Drill a hole in scrap lumber just larger than primer, fill case with water and using a drift approximate size of case mouth punch out the primer. A little messy but it works. Youtube berdan primed steel case relaoding for a better idea of what I'm talking about.
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wear eyes and ears and deprime them gently. toss the primers. the worst that will happen is primer gunk on your press.
Ain't worth it. Trash them
If they were mine, I would deprime carefully. I've never put one in up side down before but I've deprimed live primers from brass by runniing them threw my resizing die. Never had one go off and I feel safe doing it. And yes eye and ear protection is a good thing. That's just what I do and have read statements from guys that have done it for years and never had one pop. I don't see why it wouldn't work if I put one in up side down. Just slow and easy.
Rupe
Rupe
If you get WD in the case you're screwed. I have removed quite a few live ones with a decapping die.
If it makes you too nervous soak em in water and decap as normal.
If it makes you too nervous soak em in water and decap as normal.
I have deprimed a few myself with the decap die, go slow and wear protection. if its in backwards and it bothers you take a needle and pop the anvil out and it wont go off. don't throw away good brass it might be the round you have last to shoot.
Oil won't reliably deactivate modern primers, FWIW. There's a mylar seal on 'em nowadays. Notice I said "reliably". Sometimes it will. Sometimes it will not.
I trash 'em if it's cheap brass. Decap them if not (but I don't reuse the primer).
I've seen factory ammo with backward primers-- and bullets, too. It happens.
I trash 'em if it's cheap brass. Decap them if not (but I don't reuse the primer).
I've seen factory ammo with backward primers-- and bullets, too. It happens.
