Upside Down Primers
- Thread starter pontcanna
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If it's upside down this won't be a problem, just resize the case (assuming your sizer has a decapping pin) and push it out - just do it slowly and wear eye protection. I have deprimed live primers that were put in properly this way and you just need to go slow with steady pressure - even if it goes bang, there won't be significant discharge as it should god down into your ram.
I read an article a few years back that claimed WD40 was not the end all to be all. The odd primer still went off after being treated this way.
As Umbakrail posted, there is nothing for the anvil to push against so the chances of a primer detonating are pretty remote.
Not that it means a whole lot, but in 15 years of reloading I have had 1 primer go off. It was during the seating of a primer, not in the decapping of a live primer. Safety glasses are a must, whether priming or de-priming for this very reason.
As Umbakrail posted, there is nothing for the anvil to push against so the chances of a primer detonating are pretty remote.
Not that it means a whole lot, but in 15 years of reloading I have had 1 primer go off. It was during the seating of a primer, not in the decapping of a live primer. Safety glasses are a must, whether priming or de-priming for this very reason.
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- Vancouver Island BC
Also be sure there are no open cans of powder around your reloading bench as you are decapping or depriming the upside downy primer. because it could............never mind, you know.
I deactivate primers with good old water. Either soak overnight, or place in boiling soapy water for 15 minutes. No oily residue to deal with. That having been said, I have deprimed dozens of live primers and never had one go off.
P.S. I've had a couple go off while priming using a Lee Loader, and contrary to urban legend, the blast did not/could not take off my hand. I wear glasses, so eye protection is moot for me.
P.S. I've had a couple go off while priming using a Lee Loader, and contrary to urban legend, the blast did not/could not take off my hand. I wear glasses, so eye protection is moot for me.
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- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
Why deactivate the primer? Chances are when you run the case through your resizer the compressed air will push the primer out before the pin ever contacts it. You could plug the vent in the resizing die to make sure, but even if the pin makes contact, it will be such a light touch light that a pop is unlikely.
Cocked&Locked
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- S. Ontario
Oh no, not another one of these threads! Just push the blasted thing out with your size die. You'll have to take a run at it to have any chance of it going off, and it's only one primer for pete's sake, it not like your defuzing a 500 lb bomb. Slowly push it out, turn it over, put it back in, finish reloading and go shooting. Wearing saftey glasses is prudent whenever your reloading, but decapping and seating both isolate the case so well that even if it did go off it would just make noise. Becarefull if you seat with a hand tool to keep the case pointed away from your face, I've never managed to set one off (yet) but I've accidently pushed a few into IVI 9mm cases that took way more force then you'll ever generate decaping and they where fine, (ok, a little flat, but they worked, I toss that stuff out now when I find it).
Yeah, just decap 'em, not a big deal. And, as noted - if one DOES do off, there's not much to it. Prudence would dictate eye protection, but really, it's just a damn primer. Smack one with a hammer sometime, and see what all the fuss is about
Cocked&Locked
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joe-nwt said:
Thats why I use a hornady, much better containment
But ok, "wear saftey glasses and long sleeves!"
Cocked&Locked
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Hey mods, can we have a sticky on "removing upside down or live primers"? It seems like the question comes up every 4 weeks or so.
