Federal primers in Lee auto primes

[dan belisle]

Sigh. Lee warns against using Fed primers because he was in a pissing match with someone at Federal. Use the tools normally and all will be well, grasshopper. - dan

 

[blacksmithden]

Originally Posted by blacksmithden
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Come on, give the guy a break. A good friend of mine, not very technical, once dumped oil in the engine without draining the old oil first. Drove about 100km like this... Half a year later he changed the oil filter with one lacking the rubber gasket. You can still see the oily trail left by his car. PM me and I'll give you the address.
My own father used to reuse burnt fuses by patching in a thin copper wire. Did they work? Sure. Did they trip? On short-circuit, yes. Were they safe? Hmmm...

I don't think I want your friend handling FIRED primers, much less live ones. I don't care what tool he's using. There is a certain level of competence that is expected, no matter what the task. People who do things like that shouldn't even try.

 

[rnbra-shooter]

Anyone who hasn't fired an empty, primed case in a pistol or a rifle, should try it. It's useful to get a real feel for just how much power is in a single primer (it's about as loud as a .22, FWIW, and can produce a visible flash from a 22"rifle barrel. And if you press the muzzle up against a gun case to muffle the sound, you'll get a mark and stain that will still be there ten years later... ;-)

I've primed Federal primers on my Autoprime, without having any of them blow up. But I have a friend (a most skilled and knowledgeable reloaded) who tells me that he's had one blow up on him (I don't recall if only one fired, or if the whole tray did).

I've only twice had primers fire accidentally. Both times involved Federal large pistol primers in a Dillon 650. When it happened I was quite surprised, not the least because that particular seating was smooth and easy, and didn't involve any bumps or shocks (and yet I have seriously mangled and physically destroyed hundreds of primers over the years, Fed-210M included, without having any of those ever fire).

Personally, I would load Federal primers with a Lee Autoprime, but I would do it carefully (which is a good idea for everything involving primers), and before the accident happened, I would arrange things so that it would be a "safe" accident (with number one being "muzzle control", i.e. I would make sure that things were pointing in a direction that could safely handle a primer firing)