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Post by wilmsmeyer on Mar 22, 2009 8:53:49 GMT -5
In doing my laundry yesterday, A FED209A was in the lint collector. I assume that it also was in a pair of pants that I wore which also went through the wash. A fair test of durability to say the least.
I put it in the Savage with no charge and pointed it out the window. BANG! Interesting that it survived.
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Post by sincyrman on Mar 22, 2009 9:16:36 GMT -5
Regular or heavy duty wash?
Water temp?
Detergent used?
Was an anti-static sheet used?
Did it load easier?
Any ejecting issues?
Please don't leave me hanging!
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Post by wilmsmeyer on Mar 22, 2009 9:22:56 GMT -5
Rugular
Cold
Arm & Hammer
Anti static sheet
Loaded the same
Ejected fine
You smart a$$. ;D
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Post by sincyrman on Mar 22, 2009 9:30:20 GMT -5
Years ago, I found a #11 cap in the back of my pickup. It had been there through the winter, under snow at some points, but was dry when I found it. It was a little discolored and had oxidized some. Put it on my empty TC Hawken and it went bang.
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Post by fowlplay on Mar 22, 2009 9:37:16 GMT -5
Most misfire only happens when you are trying to shoot a deer. That same primer would of never fired if the muzzle was pointed at a deer. It is the law of Physics. ;D
Steve
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Post by bigbuckslayer on Mar 22, 2009 9:49:53 GMT -5
Rugular Cold Arm & Hammer Anti static sheet Loaded the same Ejected fine You smart a$$. ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by wildman on Mar 22, 2009 22:45:44 GMT -5
 i did the same thing with a ww 209, makes u wonder sometimes !!!!
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Post by artjr338wm on Mar 22, 2009 22:54:30 GMT -5
Just to prove to myself the weather proofness of 209 primers made by Win and Fed I took five of each and placed them in a baby food jar full of WD-40 and let them soak for about three hours. They all went bang in my Encore.
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Post by chuck41 on Mar 22, 2009 23:41:49 GMT -5
Now does this mean we have a new recommended storage method for primers during inclement weather? If so I have some questions on what you think the best procedure would be.
Would it be better to store them in baby food jars with soapy water, or WD-40?
Do you think it be OK to store them in some of our powder vials filled with soapy water or WD-40 instead of the baby food jars? They are smaller and easier to carry to the stand.
If we use the soapy water do we have to spin-dry them before usage. If they need the spin cycle do I have to hold them with my arms extended and spin around in the deer stand or can I just place them in a little cloth bag and spin them around over my head kinda like a rock in a sling.
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Post by screwbolts on Mar 23, 2009 5:40:54 GMT -5
I'd go for the rock in the sling thing, less chance of loosing the shooter because he got dizzied and fell to the ground, hr could still fall to the ground even in a ground blind. :-)
Ken
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Post by rexxer on Mar 23, 2009 7:33:24 GMT -5
Rugular Cold Arm & Hammer Anti static sheet Loaded the same Ejected fine You smart a$$. ;D ;D ;D ;D |
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Post by deadeye on Mar 23, 2009 10:13:41 GMT -5
to store them in some of our powder vials filled with soapy water or WD-40 instead of the baby food jars? They are smaller and easier to carry to the stand. i learn something brilliant here everyday,vial w/soapwater soaked primers will quiet those litlle rattlers that are scaring my deer off,& when i finally get to field dress one i will now have soapwater to wash my hands! ;D ;D ;D what % mixture of h2o & soap would be best!
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Post by chuck41 on Mar 23, 2009 10:27:30 GMT -5
to store them in some of our powder vials filled with soapy water or WD-40 instead of the baby food jars? They are smaller and easier to carry to the stand. i learn something brilliant here everyday,vial w/soapwater soaked primers will quiet those litlle rattlers that are scaring my deer off,& when i finally get to field dress one i will now have soapwater to wash my hands! ;D ;D ;D what % mixture of h2o & soap would be best! I doubt if the percentage of h2o and soap matters much for the primers. Probably just any mix that works well for the hand washing would be fine. What really concerns me is achieving the proper spin speed for drying before the shot.  |
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Post by edge on Mar 23, 2009 10:38:06 GMT -5
Good info to know  edge. |
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Post by sincyrman on Mar 23, 2009 11:29:00 GMT -5
Wilmsmeyer,
Sorry
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Post by herman on Mar 23, 2009 12:37:41 GMT -5
And just when I thought I was too old to learn new tricks.
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Post by 12ptdroptine on Mar 23, 2009 18:50:55 GMT -5
Rugular Cold Arm & Hammer Anti static sheet Loaded the same Ejected fine You smart a$$. ;D I would have laughed my a$$ ifn that would have went off in the dryer... |
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Post by smokeless77 on Mar 23, 2009 19:10:03 GMT -5
When you get to your stand, maybe string up a clothes line and hang the primers on clothes pins to dry.
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Post by wilmsmeyer on Mar 24, 2009 4:40:30 GMT -5
A real funny bunch we got here. One thing that this did for me was assure me that an ignition problem will not be the cause of a primer.
Many times I've carried a few loose ones in a pocket. Subjected to hand moisture, pocket lint, wet clothes from weather, etc. I've also been known to treat the "fire" end of my primers with a dab of sealer. This one was untreated.
A good friend told me once that 209's in general are fairly watertight because of their application in waterfowl hunting.
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Post by deadeye on Mar 24, 2009 8:25:49 GMT -5
a few weeks ago i put some old 209's & a couple hundred old #11percussion caps in a cup of water for a week in an attemp to disarm them(test) tossed those on a brushfire,made for nice 4th of july soundtrack! i think they all went off
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Post by Buckrub on Mar 24, 2009 9:17:00 GMT -5
You said it went through the washer. You did NOT say whether it went through the HOT dryer??
Now, THAT might have resulted in quite a different post, huh?
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Post by rrbou on Mar 24, 2009 10:00:03 GMT -5
The lint collector was probably in the dryer.
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Post by smokeeter on Mar 24, 2009 10:28:31 GMT -5
I'll share a little experience I had during our late muzzleloader season 2 years ago.
My #1 son and I were hunting and we had our usual dumping of snow ( approx 20") on the ground. He was shooting a doe and during the excitment he tipped over a vial which was holding some 209 primers ( I don't remember the make) into the snow, I gave him a fresh one and I picked up the ones I could find and blew the snow from them and put them back into the vial and never thought about it.
Later in the week, 3 days later I was hunting and inadvertenly put one of those primers in my rifle, a nice 10 pt buck showed up and you guessed it the gun wouldn't fire. It gets better, I took another primer from the vial same thing, and another still no bang not even a pop, the 4th one ignited.The good news is I managed to kill that deer, I was so rattled that I tried the remainder of the primers in the vial ( 10 total) and not another single one fired.
You have to understand there was no sign of moister in the container and they looked fine after I first blew the snow off of them.
Lesson learned, save those for the range, don't risk your buck of a lifetime (or any other) on one that's made it through the rinse cycle.
Oh yeah he got his deer also.
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Post by huntingmike on Mar 24, 2009 11:01:00 GMT -5
Back in the old days with smoke poles my friend who by the way is shall we say cheap would cap his gun with a #11 cap. After hunting all day even in the rain, would try to save his unused # 11 cap. In the end the pennies he tried to save cost him a nice buck when the old cap failed to fire.
We went through his caps and half of the old ones failed. His lesson learned the hard way.
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i did the same thing with a ww 209, makes u wonder sometimes !!!!
