Buying or making inert primers

[rustydog]

Does anyone know of a source for empty primer cups? I have a need to make large quantities of dummy ammunition.

I've tried contacting CCI and Winchester with no luck.

What I have done in the past is just torch live primers inside of a bullet trap. That makes the neighbors a little nervous.

I've also tried hot soapy water, it makes a mess and explosive residue remains.

Forgive me if I missed a prior post on this subject, I did try searching.

Thanks

Rusty

[50BMGBOB]

I have made some dummy rounds by removing the decapper pin and leaving the spent primer in when I resize. But lately I just leave the primer out. No question if it is a dummy round then.

[RugBag]

I have made dummy rounds that you can dry fire into without any propellant in the case empty or filled with birdshot. process as normal with a full length die. when all is done bullet seated fill the primer pocket with HOT GLUE or ROD Tip Glue Stick this provides a substantial fire pin backing and is most of all a safety item. no mistake for live ammo.. and also I paint the headstamp with a an indelible ink to keep it real when checking breech or ammo laying in the general area. ~ ray ~

[rustydog]

Thanks for the options, but I really need empty cups. I might color them or put a stamp on there. Often I silver solder onto them.

With the exception of soldering, I suppose I could combine the glue gun trick with a metal disk of that size. That might take too long and I couldn't run them through my progressive.

[wildcard]

Off the top of my head to satisfy your criteria, could you just use a spent primer and hammer back out the dimple against a flat surface?

[rustydog]

That would work for the ones I solder, but probably not for the pretty looking ones. Also it may sound strange, but often I sell more than I shoot.
I also came across a device for black powder shooters to make the percussion caps out of aluminum, but they don't make it for any other sizes.

[NRAhighpowershooter]

I use silicon.. the blue automotive stuff.... Larry at the Davis St. range thought that that was a cool idea :cool:

[1911su16b870]

I use silicon.. the blue automotive stuff.... Larry at the Davis St. range thought that that was a cool idea :cool:

Never made inerts off my reloading press, but think the blue rtv is a good idea, or maybe even the 1-minute epoxy filled in empty primer pockets? It would be neat to have plastic (white polypro etc.) inert primers similar to the snap-cap style brown anodized alluminum commercial dummy rounds.

[mike100]

Never made inerts off my reloading press, but think the blue rtv is a good idea, or maybe even the 1-minute epoxy filled in empty primer pockets? It would be neat to have plastic (white polypro etc.) inert primers similar to the snap-cap style brown anodized alluminum commercial dummy rounds.

You could also pour some epoxy based glue into a bullet mold (with release agent) to make a bright plastic colored bullet to go along with an RTV primer. Snap caps cost a bit too much. You could make your own dummy rounds cheaply.

Is there any easy way to anodize or otherwise dis-color brass?

[rustydog]

Kind of a different direction from my original post.
I had someone accidentally antique some brass by cooking it too long in an oven. You can buy nickel/silver and gold plated brass.
You can buy some wolf steel brass, strip of the paint and have some cool rusting steel brass.
And lastly, pmc has some aluminum brass, that you could anodize.

Rusty