Primer ?

[Blacklab]

Hey people have a ? on primers. I went and primed about 50 cases of Ruger 204. Usually use cci 450 mag. Some how I grabbed  why small pistol cci mag primers. Just wondering is there to much of a difference? I'm not worried about blowing up  Just wondering if their worth the charge or should I re prime thanks. My signature says it all  

[AWS]

Re prime, small pistol primers are not designed to work at rifle pressures, two to three times greater than a pistol or to ignite the quantities of powder used in a rifle cartridge.  You can sometimes get away with a small pistol primer in a 22 Hornet but I wouldn't go any larger with full power loads.

[b23]

X2 re-prime them.

[CP]

I've used small pistol primers in .223 cases (because of recent shortages of small rifle primers) with no ill effects.  But you should proceed at your own risk.

[dmv9]

How do you unprime a primed cartridge?

er, safely?

[Blacklab]

How do you unprime a primed cartridge?

er, safely?

Same as deprime pull an hope

Thanks guys I'll re prime 

[b23]

At the least, I'd wear safety glasses and a grinding shield would probably be better but the only true way to de-prime them "safely" would be to run them all thru your gun and touch em off.  I've de-primed live primers more times than I'd like to admit and never had a problem but that certainly doesn't mean it's a good idea. 

It's kind of funny, I find myself being much more cautious about the little things than I ever was before.  I had this conversation with my dad not to long ago and I jokingly told him, I think I must value my eyes, arms, fingers and legs a lot more than I used to.  He just smiled and said "yeah, they call that maturity, son" 

[Blacklab]

 
.LMAO!!!
The days of being 10ft tall an bullet are over   

[yorketransport]

How do you unprime a primed cartridge?

er, safely?

Fire it in the gun. It's quick and easy and just sounds like a pop-it going off.

Andrew

[300rum]

They may not be hard enough for your firing pin they may also flow and cut your breach face. 

[Blacklab]

It's all new brass so I'll de prime an re size an call it day. Thanks for the input guys 

[b23]

Fire it in the gun. It's quick and easy and just sounds like a pop-it going off.

Andrew
[/quote]

X2!  This would definitely be the prudent choice and ensure no trip to the ER. 

My grandfather only had half a index finger on his left hand because on that one time doing something he'd done a thousand times before, his luck ran out and he had one of those "it's all fun and games till someone losses a finger" moments.