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8/11/2009 5:00:20 PM EDT
I am setting up my press and need a quick questioned answer.





I have no empty brass.  So I used my power puller to remove the bullet from a live round.  After disposing of the powder, I filled the case with WD-40.  How long should it take for the WD to kill the primer?





PMC 55 gr. FMJ if it matters.





Vaca

 
8/11/2009 5:08:36 PM EDT
[#1]
It should work pretty quick. I used clp to kill a primer and then test fired the empty case within a few minutes. "click"
8/11/2009 5:21:40 PM EDT
[#2]
you can actually deprime a live primer without soaking it if you go slowly. Even if it pops it isnt a big deal.
8/11/2009 5:25:09 PM EDT
[#3]
I just stick the shell in the rifle and drop the hammer on it while it pointed in a safe direction
8/11/2009 5:27:51 PM EDT
[#4]
Quoted:
I just stick the shell in the rifle and drop the hammer on it while it pointed in a safe direction


This is what i would do as well.
8/11/2009 5:27:52 PM EDT
[#5]
I've deprimed hundreds of live primers...it's no big deal...none ever went off, and I always resused the primers.

Just were some safety glasses...
8/11/2009 5:30:22 PM EDT
[#6]
And don't wear your favorite pair of underwear either.
8/11/2009 5:30:26 PM EDT
[#7]
Thanks for the replies.  I let it sit for five minutes and that did the trick.



Press is now set up for .223.

2nd adjustment of the seating die got me to an overall length of 2.257.
8/11/2009 5:31:00 PM EDT
[#8]
Quoted:
you can actually deprime a live primer without soaking it if you go slowly. Even if it pops it isnt a big deal.


This...

Quoted:
I just stick the shell in the rifle and drop the hammer on it while it pointed in a safe direction


...and this, with the caveat to WEAR HEARING PROTECTION, ESPECIALLY IF DOING THIS INSIDE.

Primers can be amazingly loud in a small room.
8/11/2009 5:38:04 PM EDT
[#9]
My concern with de-capping live primers is that they are in a confined space (at least on my Dillon SDB) and there's only one place for the gasses to go. If a Super Colibri .22 round can travel 50 yards and still be dangerous, I imagine a rifle primer has even more power. A lot more. Just sayin'.
8/11/2009 5:48:02 PM EDT
[#10]
Quoted:
My concern with de-capping live primers is that they are in a confined space (at least on my Dillon SDB) and there's only one place for the gasses to go. If a Super Colibri .22 round can travel 50 yards and still be dangerous, I imagine a rifle primer has even more power. A lot more. Just sayin'.


I've had a couple of primers pop when decapping, it's pretty uneventful.