Help! Lost a primer!

[Infantry23]

Hey guys, I'm an idiot and dropped a primer in my garage and i cant find it on the floor! I am going to keep looking obviously. I just want to know how dangerous this can be. I will keep everyone out of the garage until I find it.

 

[djleepanda]

you're going to jail.

 

[Infantry23]

Lol. Nice. Looking more for destructive capability of a large pistol primer. I have kids so I'm pretty concerned until I find the darn thing.

 

[Bang]

I would do garage plus 20 feet perimeter just to make sure.

 

[djleepanda]

turn the lights out and use a flash light and see if you see anything shining on the floor. its worth a try.

 

[Bang]

It takes a bunch to set off a primer.

 

[Infantry23]

Thanks. I'll give it a try.

 

[Bang]

Hmm I wonder if it is magnetic.

 

[lx1x]

Lol.

It's fine.. Not going blow up by itself. Lost so many in my workshop.

 

[Infantry23]

So, stepping on it lightly might not do it? I dont want to lose toes! Lol

 

[lx1x]

Hmm I wonder if it is magnetic.

Depends.. Some are made of brass like winchesters.

 

[lx1x]

So, stepping on it lightly might not do it? I dont want to lose toes! Lol

Stepping on it will make you loose a finger. Lol

 

[Bang]

It's not a bouncing Betty or toe popper. I have beat the crap out of a primer to set it off and it didn't blow.

 

[Threeband]

I wouldn't worry about it much. I suppose someone could set it off with a hammer and nail if they were motivated enough. If they were going to, I would recommend they wear eye protection.

You could cover the nozzle of a vacuum cleaner hose with a bit of old panty hose, held on with a rubber band. That's a good way to find small lost objects. Police investigators sometime look for evidence that way.

 

[Infantry23]

Thanks guys. I am new to reloading as you can tell by now! This makes me feel better with crazy kids in the house. I'll keep looking!

 

[Infantry23]

Panty hose vacuum! Great idea! I have cordoned off the area and i will attack it in grids... with panty hose. This is so simple. Thanks for the ideas!

 

[240 towles]

wont set off from stepping on it, sweep the floor, if you still can't find it, you should be alright. don't lose sleep over it.

 

[guthook]

They find their way into the craziest places.

I found several stuck under the legs of my reloading stool. Looked like they were hammered in there. I weigh about 230 and they were smashed. No detonation.

To this day I still wonder how that happened.

Try to hold the flashlight horizontal to the floor. the shadow will give it away if it's in the open.

 

[Infantry23]

Good stuff. Thanks guys.

 

[trickg]

Yeah, primers aren't exactly easy to set off - they are designed to be ignited with a small strike in a centralized area, but to just step on one? Not so much - for my own curiosity I tried mashing one in a vise once (one that I'd bent by accidentally trying to seat it sideways) and it didn't go off. Others I've flattened with a hammer, and they bang pretty good - about like a firecracker. They might cause a blister or some bleeding on a toe, but they aren't going to take one off.