How not to remove a primer!

To remove a primer, you do NOT:

Hold a case upside down
Insert case into upside down sizing die with decapping pin
And bang the die on table while holding case
Wait for loud bang

Fed 210 primer launched 7 feet up and embedded itself into the sheet rock above. It made for a good laugh. (And no, I didn't do this, but I know who did!)

Looking from below.



Side view.

I once chambered a primed 270 win case and fired a primer in the house to see how loud it was, it was loud.

Pesky presses. Who needs em?

Wet the primer. Should be safe then, yes?

I needed a good laugh. Thanks!

Handloading taken literally!

I did the same, but I put a Capplug on the muzzle and pointed it into my wife's office across the hall and fired it. It made a LOT more velocity than I expected.

Once skipped a case, and seated a Ballistic Tip in the STW, fired it at the range, no bang, found that the pressure of the fired CCI250 pushed a 150 grain Ball Tip a couple inches down the bore. A trip to the gunsmith and 50 bucks to get it out.

First rounds of 50BMG I loaded there was one the primer crimp was not removed enough and skewed the primer a little so though I would just pop the primer by putting it in the rifle and shooting just the primer no powder or bullet of course then though this will be loud so dropped a towel on the carpet and put the muzzle down on said towel before popping the primer. Glad I did, at least the towel was the thing smoldering not the carpet that was through a 26 inch barrel

Leave that in the ceiling until you sell the place, please.

Scary. Glad he wasn't leaning to far forward. So far, the worst I've done was prime half my prepped cases before remembering to put on glasses. Did he p his pants?

looks like it had good weight retention though the penetration is a bit light

Yeah, the BC on that projectile is not very good!!!

Federal 210’s I believe are bonded, but they really lack a good BC to maintain velocity and drive through. I think a 215 would give the desired penetration.

I’ll own this one. A morning of frustration coming to a head with a stubborn primer. Lacking the proper decapping die, I went 30% caveman, 70% fireman on it. I was a lot calmer after lift-off, luckily with both eyes still intact. I knew better, but sometimes it takes a little reminding.

Nope. did a test last year with gun oil, WD-40 and water. Let the primers sit for 2 days, kept them wet, loaded them in an empty case and everyone went bang. For the record these were Wolf LRM primers.

I KNEW IT!!!!

One of our retires chiefs would say "firemen can tear up an anvil with a loaf of bread".

When I was 7-8 I smashed a 12ga primer on a garage floor with the point side of a Crescent wrench. Yeah, it was pretty loud.

Moch like having the ability to break a ball bearing with a rubber mallet

Same thing.

Should have used a partition

My first impression ( No pun intended) was that it was seated flush ....

I think this is ridiculous, running a .308 like its a 300 Win Mag. Hope he got all his digits attached. 3,100 fps.

WOW!!! 3100fps in a 308, that's... unbelievable.

It's cause it is!!! I'm running a 185 Berger Hybrid at 2742 fps in a 28" barrel. I got it up to around 2760 or 2770 at pressure. Add 2" of barrel, and that's about 50 fps for 2820 fps. That's 280 fps faster. No way, Jose! But... it may be because he's using Lapua Winchester brass.

"it may be because he's using Lapua Winchester brass"
I'm gonna get some of that stuff, Santa, Easter bunny, somebody can hook me up. Ordered a new barrel yesterday at 27 inches and planned to have it finished at 24. After reading that, think I'll weld at least 3 more inches to that 27 so I too can reach...unbelievable velocities. I'm so excited!!!
185 grains in a 308 at 3100, that's cooking, cooking someones face.

...all that and throw in a wild imagination.

Many years ago I had a 50 BMG case that was primed and I wanted to make something else out of it. I put it in a padded vise and decided to just tap the primer with a punch to "pop" it. It set the primer off just fine and after I got the pieces out of my thumb I decided maybe I should have taken a different approach. It turned the end of my thumb numb and blackened it up so at least the pain wasn't as bad as it could have been.

When I was about nine or ten years old I snagged one of my uncle's rifle primers, set it on the concrete in the carport, and hit it with a hammer. I never was tempted to do that again.