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Hi,

I tried reloading for the first time tonight...

I've unprimed, case trimmed, and then re-primed...

Then I noticed that a few of my cases are split at the neck... naturally I am going to toss them... but I've already primed them...

Can I just de-prime them the same way as a spent primer?

EB
 
Can I just de-prime them the same way as a spent primer?
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I would not - it's a live primer and they potentially can go bang with signicant force and possible injury.

Fire them off in your gun's chamber at the range and disgard. Otherwise probably (???) a few drops of oil inside an upright case left overnight will probably disable the primer - then disgard.

Also split necks are often a sign that annealing is needed on your batch of brass.
 
I have deprimed many cases by dropping some oil in there, leave for 20 seconds, and slowly run them through the decapping die. Should haven't any problems, but be sure to wear your eye protection.
 
On another note

You may have just shortened up your whole procedure, and we don't ALL do things the same way...but! You never mentioned any cleaning (not done by all) or inspection after cleaning. You never mentioned re-sizing. Were these cases fired in your rifle, thus needing repriming, or range brass. Were they split before any steps that you took.
Oh Well..it's not what you were asking for, but an inspection at a couple of stages, like before you even begin to clean or de-prime/size can save you this grief. I'm sure that you are loading after reading at least one manual so my answer is to fire them off in your rifle, crimp or destroy the cases and inspect ALL other cases from this batch before starting over.
 
Here we go again.

If your a pessimist either fire the primers in a rifle, don't deprime it or put oil in it.

If your an optimist then go ahead and deprime the live primers and reuse in non neck split cases.
 
Hi,

They were once fired brass... but not from my rifle...

I had full-length sized them... then trimmed them using a case gauge and a cutter on a power screw-driver (on sale at crappy tire this week for $14)... then chamfered... then (and this is where I found the splits)... while it was still on the driver... I wiped the lube off with a patch while it was spinning... I didn't see the splits initially... only after I FELT them were they obvious...

So... I only started this spinning wipe after 50 rounds... now I have to go back and look at the first 50!!

Thanks for the help

EB
 
For Pete's sake don't bother with oil, especially with a scrapped case. Even with a good case it makes an unneeded mess in the case and it isn't really that effective at deactivating primers anyway. I really think that most of the people who suggest this have never actually checked to see if it works.

If you don't care about wasting the primers then just toss the cases as the live primers won't hurt anything, but there really is no problem depriming live primers and reusing them.

Even military brass with crimped-in primers will deprime with out detonating.

To be sensible, do it gently and wear safety glasses.

If somebody has managed to set one off by depriming I'd be interested to hear about it. I've never heard of it myself, nor have I had it happen and I've done it many times.
 
TwoTone said:
For Pete's sake don't bother with oil, especially with a scrapped case. Even with a good case it makes an unneeded mess in the case and it isn't really that effective at deactivating primers anyway. I really think that most of the people who suggest this have never actually checked to see if it works.
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I fall into that category....I figure a drop of oil is less important to me than a potential detonation.
 
Onagoth said:
I fall into that category....I figure a drop of oil is less important to me than a potential detonation.
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Which category? Those who've never checked?

I'm saying that oil 'don't work, so why bother'. Did you ever try firing one after oiling it? They usually go BANG.

I doubt if oil even reaches the primer some of the time, I can just picture an air bubble in the flash hole that doesn't float out and doesn't let oil in.

Anyway, we all have our thoughts on this and who knows who's right or wrong? All we can do is supply info and the guy can make his decision.
 
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I also have deprimed live primers, just as the post above says . Use slow steady pressure. Have not had a bang yet. Only with the primers I have taken out, get put in oil then garbaged . I don't want to reload a shell and not have it go bang. I don't want any unecessary oil in my shells.

Straight Shooting

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