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Reloading
Removing bad primers
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<blockquote data-quote="Barrelnut" data-source="post: 955380" data-attributes="member: 74902"><p>I load the cartridge with the live primer and fire it out the back door. It is not loud, but you can see a little smoke/spark come out of the barrel. I then decap it. I have done it both ways (decap live) with no issues. </p><p></p><p>From what I have read ( not a primer or explosive expert by any means) that explosive in primers has to have high impact before exploding. Crushing does not do it. I have actually crushed a few priming the cartridge before, sometimes I am an idiot. BUT I have heard/read that primer dust is a different story, it CAN explode. So there is risk from decapping live primers to accumulate primer dust after decapping a lot of primers and it IS possible to set that off. I believe that is why Hornady no longer sells the auto priming tube for their press. There were reports of primer dust accumulating and exploding.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Barrelnut, post: 955380, member: 74902"] I load the cartridge with the live primer and fire it out the back door. It is not loud, but you can see a little smoke/spark come out of the barrel. I then decap it. I have done it both ways (decap live) with no issues. From what I have read ( not a primer or explosive expert by any means) that explosive in primers has to have high impact before exploding. Crushing does not do it. I have actually crushed a few priming the cartridge before, sometimes I am an idiot. BUT I have heard/read that primer dust is a different story, it CAN explode. So there is risk from decapping live primers to accumulate primer dust after decapping a lot of primers and it IS possible to set that off. I believe that is why Hornady no longer sells the auto priming tube for their press. There were reports of primer dust accumulating and exploding. [/QUOTE]
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