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Sept 16, 2011 10:35:04 GMT -5
Post by rangeball on Sept 16, 2011 10:35:04 GMT -5
Just opened my SML box to find that my bottles of hoppes somehow spilled the entire bottle. It was in the top tray, so contained, but unfortunately so were my primers- Most assuredly ruined, right? For $5 a box of 100, I plan to get new ones instead of taking a chance. Unfortunately I can only buy them out of town about an hour away, so the shooting I'd planned for this weekend is off
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Sept 16, 2011 10:56:13 GMT -5
Post by shoot2reload on Sept 16, 2011 10:56:13 GMT -5
Primers are pretty resilient. In fact, on other forums you'll often read advice on how to deactivate primers and most of the techniques don't work!
Is there any reason you can't just snap off a few and try them? Be prepared for a good cleaning session afterwards--they'll leave more fouling than you might expect. But I'd be surprised if they don't go "bang!"
I don' t know if I'd leave the corroded ones in the gun for a prolonged hunting trip, but I'd keep them for plinking, fouling shots, or maybe even range work.
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Sept 16, 2011 11:23:16 GMT -5
Post by huntmeister on Sept 16, 2011 11:23:16 GMT -5
Very colorful ;D
If it were me I would fire them off and dispose of them. Primers are very hard to kill but, my luck the buck of ten lifetimes would step in front of me and my gun wouldn't fire.
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Sept 16, 2011 11:30:30 GMT -5
Post by rossman40 on Sept 16, 2011 11:30:30 GMT -5
Oil is the big killer of primers and the corroded ones will only corrode more. I would pitch any with corrosion and as S2R said I might plink and foul with the others but for serious range work and hunting spend a few dollars and use new. As Huntmiester hinted Murphies law would apply to me if I used them hunting.
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Sept 16, 2011 12:07:41 GMT -5
Post by rangeball on Sept 16, 2011 12:07:41 GMT -5
A few years ago I had a misfire with a remington accutip on a BC buck at 20 yards. Never again. I could never trust these. For $5 I'll buy new ones How to dispose is the next question. Don't really feel like firing them off. Wonder how far they'd fling a sabot with a plastic "bullet"? Think they'd create enough pressure to engage the rifling? I have a spot indoors I could do that, kinda sounds like fun
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Sept 16, 2011 12:43:34 GMT -5
Post by huntmeister on Sept 16, 2011 12:43:34 GMT -5
Wonder how far they'd fling a sabot with a plastic "bullet"? Think they'd create enough pressure to engage the rifling? I have a spot indoors I could do that, kinda sounds like fun Cool..sounds like you have the next Doug's message board range test. Set the chrony up and lets see what your velocity is and what kinda groups you can get out of it with different sabots. ;D
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Sept 16, 2011 15:08:58 GMT -5
Post by zakjak221 on Sept 16, 2011 15:08:58 GMT -5
If you use them--the odds of finding a bad primer when shooting a big buck just went up 10 times!
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Sept 16, 2011 17:34:16 GMT -5
Post by smokeeter on Sept 16, 2011 17:34:16 GMT -5
buy a couple of extra boxes to have on hand . Ditch these ones, I had an experience once where I dropped my vial of primers and dumped them in the snow, I blew them off and shook the heck out of them and carried them for the rest of the wk of late muzzy season. On Thursday evening I got a crack at a decent buck ,three misfires before the bang. It was a happy ending but quite stessfull until the final moment.
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Sept 16, 2011 18:31:30 GMT -5
Post by Richard on Sept 16, 2011 18:31:30 GMT -5
Take they and wrap them in a ball of tin foil and set out on the range. Then fire for effect ;D. Even better if you can tape them to a can of BP Richard
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Sept 16, 2011 18:38:38 GMT -5
Post by lwh723 on Sept 16, 2011 18:38:38 GMT -5
Take they and wrap them in a ball of tin foil and set out on the range. Then fire for effect ;D. Even better if you can tape them to a can of BP Richard Oh wow... I need to try this!
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Sept 16, 2011 19:35:25 GMT -5
Post by wilmsmeyer on Sept 16, 2011 19:35:25 GMT -5
It works...even taped to a quart of gasoline
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Sept 17, 2011 8:54:36 GMT -5
Post by 12ptdroptine on Sept 17, 2011 8:54:36 GMT -5
Take they and wrap them in a ball of tin foil and set out on the range. Then fire for effect ;D. Even better if you can tape them to a can of BP Richard Richard... You got me thinking now on how to get rid of my old powders and primers ;D
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Sept 17, 2011 8:58:16 GMT -5
Post by lwh723 on Sept 17, 2011 8:58:16 GMT -5
It works...even taped to a quart of gasoline LOL.... that was my plan.
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Sept 19, 2011 9:36:45 GMT -5
Post by rangeball on Sept 19, 2011 9:36:45 GMT -5
Smoke, great deer and glad your story ended well. Mine didn't. Dropped the hammer on that buck 3 times before he moved off behind some thick stuff giving me a chance to reload with another make slug. Finally got the only shot when he was about 50 yards away behind a bunch of thick grass, convinced myself the 500gr slug would plow through, it didn't, buck pranced away unscathed. He was massive.
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