Split casings?

[Slapps74]

When loading some 45 ACP after I crimped the bullet the case split down the side. I removed the bullet and powder but I now have a live primed case that is worthless. How are you guys dealing with this type of situation? I don't want to just throw it in the recyle bucket with a live primer.

[Irving]

Put it into a cup of bleach for a day or two and it should go dead. I've done that in the past, now I just slowly press them out. I could see how you couldn't do that with a split case though.

[Great-Kazoo]

When loading some 45 ACP after I crimped the bullet the case split down the side. I removed the bullet and powder but I now have a live primed case that is worthless. How are you guys dealing with this type of situation? I don't want to just throw it in the recyle bucket with a live primer.

Tap it out carefully. You're hitting it from the opposite of ignition end. Usually one can do it with a depriming rod. OR of you have a universal decapping die, use it.

[SideShow Bob]

They are cases, Casings are for sausage....

You can also give it a good shot of penatrating oil spray into the flash hole and should kill the primer.

[Jamnanc]

Or you can chamber it and have a nice pop.

[Circuits]

dump 'em in oil to deactivate the primer(s)

[Slapps74]

Or you can chamber it and have a nice pop.

Thought about that one. Too many bad memories of things going boom in the house though.

[Slapps74]

They are cases, Casings are for sausage....

You can also give it a good shot of penatrating oil spray into the flash hole and should kill the primer.

Well thanks for clearing that up for me[emoji16]

[Alpha2]

I same them all for the 4th of July. They sound just like firecrackers.

[Ranger353]

I use a decapping die on a single stage press and SLOWLY put pressure on the handle until "clink", the primer pops out. And the primer has always been good to go so I reuse them. I have done this a dozen times over the past year without a single primer going off in the press, and every single primer has worked perfectly when reused.

I think I read another blog where someone pointed out that the inside anvil is designed to be twice as hard as the cap side to ensure detonation. So that means you can press out a primer from the inside with less worry of detonation than pressing it in with a hand primer, putting pressure on the cap side.

[Great-Kazoo]

I use a decapping die on a single stage press and SLOWLY put pressure on the handle until "clink", the primer pops out. And the primer has always been good to go so I reuse them. I have done this a dozen times over the past year without a single primer going off in the press, and every single primer has worked perfectly when reused.

I think I read another blog where someone pointed out that the inside anvil is designed to be twice as hard as the cap side to ensure detonation. So that means you can press out a primer from the inside with less worry of detonation than pressing it in with a hand primer, putting pressure on the cap side.

Some people freak out when you say this. It's easy to do, why waste brass. Any brass i have primer issues with goes in a separate bin till i have enough for primer removal.

[trlcavscout]

I pop the primers out and reuse them because I am cheap. Or put wax in the case and have some fun shooting spiders

[Hound]

X2 I have done this without issue... Just don't be in a hurry.


I use a decapping die on a single stage press and SLOWLY put pressure on the handle until "clink", the primer pops out. And the primer has always been good to go so I reuse them. I have done this a dozen times over the past year without a single primer going off in the press, and every single primer has worked perfectly when reused.

I think I read another blog where someone pointed out that the inside anvil is designed to be twice as hard as the cap side to ensure detonation. So that means you can press out a primer from the inside with less worry of detonation than pressing it in with a hand primer, putting pressure on the cap side.

[Slapps74]

I pop the primers out and reuse them because I am cheap. Or put wax in the case and have some fun shooting spiders

Haha! That sounds like fun. Thanks for all of the info. I think I will try to press it out.

[Irving]

Wear safety glasses!

[rondog]

Criminy, I wish I had a dollar for every live primer I've punched out! Never popped one yet. I just put 'em in another case and proceed.

[spqrzilla]

Wear safety glasses!
Bingo.

I've decapped the occasional live primer - usually because it went in cockeyed or was crushed in some manner due my f'up - over the decades. Couldn't say how many ... many a hundred or less, I'm not THAT much of a f'up ... and never had one detonate in the press.

The live but mangled primer is then tossed in with the rest of my spent primers and soaked in oil occasionally before being disposed of. Note that very large accumulations of "fired" primers still accumulate a tiny bit of explosive dust themselves from the residue. That's why an oil or WD40 soak of the can of fired primers is a good idea if you reload in the thousands.