Primer struck; bullet failed to fire; would you pull it?

[Pubert]

Hello all,

Was at the range shooting some 9mm and while picking up brass picked up a complete bullet that was ejected from someone's handgun. It was 9mm and the primer was obviously struck, but the projectile doesn't look like it budged one bit from the brass.

My question is - would you pull it (using a kinetic puller)?

Does the fact that the primer has been struck make a difference in the integrity of the bullet?

Thanks!

[Chief-7700]

Leave it at the range.
No the bullet should be fine just weight it to determine how many grains it is.

[Fjold]

A lot of bother to get one 9mm case.

[joelogic]

Pull it for what reason? Just toss it.

[Southpaw45]

A lot of bother to get one 9mm case.

[bumpo628]

I've never done it, but I am curious if anyone else out there has tried it.

Forget about the one 9mm example and say you found 20 pieces of .308 with LC brass (or whatever floats your boat).
Would anybody try the kinetic puller on a round with a struck primer?

[jwest]

I may if it was something that I loaded.

If the powder was double-based - then I may not.

[Sheldon]

I am leary of subjecting a round like that to further shock....especially near body parts. I would have no issue pulling them apart with a collet puller though.

[alex45auto]

leave it alone!!!!!

[thrasherfox]

I had that happen to me last week at the range.

With my brand new .308 I just built. I was going to post here to get peoples inputs.


Fired about 30 rounds through it. 29 of them no problems, rifle shot great.

1 round however went "CLICK" I could tell the hammer fell, but nothing else (my daughters boyfriend was shooting it)

Anyway, I told him dont do anything. I took the rifle from him, ejected the magazine then I pulled back the charging handle and the round ejected.

Full round, bullet still in place. indent on primer.

The have a steel ammo can with a small hole in it at the range, so I dropped the bullet in there and left it.

[thomashoward]

It can be done OK but for one case it is hardly worth the effort. I'm sure your Kinetic puller works just fine

[spencerhut]

A Fail to Fire with good primer strike should be pulled apart and each component reused or disposed of. I use a press mounted puller, not a kinetic puller.
Unburnt powder can safely be tossed on your lawn or placed on concrete and lit on fire with your kids for fun.
Primers that failed to fire should be carefully (read slowly and deliberately) de capped and disposed of properly.

The brass case can be reloaded and the bullet can be melted down & lead reused.

Tossing these struck FTF in the trash can, however unlikely, be bad for the garbage man. It's also bad for them to end up with the scrap brass. If they end up in a smelter they will cook off and be a problem for the smelter. Some smelters require brass to be heated to cook off the occasional FTF / live round mixed in with the fired brass.

Nothing to be afraid of providing you properly handle them.