Priming question

[TonyS]

I was recently priming some cases in front of the tv and apparently got the primers reversed so that the inside of the primer is now seated in the shell to the outside.  I know better than to try and de-prime them manually.  Can I put them in my rifle and pop the primer or should I toss those shells?

Thanks

[quickdtoo]

I've done it a time or two, just wear hearing and eye protection and deprime as usual with slow and easy pressure on the press handle, the few that I've done didn't pop. You can try to kill the primer first, but it isn't as easy as people think.

Tim

http://www.predatormastersforums.com/killprimers.shtml

[huntducks]

In 50+ years of loading I have done a few, primers are made to go off with about 18lbs of force from the firing pin and they won't fire in your gun backwards.

You ever drop a loaded round way doesn't it go off take a primer and throw it against concret or metal won't go off.

Why don't primers go off when you seat them.

A friend that has loaded longer then me showed me something with a primer he put it in a vice and squashed it did not go off he took a hammer hit the vice and it went off sounded just like a cap gun.

Primers are made to go off with a hard direct strike.

So push it out you will live thru it.

[TonyS]

Thanks!  No problem at all.

[Dand]

Trying to fire a reversed primer would not be my choice. I'd fear damage to the firing pin or other works, blowing junk into the bolt or what ever.

I have had no problem carefully pushing the primer out in a deprime die. Just don't slam the case into the die.

I've even had some get sideways somehow and I've mushed them into the pocket before I knew I had a problem.  That made me more concerned but they came out.

[upstech76]

I've pushed a couple out that seated backwards myself without any issue.

[shot1]

Wear leather gloves and safety glasses and place a heavy rag around the shell holder area and just run them slowly through your sizing die and pop them out. I have NEVER had one to go off but the gloves etc. are just for that one in a million.

[charles p]

Same for me.  It certainly warrants your concern and any extra safety precautions, but I doubt you will have a problem.  Wonder how often it happens on high speed factory equipment?

[Savage]

Deprime them, slow steady pressure----------it's no big deal.
Savage

[mechanic]

You pushed them in, it takes  the same pressure to push them out.   

Ben

[Bravo 51...Over]

This has happened to me also.  Usually when I get in a bit of a hurry the primer sometimes flips  or winds up sideways.  It seems to happen more often with CCI primers than Winchester.
 
Charles P. - I've found about a double handful of rounds at the police range where we shoot that have either the primer in backwards or sideways.  This is factory rounds, Rem. UMC and Winchester.  I took one to our shift meeting for "Show and Tell" to emphasize CHECK EACH ROUND YOU LOAD IN YOUR MAGAZINE.  That could make for an interesting situation if your weapon goes "click" when it should "bang!"and the BG get the next round off first.  That's why practicing immediate action drills are so important.