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Whats in a Prime'r ?

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23 November 2005, 21:26
short44
Whats in a Prime'r ?
Is it a type of high explosive ? I was just loading a mag prime'r in my 44 with a tightly pack'd ball of alum foil to shoot cans off my back deck, they are strong li'll things.


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23 November 2005, 21:41
Swede44mag
I tried sticking the shell into paraffin wax it will shoot through a cardboard box.
Somewhere I read about using rubber bullets with only the primer to propel it.

I think the tin foil would probably not hold its shape and possibly be hard on the rifling but that is only a guess.


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23 November 2005, 22:53
Ol` Joe
Primers contain lead styphnate with a blend of oxidizers and non-corrosive fuels according to Speer. Since the fuel and oxidizers aren`t listed I take it they are priority mixtures by the various manufactures.


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25 November 2005, 00:43
hawkins
Yes they are an explosive. They are not to be messed with in bulk, that is why they come in partitioned boxes.
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25 November 2005, 01:16
onefunzr2
quote:
Is it a type of high explosive ?


If it looks like an explosion, sounds like an explosion and acts like an explosion, you had better treat it like an explosion. However the technical term is conflagration--a particularily rapid form of combustion. You and I cannot tell the difference between what a primer does and a true explosion.