Thanks,
Mainehunter
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The first two options I don't have and the guy the gave them to me sold his. I have done the third a long time ago and one of them went off scaring the @&%$ out of me.iceman wrote:A couple of options.
1) load them up and shoot them off.
2) place empty case in a 308 rifle and fire off just the primer.
3) resize as usual. This method is in need of caution. When raising into the die do so slowly the decap pin will push out the primer and it can be reused. Wear safety glasses and gloves just in case.
Yep. Amazing little things they are!J Miller wrote:And soaking them in WD40 will only temporarily deactivate them. As soon as they dry out they're live again. Primers are very hard to kill.
The only 100% sure way is to detonate them by firing, or throwing them in a fire.
You do have a point there. I wasn't planning on cashing them in just to resize them up to 358 Winchester. The more I think about it, maybe I should size them up and load some plinking loads.Cast Bullet Hunter wrote:Why do you want to de-cap them? If you don't have a rifle, aren't going to load them, what is so urgent about
this?
Primed cases are not hazardous in any way. Obviously you aren't going to load them, why not give them to someone who can use them?
The only reason I can see why you want to de-cap them is so they can be sold as scrap for a few cents. They are worth a lot more to someone who reloads, let him worry about the primers.
Seems to me WHY is a lot more important than HOW!
Since they're already primed, I'd take the easy road to .358 and just fire-form them making use of the existing primer. I'll let others speak to a load as I've only fire-formed larger stuff with Unique, cream of wheat, and a wax plug.Mainehunter wrote:Thanks for the feedback gentlemen!![]()
You do have a point there. I wasn't planning on cashing them in just to resize them up to 358 Winchester. The more I think about it, maybe I should size them up and load some plinking loads.Cast Bullet Hunter wrote:Why do you want to de-cap them? If you don't have a rifle, aren't going to load them, what is so urgent about
this?
Primed cases are not hazardous in any way. Obviously you aren't going to load them, why not give them to someone who can use them?
The only reason I can see why you want to de-cap them is so they can be sold as scrap for a few cents. They are worth a lot more to someone who reloads, let him worry about the primers.
Seems to me WHY is a lot more important than HOW!
Mainehunter
+1.Hobie wrote:I just decap slowly... Never had one set off.
J Miller wrote:Decapping live primers is no big deal........I've got a number of boxes of ammo in my shelves loaded with reused primers. No problem at all.
Joe
Don't have any Unique but what about Red Dot or Bullseye? Is that the way you fire form brass? Never heard it done that way before.Cast Bullet Hunter wrote:Mainhunter,
Load 15 gr. Unique, fill with cornmeal tamped down, finish with a wax wad. Bullet lube works well. Fireform holding the rifle muzzle vertical. Should fill out very well. Simply size and load after checking case length and trimming if necessary. Just that simple.
I use less Unique in mine and I use Cream of Wheat, but otherwise that's how I fireform .348 WCF into .450 Alaskan. Works out perfectly in my gun. Very loud though ... it's not like letting off a cap gun.Mainehunter wrote:Don't have any Unique but what about Red Dot or Bullseye? Is that the way you fire form brass? Never heard it done that way before.Cast Bullet Hunter wrote:Mainhunter,
Load 15 gr. Unique, fill with cornmeal tamped down, finish with a wax wad. Bullet lube works well. Fireform holding the rifle muzzle vertical. Should fill out very well. Simply size and load after checking case length and trimming if necessary. Just that simple.
Mainehunter
If you have any Universal, WSF, AA5 I would suggest them in about the same charge as Unique. Between Bullseye and Red Dot I would select Red Dot if those are all you have. Reduce these to 10-12 grains, but only load a couple, increasing the charge until the case fills out well.Mainehunter wrote:Don't have any Unique but what about Red Dot or Bullseye? Is that the way you fire form brass? Never heard it done that way before.Cast Bullet Hunter wrote:Mainhunter,
Load 15 gr. Unique, fill with cornmeal tamped down, finish with a wax wad. Bullet lube works well. Fireform holding the rifle muzzle vertical. Should fill out very well. Simply size and load after checking case length and trimming if necessary. Just that simple.
Mainehunter