Removing an inverted primer (Advice needed)

i can't believe all the fuss over an inverted primer- if it's in a "loaded round"- with powder and slug, just use your bullet puller and pull the bullet and put the powder back in the bin- save the bullet- now put the case in your resizer and push the primer out- catch it with your priming tool or whatever you catch your spent primers in- it'll be easy to spot as it's the one that doesn't look burnt( yellow mix is still visible) then make it's still round and dump it back in the primer feed- it's fine- this happens with regularity to lee presses along with half entered primers- there's no reason to suspect it's half cocked or anything like that it takes A SHARP BLOW to detonate a primer, not a gentle push
 
I removed a 209 primer once, when I was 14. I'd cut the shell open, removed the powder, wadding and shot. I then inserted an awl into the case mouth and began tapping the primer out while holding the shell in my hand.

It was pretty loud. The anvil embedded itself in my palm, dunno where the cup went. Still have the scar.

Taught me respect.

One primer going off ain't that bad. So, put your primers and powder away, put the case back in the die and yank that handle.
 
I did that once, the primer exploderated and KILLED me, I was reincarnated as a Liberal, so I quickly slashed my wrists with a sheet of paper and was allowed to cycle through again and come back as a GUNNUT.
 
This used to happen to me when I was trying to use the Lyman tool that came as part of my press. When this happened to me I would be sure to wear safety goggles (not glasses) and gently push the primer our with the resizing die. No water or oil - although that would probably be safer.

Now I use an RCBS hand priming tool and this is no longer a problem.
 
On the subject of primers, sometimes I have worried about seating, where the primer went part way , and required aloth of pressure to seat. Mostly Federal magnum primers did that, but also LR , would show a bit of a mark on the primer surface., anyone else run into this scarry part of loading.
Frank
 
Davidf said:
No water or oil - although that would probably be safer.
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Yes, rumour has it that WWI was triggered in the Balkans by a reloading accident involving an un-oiled primer.

Just push the things out. For heavens sake, sometimes they don't go off in a gun, where conditions are supposed to be ideal, with a sharp, deep strike exactly on top of the anvil.

Even if they do go off, as long as your body parts and flammable stuff like powder is out of the way, no harm done.
 
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