De-priming live brass

Dogleg said:
You might be able to deprime a million without problems. Trouble is, if one does go off it's pointing right at your pecker. Your call.
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If you PRIME a million cases, you will likely have 1 go off in the press. You don't let that stop you, do you?
 
Well it was an ever better idea to do this I later found out. I wanted to clean them better so I could look at em. Found six that have small cracks running lengthwise in the recess of the rim. Not sure if it was from the previous owners extractor but sure glad I did what I did.
 
I have deprimed live primers with no problems. Even if one did go off not sure how it would effect my pecker? Generally I wear pants while reloading and the ram on my Redding press exits the spent primer away from me and my pecker. :)
 
This subject has been covered over and over again. It is not dangerous to deprime live primers. Just simply run the primed case into the sizing die and push them out.

How about a moderator making this a sticky, rather than it coming up as a new thread at least once a month? :)

Ted
 
Why not? said:
This subject has been covered over and over again. It is not dangerous to deprime live primers. Just simply run the primed case into the sizing die and push them out.

How about a moderator making this a sticky, rather than it coming up as a new thread at least once a month? :)

Ted
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And Ted would know better than anyone...he was there when they first switched to breechloaders! :D
 
Water will deactivate primers very well. They are MADE from a water based slurry. I remember that one member (Andy) did tests of deactivation methods for primers. If you want to deactivate, use water. However when the primer dries out, it will become active again.

Why would someone use oil? It just makes a mess inside the case.
 
SandRoad said:
Water will deactivate primers very well. They are MADE from a water based slurry. I remember that one member (Andy) did tests of deactivation methods for primers. If you want to deactivate, use water. However when the primer dries out, it will become active again.

Why would someone use oil? It just makes a mess inside the case.
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Why would anybody try to deactivate them for pushing them out?
 
H4831 said:
Under my loading bench is my junk pail. Any damaged primes end up in there. My wife has come along, noticed the pail had mostly papers and cardboard type of stuff in it and dumped it in our fireplace, which has glass doors. Later, she told me, "There was some popping going on in the fireplace, after I dumped your pail of garbage in it!"
So much for disposing of ruined primers.
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:D :eek: :D :eek: :D

this is why my wife is not allowed into my reolading / gun / man space room. She would want to be helpfull and clean something.

I don't worry about primers, I deprime and save the primers for other uses ;)

Oh and my wife knows that if she hears a loud bang while I'm 'playing' in the 'man room' its just me with a hammer wacking something (like a primer) :eek:
 
Dogleg said:
You might be able to deprime a million without problems. Trouble is, if one does go off it's pointing right at your pecker. Your call.
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We were bad kids I suppose but used to collect rooks (crows) eggs. We would hammer 8 inch nails into trees and use as a ladder to climb to the nests. Ten year old, just over half way up, I slip. :eek:
Gotta a few lacerations but no circumcision. My pecker ain't afraid of no primer.
 
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