Decaping live primers
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07blackwater
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Port Coquitlam, BC
I just did about 50 no problem.
- Location
- Calgary, Alberta
Yeah, just decap slowly and carefully. Happens to the best of us from time to time.
- Location
- Niagara Region, Ontario. For now
They aren't gold......
Drop of oil or two and give it a few minutes, and there is no risk of it goin off.
Not worth setting one off for the few cents it may cost IMHO.
Drop of oil or two and give it a few minutes, and there is no risk of it goin off.
Not worth setting one off for the few cents it may cost IMHO.
shoot_to_kill
CGN Regular
- Location
- Luskville quebec
Yes, I put on safety glasses when doing it though. You only get one set of eyes. But seriously, I have never had one go off.
- Location
- Prince Albert, Sk
Decaping live primers is less dangerous than eating cream puffs, choking hazard!!! 
I honestly don't think that you could ram a press down fast enough to even start thinking of setting off a primer.
I have done more than I can count, never an issue.
I honestly don't think that you could ram a press down fast enough to even start thinking of setting off a primer.
I have done more than I can count, never an issue.
Don't need to use oil, it just makes a mess of the cases. Use water. The primer mix water based.
A member here did experiments killing primers (+/- 5 years ago, so can't search it). Oil didn't do a good job of killing them. Water worked, but 24 hours later when the primer dried out, they went off again. This happened both with water and light oils.
A member here did experiments killing primers (+/- 5 years ago, so can't search it). Oil didn't do a good job of killing them. Water worked, but 24 hours later when the primer dried out, they went off again. This happened both with water and light oils.
fingers284
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Alberta Cowboy Ranges
Water didn't work for me. A couple of years ago I needed a hand full of shotgun duds. I wanted them to have the weight and feel of real shells so I peeled enough plastic off the sides of them to allow the powder to be dumped. They were then put into a pot of water overnight to deaden the primers...or so I thought. The next morning in every one of them the primer fired
Pretty sure that shotgun primers are factory waterproofed, given the conditions they are often used in. Rifle primers are not waterproofed. Not sure about water deactivating them but oil certainly does. That said I have decapped many of them live, slowly and with safety glasses !
savagelover81
Regular
- Location
- Vancouver Island B.C.
Safety squint!
Good Grief!!
Too many people here telling the OP to "kill" the primers before removing them.
As several savvy reloaders have stated, just push them out with your resizing die.
Wear safety glasses, like you should anyway.
You can even re-use them if you want. [I wouldn't recommend re-use for a once in a lifetime hunt, lol]
I have decapped literally hundreds of live primers, with nary a problem.
I save them, and use them for "plinker" loads.
Never had one fail yet.
Regards, Eagleye.
Too many people here telling the OP to "kill" the primers before removing them.
As several savvy reloaders have stated, just push them out with your resizing die.
Wear safety glasses, like you should anyway.
You can even re-use them if you want. [I wouldn't recommend re-use for a once in a lifetime hunt, lol]
I have decapped literally hundreds of live primers, with nary a problem.
I save them, and use them for "plinker" loads.
Never had one fail yet.
Regards, Eagleye.
Actually it was the other way around as I recall. Water deactivated the primers better than oil. This was based on actual test results.
But as above, just take it easy and don't worry about deactivating.
It might not be my post to which you are referring, but I did an experiment with oils and water about five years ago and found just that.
This topic has been beaten to death at CGN and elsewhere. All oil or water do is make a mess and make the person at the press feel more safe.
Agree. Just take it slow. I only ever had one go off ever and that was from a wheel on a chair and my big butt not depriming. Scares the crap out of you I have to say.
