Cleaning Brass; issues I created!

"...a rag with a little mineral spirits..." Or regular solvent. Isn't a big deal either way though.
Like mikld says, popping live primers out isn't a big deal either. It takes a really good whack to set a primer off. Mind you, there's no need to deprime just to clean a bit of oil off cases.
 
I remember sitting one evening in a room where a friend was using the old Lee Loader for shotgun shells and had three or four primers go off during seating them. Loud. Sparked fingers. No permanent damage, though.
Click to expand...

DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME

ahh brings back memories of the 1970's and the good (?) old days of sitting on my buddies back porch using a Lee Hammer loader stuffing .357's while drinking beer and the air smelled of burnt hemp.God must truly watch over fools and drunks because the only injuries we ever suffered were scorched fingers from the primers going pop when we seated them too deep. It would scare the crap out of his older sister when they popped and we thought that was the height of entertainment and well worth a singed fingertip

I often wonder how I survived my late teen years with all my appendages and eyesight intact. Now I won't even drink a beer while decapping let alone when working with powder and bullets
 
Last edited:
FWIW; I was able to get my Lee Loaders to install hundreds of primers without popping one. I had one kit that was bad for popping primers so I looked at the priming base and made sure the spring mounted plate was free and the "stud" came up through straight. I also chamfered the primer pockets just like I do military brass and no more pops...;)
 
I've never tumbled anything. Yes just wipe 'em down with something. Make the corrections next time. Tumbling makes them look nice that's it.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top