For the first time in my reloading experience...

tonight I was reloading some 357 cases and out of a 100 cases, some how I managed to get 6 primers in upside down...

so is there a solution to safely deprime these.. or is it safer just to toss the cases...

thanks in advance..

Just deprime as usual. If you are using the
Lee autoprime make certain the primer seater is centered in the shellholder. If the spring loaded cylinder drags on the shell holder it will snap up and flip the primer. I went nuts figuring that out.
Good luck!

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Originally posted by hawkins:
Just deprime as usual. If you are using the
Lee autoprime make certain the primer seater is centered in the shellholder. If the spring loaded cylinder drags on the shell holder it will snap up and flip the primer. I went nuts figuring that out.
Good luck!

May want to let a drop of oil soak into the primers first. Good luck.

I have done that myself, i use a universal depriming die to gently deprime cases. While doing it i put a box over the press while pulling the handle.

Been there done that. I gently pushed them out with safety glasses on and holding a piece off cardboard for a shield. No mishap and for giggles I reprimed with it and popped the cap in an empty case>

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Originally posted by vip:

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Originally posted by hawkins:
Just deprime as usual. If you are using the
Lee autoprime make certain the primer seater is centered in the shellholder. If the spring loaded cylinder drags on the shell holder it will snap up and flip the primer. I went nuts figuring that out.
Good luck!

May want to let a drop of oil soak into the primers first. Good luck.

Oil doesn't always work to kill a primer.

We have put different oils, including penetrating oils, on many primers and left them for a few days.

Some died, and some fired without any problem at all.

It seems those that have a sort of lacquer covering the whole primer are not affect. Some are only paretly covered and some are not covered at all.

The ones with any exposed surface are killed.

Saeed's experience matches my own.

Push upside down primers out normally but slowly.

In the unlikely event one goes off they aren't dynamite so safety glasses - or even closed eyes - are protection enough.

I have removed upside down and damaged primers by just decaping in the resizing die again.
I would recommend you add hearing protection. I had one that didn’t seat properly and tried to force it in. My ears rang for a couple of days (worse than normal).
Bill

Just push 'em out gently. If one pops, it's more exciting than dangerous.

And obviously remove all combustibles from the area

Don't "accidentally" set off a 209 shotshell primer.


When we were kids, my friend disassembled a 12 gauge shell and all that was left was the case head. He decided to hit the primer with a hammer and nail. It didn't just "pop".

It blew and severely cut his thumb and hand.

+1 in just carefully decaping. I just wear safety glasses but a cardboard shield wouldn't be hard to make and would add some piece of mind.

Actually you are doing pretty good seening as how this is only your first time. I,ve never had a primer go off while pressing it out. And there have been many. roger

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It seems those that have a sort of lacquer covering the whole primer are not affect. Some are only paretly covered and some are not covered at all.

Most US made primers today contain a small piece of foil on top of the priming compound. It keeps the compound from sticking to the tooling while it is compressed. This can act to seal the compound from the oil.

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Originally posted by seafire/B17G:
For the first time in my reloading experience...

tonight I was reloading some 357 cases and out of a 100 cases, some how I managed to get 6 primers in upside down...

so is there a solution to safely deprime these.. or is it safer just to toss the cases...

thanks in advance..

Its just as well you didn't have any Blue Dot anywhere close or you would have really been is serious trouble.

As has been said de capping slowly is no drama. Like others I use the universal de capping die.I also re use the primers in my cast bullets loads with do discernable difference.

Von Gruff.

Von Gruff.

I decapped 700 WWII era 30-06 cases. These had crimped primers.

I used a Lee decapping die, one that has vents at the top.

Most primers came out with an easy push. Just lower the decapping die till you feel the primer. Then push slow.

A few, the primer and the case were virtually welded together. These would pop when pierced. There would be a loud bang, the cats would run for the exits, and a little smoke came out the vents.

Like the others said, slow and easy and you should have no trouble. If a upside down primer should go though it will vent down in the ram along the primer drop slot.
Depending on the relation of the press to your pride you may want to wear an heavy apron....

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Originally posted by Ol` Joe:
Like the others said, slow and easy and you should have no trouble. If a upside down primer should go though it will vent down in the ram along the primer drop slot.
Depending on the relation of the press to your pride you may want to wear an heavy apron....

You might want to turn side ways an back up as far as possible. There is a photo in a late 1960s Handloader that shows a primer that was shot about 2 inches under the skin of a guys hand. It stopped at his last knuckle...
Owwww...