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Posted: 7/19/2012 8:11:15 AM EDT
I just made the new guy mistake of pressing in a primer upside down.  The $64 question is how do I get it out without making it go boom. 
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Push it out slowly with a decapping die while wearing eye protection. Ear plugs and a piece of cardboard placed around the press between you and the ram and shell suggested. Not a big deal with appropriate eye and ear protection and the cardboard. It takes a pretty sharp impact to set off the primer.
Don't forget the eye and ear protection just in case |
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put on safety glasses and gently push it out with your decapping die.
I have sat primers upside down and sideways just pop em out and put em back in the right way. if they get deformed from being seated sideways or anything i just mark the cartridge with lots of colored sharpie. They all still fire just fine. It takes a sharp impact to touch off a primer. A lee classic loader would be a bad choice in this situation. |
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Push it out with a depriming die. Or what I do if it's just crooked, I fish it out with a pocket knife or needle nose pliers if they're handy. Ok that was my first thought but being the new guy I wanted to ask. After reading several books and lurking in this forum for several months I have got my equipment together and have started prepping cases. I have a depriming die and will do that. |
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put on safety glasses and gently push it out with your decapping die. I have sat primers upside down and sideways just pop em out and put em back in the right way. if they get deformed from being seated sideways or anything i just mark the cartridge with lots of colored sharpie. They all still fire just fine. It takes a sharp impact to touch off a primer. A lee classic loader would be a bad choice in this situation. Thanks, I always wear safety glasses when I am messing around with stuff that may go boom. |
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Quoted: This, just move press handle slowly and primer will drop out.Push it out slowly with a decapping die while wearing eye protection. Ear plugs and a piece of cardboard placed around the press between you and the ram and shell suggested. Not a big deal with appropriate eye and ear protection and the cardboard. It takes a pretty sharp impact to set off the primer. Don't forget the eye and ear protection just in case |
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1. Take primed case in right hand. 2. Throw into garbage can. It is one primer and one case. I know that you can push a primer out in the press, but why risk a live primer going off. It's $0.03! Throw it away- I'll send you a nickel. ditto.............. |
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1. Take primed case in right hand. 2. Throw into garbage can. It is one primer and one case. I know that you can push a primer out in the press, but why risk a live primer going off. It's $0.03! Throw it away- I'll send you a nickel. ditto.............. double ditto. Just toss it. |
C'mon guys, its a single primer with no powder or bullet, facing down in the press, away from limbs, face or other primers. (or should be) If it goes off it's going to be a loud firecracker. Ear plugs would be nice....and warn the wife of the possible bang to prevent a heart attack. (after all you are loading ammo)  99.9% of the time you are going to be disappointed. No boom, just a click, and the sound of a primer rolling into the primer catch. In 40 years I've done it lots of times, mostly while unloading unknown ammo with brass I wanted .....100% disappointed....no action, no drama. Trick is the word Ssslowww. A firing pin moving slow would never fire anything, unless pressure builds up enough to create heat...as in a primer that won't come out...see "another trick below"
Now if you got a tube of 100 primers, and you crush the bottom one trying to force something you shouldn't, then you may have a problem if all 100 go off. But even that is rare even on the most notorious Dillon 650 priming system. Another trick ... if it don't go easy ... don't force it. |
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C'mon guys, its a single primer with no powder or bullet, facing down in the press, away from limbs, face or other primers. (or should be) If it goes off it's going to be a loud firecracker. Ear plugs would be nice....and warn the wife of the possible bang to prevent a heart attack. (after all you are loading ammo) 99.9% of the time you are going to be disappointed. No boom, just a click, and the sound of a primer rolling into the primer catch. In 40 years I've done it lots of times while loading single stage....100% disappointed....no action, no drama. Trick is the word Slow. A firing pin moving slow would never fire anything.
Now if you got a tube of 100 primers, and you crush the bottom one trying to force something you shouldn't, then you may have a problem if all 100 go off. But even that is rare even on the most notorious Dillon 650 priming system. Another trick ... if it don't go easy ... don't force it. Totally agree. Been there done that. I wrap towel around the press as a spark arrestor just in case. I have never had one go off. I've even reused the offending primer if it was undamaged which is the norm but only for plinking ammo. I've had 2 misfires in my career. One 38 spl. that the primer was damaged on during priming and one .223 with no powder in the case. Not bad I'd say. I've used well over 100 pounds of powder. That's a lot of loading !! |
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I usually soak the case in water a few minutes before i try to remove a live primer. The primer is useless afterwards but you still saved the case. That primer is active as soon as it dries. I dont let it dry before i remove it from the case. After that it doesnt matter to me at all. i throw it out. |
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