Dented Ammo, safe to use?

[325inthe510]

[Oldmandan]

I don’t think most of them will even chamber.

Pull the components

[PoorRichRichard]

Not worth it. Find a buddy who reloads and have him harvest the powder, primers and bullets.

[M1NM]

If it fits it fires.

[croue]

I doubt most will fit. If it did - I would be wary of the super loose chamber required.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[200Apples]

I handload big bore revolver calibers, some bottleneck and .45-70, but I've never tried to harvest unfired primers that have already been seated in their brass.

Anyone?

[croue]

[baih777]

I handload big bore revolver calibers, some bottleneck and .45-70, but I've never tried to harvest unfired primers that have already been seated in their brass.

Anyone?

I use a Lee decapper. Goggles or face shield.
You push the primer out with steady pressure.

It they are crimped primers. I would not try it.

[pacrat]

If it fits it fires.

AGREE .............. CHOOT'EM

[RTE]

Wont chamber, square peg round hole.
Components for the brass you shoot and save.

[jsanch03]

[readysetgo]

Buff right out...

[rsrocket1]

I handload big bore revolver calibers, some bottleneck and .45-70, but I've never tried to harvest unfired primers that have already been seated in their brass.

Anyone?

All the time. I've never had a live primer go off when removing it from a case. They always worked after putting them in another cartridge. Now if the anvil falls out of the primer, I'd toss it out but that rarely happens.

For those awful looking reloads, I'd pull the bullets, sprinkle the powder onto the lawn or flower beds, resize the cases and load 'em up. Probably with a low recoil load or a cat sneeze load where the Pmax is around 20k psi. That should fire form the case and get them back in proper shape.

[smoothy8500]

Naw, get a Forster body die, some One Shot, and straighten those errant rounds out....

[Rob454]

Personally I would not shoot that ammo unless it was literally life or death and thats all i got.