backwards primers: remove to not?

[sirgrumps]

take them out, but wear hearing protection also. You likely will not set them off but if you do, they are freaking loud.

I used a face shield and gloves, never thought to wear muffs.

Will make sure I wear muffs next time.

[Toolbox X]

I've pressed out many dozens of backward primers over the years, and reused them all. I'm all for safety and being careful, but jeez, there's no need to put on body armor and a hazmat suit for stuff like this. It's a primer. Just press them out into an empty primer cup or whatever so you can find them easily, then load them back in the right way.

[RandyD]

Prior to pressing them out, you could apply some WD-40 to the primers to deactivate them. It is a little added insurance to the process.

[bergmen]

And I don't know anyone yet who hasn't solved the issue successfully without being injured, maimed or killed.

Oops...

[Toolbox X]

Ha! Press these out and you get 500 primers.

https://americanreloading.com/223-556-nato/4609-556-nato-aac-reversed-primer-brass-500ct.html

556-nato-aac-reversed-primer-brass-500ct.jpg

[DaveInOroValley]

[rhodesengr]

Prior to pressing them out, you could apply some WD-40 to the primers to deactivate them. It is a little added insurance to the process.

I did a bunch of research on the primer deactivating issue. As far as I could tell, WD40 does not deactivate primers. There are a number of Youtube videos where guys have tried all manner of liquids to kill primers. Basically none of them works.

I started this thread because it was a new situation for me. Better to be safe than sorry and it doesn't hurt to ask. I think it is exactly what forums are for. Now that I have pressed out backwards primers and mangled primers without incident, I have some experience and understand it's not a big deal.

I appreciate everyone's discussion.

[divingin]

Oops...

I guess OP no longer has a problem.

And there's a new lake coming to the area.

[rhodesengr]

I guess OP no longer has a problem.

I have plenty of problems. Just not with backwards primers anymore

[bhilliker@comcast.net]

one time at band camp----I got a nice broken hand clearing an inverted primer!! Using a Frankford Arsenal hand de-priming tool---when the plastic tube was 3/4 full of spent primers, live primers, powder, dust etc I got in a hurry. As a military explosives guy who has "capped in" a few times I always cleared inverted primers behind my back. Except one day I was in a hurry and just popped that inverted primer out lickety split. BOOM---whole tube set off. Blew up and broke my hand. Lesson---don't get in a hurry to clear an inverted primer!!!

[rhodesengr]

yikes