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Re: What to use to neutralize primers?

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13 August 2004, 12:25
JJK
Re: What to use to neutralize primers?
A couple years ago I did a little experiment with Federal, Winchester, & CCI primers (all large pistol) & tried to deactivate them with WD-40, Hoppes #9, water, & Ed's Red (mix of automatic transmission fluid, K1-Kerosene, & mineral spirits). After soaking in these substances for times ranging between several minutes & several hours, every single primer popped when smacked with a hammer.
I think burying them is a fine idea.
--JJK
13 August 2004, 06:40
courtney plater
I have a small quanity of misc. primers that I want to dispose of safely. Anybody know for sure what will kill the priming compound? I know WD-40 will NOT do it. These are all decapped from pulled rounds and I have plenty of known good ones to save 75 cents.
13 August 2004, 06:55
300winnie
I have a little bottle filled halfway with oil. When I have a primer that needs to be done away with I just put it in there. I have always assumed that submerging a primer in oil for any length of time would neutralize it.
13 August 2004, 06:51
Cal Sibley
What I usually do is pull the bullet and powder, then take the primed case into the garage and shoot them off. It's different if you've pulled the primer as well. I had always thought a drop of oil on them would neutralize the primer. Maybe I was wrong. Best wishes.

Cal - Montreal
13 August 2004, 13:15
Zero
I personally have had really good luck neutralizing primers with a FIRING PIN.

Zero

There is one in every crowd!
13 August 2004, 12:05
craigster
Dig a hole and bury 'em.
13 August 2004, 12:40
Tailgunner
Can you run your experament with some different solvents, like Acitone, Laqure thinner, toluene and other commonly available (hardware store) solvents? One of those might have a better chance of cutting through the pellet sealer (it's the sealer that's stopping the products you tried, although they would probably work on the bare compound itself) and possably disolving the priming coupound it's self.
13 August 2004, 15:21
Gringo Cazador
might be slightly off topic, but I can tell you what not to with them. Don't spill a bunch, like about 50 or 60 in shag carpet and not pic them all up cause they were to hard to find.

Well.......my wife (ex wife now) found them with the Vaccum cleaner, blew the dang bag of it, she was pissed, but gosh it was funny.
13 August 2004, 14:10
Cold Bore
Quote:

A couple years ago I did a little experiment with Federal, Winchester, & CCI primers (all large pistol) & tried to deactivate them with WD-40, Hoppes #9, water, & Ed's Red (mix of automatic transmission fluid, K1-Kerosene, & mineral spirits). After soaking in these substances for times ranging between several minutes & several hours, every single primer popped when smacked with a hammer.
I think burying them is a fine idea.
--JJK



I've heard this more than once (though never tried it myself).

I'm always amused then when the "other side" claims that merely handling a primer with your bare hands while loading will give you sporadic misfires, from the oil in your skin...
13 August 2004, 14:09
craigster
I had some primers that got water soaked one time. They sat around and finally dried up. I came across them later one day while I was cleanin' up around the place and tossed them into my burn pile. Don't know how many, but a whole lot of 'em popped.
13 August 2004, 15:29
shilen30
Quote:

my wife (ex wife now) found them with the Vaccum cleaner, blew the dang bag of it, she was pissed, but gosh it was funny.



Dang. Good thing you mentioned leaving primers in the carpet can cause a divorce. My wife has enough to be angry about. Don't need to push her over the edge so I better get to picking mine out of the carpet.