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On the subject of reloading primers.
To those who are seriously thinking about this... What you say if I asked you to
disemble a blasting cap, and use the "Proceeds" to assemble a few primers?
Would you even consider doing this?
The compound in primers is a primary explosive, in fact it is used in blasting caps.
A primary explosive is an explosive that is extremely sensitive to stimuli
such as impact, friction, heat, or electrostatic sources of initiation (static electricity)
There is no way to make it "Safe to Handle" and the amount Necessary remove your hand
is very small. (Think 1 or 2 grams, about the size of a Pencil eraser)
In this day, post 911, the ATFE takes this stuff seriously. (manufacturing Explosives)
and they will get you, right after you get out of the Emergency room. (if you are lucky)
Good point, codesmith. That is the reason I need to temporarily make the feed stock become inert. I do not want to blow things up, nor do I want to work with blasting detonators. I think their recipe is slightly different, anyway they have a different UN material number.
The UN number has nothing to do with it. The main compound in primers is a primary explosive.
you say you would work under controled conditions and with small amounts Do you have the
proper equiptment? What do you consider a small amount? consider the fact that 6-12 grains
will detonate straight 40% Dynamite. The speed Detonation of Lead styphnate is 4900 meters
per second. Notice I said Detonation (laymans terms it explodes it does not burn)
If I were to do experiment with this, it would be under very controlled conditions and with small quantity.
See above
I am thinking of a polycarbonate shielded hood to work in.
How do you invision this shield will protect you? your hands will still be in contact with
the compound. The priming compound has things like ground glass in it for friction,
how will you deal with this?
lets fast forward, and assume that you succeed and now you have a few "reloaded primers"
how sensitive are they? will they go off if you drop a round loaded with one of your "reloads"?
how do you know? will they cause your gun to slam fire? will it go off if you drop/bump
the gun? how do you know?
I do not want to lose my house insurance covereage so I would abide by the SAAMI advisory pamphlet and the NFPA 495 Code. See here:
http://www.saami.org/Publications/201.pdf.
In fact, after reviewing these data, I wonder if the hoarder, speculator, repackager, resellers know how close they are coming to losing their home owners insurance?
Of course the kids cannot be trusted to do this in a safe manner, so it needs to be a cloaked private operation, if any operation at all.