primer in backwards

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Well, was hand priming 400 40cal S&W brass and the wife walked in and asked me a question while I stopped priming then the next primer install was in backwards........... crap ............

So how does a guy remove this. Can you gently push this out with the sizing/depriming die? or do you just discard and count it as a learning experience to lock the door and wear ear plugs while reloading. :)
 
if your THAT concerned about 1 case, ear and eye protection and a rag over the press and go slowly with a decapper die...

personally, id just toss it in some oil for a day or so (kills the primer) then do above
 
I actually meant to lock the door and use the ear plugs to stop the wife from entering and to use the ear plugs to block out the screaming!
 
I've demprimed plenty of live ones... but they weren't seated in backwards. Personally, I don't think it makes much of a difference though.

Just put it in the depriming die and squeeze it out. Those things seem to be quite tough and I haven't got one going off yet. I've done probably around 20-30 last year alone, as I'm a fairly new reloader and I've made some beginner's mistakes that I needed to correct (installed the wrong primer type in a batch of antique ammo, which then of course needed disassembling in order to install the proper ones). Ooops!

:D
 
I have also had this happen before and if you can remove it and flip it over and put it back in the correct way. Just don't get rough when doing it. You will see a slight mark in the primer but it should not be enough to set it off if done carefully. Also be sure to wear eye protection just in case something goes wrong and it goes off, ear protection may also be a good idea just in case.
I have never had one go off on me but you never know when one just might.
And make sure that there is nothing flammable near by just in case.
If you have lots brass and are not sure just get rid of it.
Hope this helps.

Don
 
Figure out which way the blast will go if it does go off and stand away. Wear gloves, safety glasses (real ones with side shields), ear protection, and slowly push it out. I've done it both ways, right side up and down side up without having to test the safety gear.
 
I don't know much about your decapping problem, I just know that you can't go through life wearing earplugs so you can't hear the wife screaming. You have some big decisions to make my friend, and which way the primer goes in isn't one of them.

Don't mess with me, I have infractions!
 
ben hunchak said:
I don't know much about your decapping problem, I just know that you can't go through life wearing earplugs so you can't hear the wife screaming. You have some big decisions to make my friend, and which way the primer goes in isn't one of them.

Don't mess with me, I have infractions!
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Not much of a decision really, my wife is great and I was kidding. Although, I was grumpy that I was not watching what I was doing.

Thanks for all the advise. I think I will move the press to the garage for this operation and gear up a little just to make sure.
 
Soak the primer with WD-40 & let it sit for a day or two....
Try & prime the wrong pocket on the wife & see how loud she screams........
 
I have deprimed lots of live primers, including ones in backwards. It takes a lot of shock or compression to set off a primer. Decapping does not come close. Just deprime as normal and keep on loading.
 
"...Just put it in the depriming die and squeeze it out..." Yep. Into the sizing/depriming die and slowly pop it out. It's not a big deal.
Like Ganderite says, it takes a hard whack to set off a primer.
 
Travel240z said:
Thanks for all the advise. I think I will move the press to the garage for this operation and gear up a little just to make sure.
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Yes, and by all means you should have the people in the area evacuated.
Do you have a strong garage? No telling what might happen.
 
We have a wood burning fireplace with glass doors. Even in the summer time we burn paper and scraps in it.
Under my loading bench is a waste basket that I put paper, old cleaning rags and such scraps in. If I damage a primer I put it in the basket.
My wife, more than once, has emptied the waste basket in the fireplace. Later, she has told me, "There were some pops coming from the fireplace after I cleaned your waste basket out.
 
Anyone who really understands how a primer works will know it is far more dangerous to seat a primer backwards than it is to decap a backwards primer.

Now that you're passed the dangerous part, just push it out with the decapping die.;):)
 
ultimate_monkey said:
if your THAT concerned about 1 case, ear and eye protection and a rag over the press and go slowly with a decapper die...

personally, id just toss it in some oil for a day or so (kills the primer) then do above
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I Suggest you actually try that.. I have with water, oil and a few other things to see how much contamination would be required on myy fingers to foul a primer. 99% of them still go bang.

As far the OPs problem, I have decapped many live primers, and even some that were in backwards. Slow and gentle, have never had one pop. Even if it did, it is a pprimer, not a hand grenade.
 
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