Stuck Primers

[mrmiskin]

Was reloading some 3006 but I guess this would apply to any cartridge. Cleaned all the case pockets and had 4 cases from a different batch of brass. 2 of the cases primed with no problem and 2 got the primer hung up. One curled the brass on the case and the other curled the primer. Question is what is the safest way to get the case out of the shellholder once this happens?? Thanks.

[BILLY D.]

Down and dirty, just crush the primer till you can remove the shell casing.

Be careful. Place a board between your lovely face and the press and crush it. There "may be" some residue, wear glasses, which you should do anyway.

Another thrilling adventure in why I hand prime. Pre-inspection of primer pockets will solve that problem. Was this GI brass?

You may hear a small pop when the primer blows if it does. If not and you can remove the casing do your best Tony Parker imitation and do a 3 pointer into the s#!Tcan with that piece of brass. Don't try to remove the primer from the brass. It might go off and that can be painfull. Ask me how I know.

Good luck and best wishes, Bill

[Jack]

Since you are only talking about 2 cases, I would recommend trashing the 2 cases.
Pour some penetrating oil in the cases and let it sit for a few days to kill the primer, then throw the cases in the trash. Mashing them flat with pliers isn't a bad idea, either, to prevent some scrounger from running into the same problem you did.
If the cases won't come out of the shellholder, what I do is put the sizing/decapping die in the press, drape a few towels over the press opening, wear safety glasses, and S L O W L Y decap the case. So far, I've never popped a primer when doing that, but be prepared for it to happen.
Since the cases involved are 30-06, I suspect that Billy's hit it- GI brass, which has a crimp around the primer pocket.

[mrmiskin]

thanks for the help i did trash the cases. the 4 cases were american eagle dont know what year. any how thanks for all the help and take care.

[BILLY D.]

Originally posted by Jack
Since you are only talking about 2 cases, I would recommend trashing the 2 cases.
Pour some penetrating oil in the cases and let it sit for a few days to kill the primer, then throw the cases in the trash. Mashing them flat with pliers isn't a bad idea, either, to prevent some scrounger from running into the same problem you did.
If the cases won't come out of the shellholder, what I do is put the sizing/decapping die in the press, drape a few towels over the press opening, wear safety glasses, and S L O W L Y decap the case. So far, I've never popped a primer when doing that, but be prepared for it to happen.
Since the cases involved are 30-06, I suspect that Billy's hit it- GI brass, which has a crimp around the primer pocket.

Jack

At one time or another I've de-primed a wash tub full of brass that way and never had a mishap. It really dosen't concern me anyway because the brass is confined.

Howsome ever it would still get my immediate attention if the primer did pop. I'd probly yell for Mommy.

Theres an old story that goes with that one. We were flying a mission one dark lonely night and had a malfunction with one of our 20mm Gatlings. Had hot rounds going off in the cargo compartment where we were. After all the comotion was over and cooled things down with a fire extinguisher, told the rest of the crew, including the Aircraft Commander, every thing was fine.

We always made a joke of emergencies, so the only thing your intrepid servant could think of to say was "I want my Mommy" and all I heard on the Aircraft intercomm was all the other 9 crew members laughing. By the way I was the youngest of the crew.

Bill