also work. You want something that can fit the brass far enough to decap without sizing the body. Could extend the decapping rod further down than normal as well.
 
use a bigger sizing die that the brass will fit in without getting damaged and slowly deprime. if you do it right it you can reuse the primers (i wouldn't use them for hunting or competition ammo just in case).

if you have any straight wall lee dies you can unscrew the depriming rod, flip it upside down in the collect and install the die upside down to deprime.
 
pretty easy to set off the primers. Hammer a nail into a wood block, put the emptied case over it (make sure there's a lot of room around the head of the nail to let the primers gasses escape), set a blunted nail against the primer and give it a tap with a hammer. Just makes a little pop.
 
VanMan said:
pretty easy to set off the primers. Hammer a nail into a wood block, put the emptied case over it (make sure there's a lot of room around the head of the nail to let the primers gasses escape), set a blunted nail against the primer and give it a tap with a hammer. Just makes a little pop.
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Personally I wouldn't want to waste primers like that. I've removed hundreds of live primers (possibly over 1000) from cases before and haven't had a single one go off during decapping. I reuse them in plinking ammo all the time and so far, with CCI primers (LR, LP, MLP, MLR, SR, MSR), I haven't had a single FTF.
 
Same, you can slowly decap. The primer will still be perfectly usable and the chances of ignition are slim. Still, wear eyepro, be safe, use brain.
 
Fully agree. Decapping live primers is pretty easy too if done carefully and wearing eye protection. The original poster doesn't have his dies anymore though.

LUTNIT said:
Personally I wouldn't want to waste primers like that. I've removed hundreds of live primers (possibly over 1000) from cases before and haven't had a single one go off during decapping. I reuse them in plinking ammo all the time and so far, with CCI primers (LR, LP, MLP, MLR, SR, MSR), I haven't had a single FTF.
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inthehizzy said:
Same, you can slowly decap. The primer will still be perfectly usable and the chances of ignition are slim. Still, wear eyepro, be safe, use brain.
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Lee makes a pretty cheap decapping die.
Far less hassles with this than the cost of shipping primed brass.
Might jest azz well ship the whole chit fer the rewards yewl git if cawt.
Taint werth thed:h:.....:HR:.......:slap:.........sewzs I'm told.
 
Decap them gently,. no problem. Or insert in rifle and pull trigger. Done.

PS Wear ear/eye protection when shooting off primers in a rifle. They are louder than you think they will be and there is definitely a discharge out the muzzle
 
For testing purposes we have fired off primed rifle cases in the house.
Load the primed case in the rifle.
Push the barrel down tight, onto any type rug or mat.
Pull trigger.
Thud. usually not heard in an adjoining room.
 
H4831 said:
For testing purposes we have fired off primed rifle cases in the house.
Load the primed case in the rifle.
Push the barrel down tight, onto any type rug or mat.
Pull trigger.
Thud. usually not heard in an adjoining room.
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Yup, just make sure it's scrap piece of rug or carpet unless you want the burnt carpet look :)
 
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