JimB
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Any body tried using prime all priming compound for reloading center fire primers?
If you had watched the video, you would know that removing the dent is part of the process. I have not attempted this myself, but I can see this being viable for a few cycles before failing.Wow, being an engineer I'm one of those who wants to build it myself instead of buy it or pay someone, but I wouldn't even think of trying to do this. A squib load and busted gun just ain't worth it not that components are becoming available again. Well at 10 cents each, primers aren't exactly readily available. I didn't watch the video, but I wouldn't expect dented primers to work reliably.
Wow, being an engineer I'm one of those who wants to build it myself instead of buy it or pay someone, but I wouldn't even think of trying to do this. A squib load and busted gun just ain't worth it not that components are becoming available again. Well at 10 cents each, primers aren't exactly readily available. I didn't watch the video, but I wouldn't expect dented primers to work reliably.
I think it’s interesting from a “I like to experience things” or “do things myself” perspective. Granted if it isn’t available it isn’t available. From a practical prepper perspective, just buying a ton of primers seems to be a better way to go. Maybe not now, but if you figure your time is worth something, either $ value or “SHTF TEOTWAWKI” I need to be doing something else perspective, I’d imagine 1000 primer reloads takes a long while. Vs having a box of primers sitting around.I messed with reloading primers during the whole covid lockdown thing. I had fun doing it and even got the mechanical factors down, (annealing primer cups, press jigs for dent removal/anvil disassembly, berdan re-priming/reloading, etc.). I never got as far as making EP20, but h48 is a pretty easy compound to come across (google prime-all), and has plenty of oomph even for large capacity, slow burning rifle powders.
I've had good luck with h48 in re-priming and reloading steel cased 7.62x39 (yes, breaking all the cardinal rules here, but the whole russian import ban got me curious), but not so much in SPP (im guessing the ground glass contained in prime-all is not fine enough). Biggest caveat is the stuff is corrosive, so I didn't really appreciate flushing my guns with water every range session.
My primers are from the early 2000's. They were kept in a box in the garage and I haven't had any issues with them. I fire one of each size/brand I have before loading with them. Of course I jammed my brand new FN509 firing off the first one, but manipulating the extractor after a few minutes of panic resolved that issue.I used some small pistol primers that were about 30 years old. They were kept in ammo cans and were given to me.