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I was reloading some .45Cs on my press and I had a brain fart; charged the shell with powder (6.88G green dot), after slotting in the primer-good, then fitted the bullet and worked the lever---FORGOT to rotate the turret to the bullet seating die.

So now i have this primed round with the powder compressed under a bullet lodged deep in the case. Under the circumstances; I am damn glad it didn't explode in my face.

How do I dispose of this? My thinking is; misfire bucket at the range next time i go. is that a good idea?

Is this thing dangerous now to have in the house until then? if so how do I mitigate that?

Thanks for your time.
 
I just use a pipe cutter for copper, and deprime after if ive messed up, not dangerous, its just a primer that wont do much, just dont load it and try to use it
 
Use a bullet puller and pull the bullet, easy :)

Otherwise do what you said and toss it in the misfire bin, but that's a waste of components!
 
Spawn-Inc said:
Use a bullet puller and pull the bullet, easy :)

Otherwise do what you said and toss it in the misfire bin, but that's a waste of components!
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Or use a pipe cutter (hand one) to cut the brass and get the powder out if you can't pull it out easy. Ammo is allot safter then people think as long as it's not in a confined space worth thing it can do is make your ears ring or barely break the skin if it goes off so eye and ear protection not much damage will be done if it goes off.

If you want to know how safe ammo really is watch the video.
[youtube]3SlOXowwC4c[/youtube]
 
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I messed up some 30-06 cartridges a while back. I did as others have suggested and used a copper tube cutter to cut the case. I saved the powder and took one cartridge and fired it in my gun just to see what a primer sounds like (no projectile, open casing). The other four cases with live primers were taken to the range and disposed of in the live round container. Okay, maybe I fired two primered casings...
 
use a bullet puller and then just fire the primers off...they are about as loud as a cap gun. And you will get to see sparks come out of the barrel.
 
haha49 said:
Or use a pipe cutter (hand one) to cut the brass and get the powder out if you can't pull it out easy. Ammo is allot safter then people think as long as it's not in a confined space worth thing it can do is make your ears ring or barely break the skin if it goes off so eye and ear protection not much damage will be done if it goes off.

If you want to know how safe ammo really is watch the video.
[youtube]3SlOXowwC4c[/youtube]
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WOW..I am amazed at how SAFE ammo really is. I think everyone should watch this video and put their fears to rest. Thanks for posting.
 
Hmm, this is all good advice.

I just messed up another, my last of the evening; a primer went in sideways somehow and it got jammed side-ways in the primer pocket and it sounds like the same ideas could be applied.
 
fdc said:
I messed up some 30-06 cartridges a while back. I did as others have suggested and used a copper tube cutter to cut the case. I saved the powder and took one cartridge and fired it in my gun just to see what a primer sounds like (no projectile, open casing). The other four cases with live primers were taken to the range and disposed of in the live round container. Okay, maybe I fired two primered casings...
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lol, i have some 38 brass i drilled out the flash hole bigger and use them to play cowboy's and Indians at home.
 
ilikeoldguns said:
Hmm, this is all good advice.

I just messed up another, my last of the evening; a primer went in sideways somehow and it got jammed side-ways in the primer pocket and it sounds like the same ideas could be applied.
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Happens to all reloaders at some point in time... sideways, upside down etc.
 
ilikeoldguns said:
I was reloading some .45Cs on my press and I had a brain fart; charged the shell with powder (6.88G green dot), after slotting in the primer-good, then fitted the bullet and worked the lever---FORGOT to rotate the turret to the bullet seating die.

So now i have this primed round with the powder compressed under a bullet lodged deep in the case. Under the circumstances; I am damn glad it didn't explode in my face.

How do I dispose of this? My thinking is; misfire bucket at the range next time i go. is that a good idea?

Is this thing dangerous now to have in the house until then? if so how do I mitigate that?
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Why would it have exploded in your face? There is nothing in there that could explode from being compressed. You could smack it with a 5lb hammer and as long as you didn't strike the primer directly nothing would happen.

Dispose of it however you wish. Normally I just chuck them in the garbage. You could pull the bullet or drop it in a misfire box or cut it open or crush it with a vice. Doesn;t really matter.

Why on earth would it be dangerous to have in your house? Gunpowder is realistically no more dangerous than wood or paper. It won't do anything until you put a flame to it. Primers are designed to be detonated via a very specific manner and dropping or crushing the round WILL NOT ignite the primer.

Man up and stop acting like a little girl. This is guns, not barbie dolls.


Trinimon said:
Happens to all reloaders at some point in time... sideways, upside down etc.
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Yep. Crushed more than a few primers while reloading. The worst is a large primer which you have to crush down a certain amount before you can get the round off the case holder. That kinda sucks but never ever had one go off. Primers only detonate as a result of impact, not crushing.
 
Get a kinetic puller (hammer)
You will screw up enough times that it will be worth it.
Just wait until you load a bunch of rounds then realize that it's either the wrong powder or wrong load or something else that you need to correct.

The second reason I don't like throwing them into the range box is that some half wit might just try to fire it thinking that it didn't fit in your chamber but it does in his.
 
45Colt?? What is so dangerous? Cartridges are pretty much the safest explosive device we have. Like all explosive chains, there are more than one stage. In this case, being that powder is fairly volatile and can be easily ignited, it is considered a sensitive explosive compound (when compared to C4 or another plastic explosive) but not dangerous. It is not going to spontaneously ignite because you compressed it. It NEEDS A SPARK OR FLAME!! How many times has a container of powder burst into flames on your bench? None. Enter the primer...even more sensitive in the chain, but can only be detonated by a specific method, similar to a claymore mine...when it is set to detonate by a trip wire, no matter what Hollywood says, you can't detonate with you cell phone, or vice versa.

Dont punch the primer and no conflagration of the powder in the cartridge...easy!!

OP, you need to relax. Pull the bullet, recover the powder, expand the case mouth, charge the case with the PROPER amt of powder, seat the original bullet, put on your big girl pantes, and SHOOT THE DANG THING!!
 
thump_rrr said:
Get a kinetic puller (hammer)
You will screw up enough times that it will be worth it.
Just wait until you load a bunch of rounds then realize that it's either the wrong powder or wrong load or something else that you need to correct.
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Yup, if you reload enough times, a bullet puller is just as valuable as your press and a great addition is a universal decapping die.

Why waste a good bullet, case and primer? Pull the bullet, dump the powder out, flare the case again, load the correct powder, seat bullet and go to the range and have fun. The case isn't damaged, the primer is perfectly fine and so is the bullet. If you suspect the case was warped, resize it again slowly and the decapping pin will pop the primer out without a BANG.

Compressed powder loads won't go KABOOM like a grenade. Some load recipes actually compress the powder. Nothing new here. And yes, always wear safety glasses when dealing with primers and springs!
 
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