Testing Salvaged Rifle Primers

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In this video I test out some salvaged large rifle primers to see see if they still work. Primers were removed from some .270 ammo that appears to have been wet for quite some time. The test rifle is a Zastava M85 7.62x39mm Mini Mauser.

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@englishrupe01 2 жыл бұрын

Great video....thanks! I, too, have salvaged many primers from various ammo. As long as it is performed with care it works fine. I have never had a primer go off yet whilst depriming, either. Thanks for the interesting video.

@314299 2 жыл бұрын

I've reused a lot of them over the years, but they were never in this bad shape.

@KRN762 2 жыл бұрын

I salvaged the primers out of some US .308 blanks (For use in the M60MG on M13 links) and loaded them up in regular .308 147gr fmj spec ammo. All went bang..

@314299 2 жыл бұрын

Being for MG use were those primers crimped in place? Were they hard to remove?

@KRN762 2 жыл бұрын

@@314299 Surprisingly they were too bad. I used a pipe cutter at the shoulder so I could get my hand held decapper in the case. Needless to say, I gently squeezed them out.😉

@314299 2 жыл бұрын

@@KRN762 Interesting. You could use those cut off cases to make 45 ACP shot shells.

@kenmacphee4086 2 жыл бұрын

Another excellent video. I think its great that you take the time to try these things out and present them in a straitforward way.

@314299 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy!

@pozog8987 2 жыл бұрын

Kudos for not editing out that flinch. I wish more KZfaqrs did that.

@314299 2 жыл бұрын

Gotta keep it real!

@joemorganeatmyshortschannel 2 жыл бұрын

Better than I thought

@314299 2 жыл бұрын

I was guessing 50% that ANY of them would work, so it was better than I thought as well.

@slowhand1198 2 жыл бұрын

I've recovered some primers using my Lee rig as well. Certainly a potential for mishap, but so far, so good. As you say, easy does it.

@314299 2 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed. Not an activity for the ham-handed.

@MisterBrewer 2 жыл бұрын

Well, that was fun to watch! Thanks for sharing this expirement. I really like your rifle.

@314299 2 жыл бұрын

The little Zastiva looks nice, but it is not the smoothest operating bolt action out there.

@RussellHoughton 2 жыл бұрын

I keep old salvaged primers for Fireforming and for loading pistol bullets in rifle cases for plinking.

@314299 2 жыл бұрын

That's a good use for them. Normally I would use salvaged primers like these for blowing out 303 brass for my .410 Lee Enfield, but they looked so bad I did not want to use them for that.

@Possumliving 2 жыл бұрын

Great experiment! I have occasionally salvaged primers from damaged or suspect ammo. Almost always, using my Rock Chucker. There are ways to mitigate the danger.

@314299 2 жыл бұрын

Do you put a piece of pipe over the ram to block the primer chute off?

@Possumliving 2 жыл бұрын

@@314299 That's one way to do it, but you can also just zip tie a piece of sheet metal to the front of the frame window.

@davidwagner6055 2 жыл бұрын

Great video as always

@314299 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks David.

@rodsvintagesxschannel.3095 2 жыл бұрын

Primers are definitely hard find. Great subject though during these times

@314299 2 жыл бұрын

I thought I might as well use up the "crap" components for non-critical applications.

@rodsvintagesxschannel.3095 2 жыл бұрын

@@314299 its still fun.

@scottmorgan1016 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, love the science experiment 😁😁. You showed all necessary safety's to be aware of during this process. Really enjoy all the work you do. Ole hillbilly from Kentucky appreciates it. Take care

@314299 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy!

@jcm4590 2 жыл бұрын

Definitely worth the effort.

@314299 Жыл бұрын

They worked better than expected.

@echota23 2 жыл бұрын

My local store just got in some cci#400. I bought 3 bricks @ $350 after tax.

@314299 2 жыл бұрын

Ouch. But if you want to shoot and dont have any they kinda have you over a barrel.

@echota23 2 жыл бұрын

@@314299 $110 a brick + tax isn't too terrible these days.

@DonziGT230 2 жыл бұрын

And I felt bad selling a bunch for $100/brick to people that were basically begging me to sell them.

@314299 2 жыл бұрын

@@DonziGT230 It's a good thing you got a good price on them as they will cost you lots to replace them in the future.

@kencurtis508 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, thanks for sharing. I usually use these primers for blowing out cases . I have never used primers as bad as the ones you have but every so often there is a miss fire.

@314299 2 жыл бұрын

It's not a good idea to use salvaged primers for "serious" use as there is alway the possibility that the primer pellet may be damaged and you get the miss fires you mention.

@guaporeturns9472 2 жыл бұрын

Well done. Another enjoyable video. Thanks

@314299 2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you liked it, thanks for the comment.

@fabulousoffroaddesigns5080 2 жыл бұрын

That is a nice rifle.

@314299 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's pretty decent looking. The action is not as smooth as I would like, but it does the job.

@JMorris297 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, here I was thinking I was the only one who’d do this kind of thing 😂 I use a LeeLoader base and a .17 cal decapping pin and I slowly push them out with a mallet. So far I’ve only ever had two detonate, both from the same batch of nickel-plated brass so another good thing to consider when doing this type of thing is to wear eye and ear protection and a glove. I’ve also got some corrosive primers I’ve salvaged from 1940s US and Canadian .30-06/.303 and 1950s Israeli 7.92 ammunition that I have seperate and marked as such. I may even do a video on those whenever I get around to using them.

@314299 2 жыл бұрын

I take it you push on the decapping pin instead of hitting it?

@JMorris297 2 жыл бұрын

@@314299 no, I very gently tap them out rather than push them out. The two that detonated were crimped Winchester brass, I think the crimp held them in tight enough that my tapping was enough to push the anvil in the priming compound hard enough to blow it. There were another 15 or so of them that came out fine though. I did untidily start off using the press and FLS die and slowing running the handle and taking note of which primer was the good one, but that got tedious and I didn’t want the case lube to possibly affect the primer so I switched methods.

@renehernandez9207 2 жыл бұрын

Great video as always, a friend once sold me 700 rounds of .38 super he made it clear it was for taking apart and recycling bullets and brass, half of them look good and I tried shooting them, I got 50/50 ignition long story short I try recycling some primers wit no luck.

@314299 2 жыл бұрын

This sort of thing is a crap shoot and as they say "you pays your money and you takes your chances".

@glisa43 2 жыл бұрын

Very interesting, I like experimental videos, thanks.

@314299 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it, thanks for the comment.

@kw9849 2 жыл бұрын

There haven't been any primers available in my neck of the woods for a year or so now.

@314299 2 жыл бұрын

They are not commonly available here either and when they do show up they have been going for $100 per thousand.

@reloader7sixtwo 2 жыл бұрын

@@314299 Most are around$100 per K here in the states as well, there hasn't been a primer of any brand or size around here since Dec. of 2020. I'm good, though, as I stocked up while they were readily available and cheap.

@brettwing737 Жыл бұрын

Why was the brass a write off? Just wondering, I've picked up brass that's been laying in the dirt for years and the rotary wet tumbler has always cleaned them up well. Anyway no criticism just wondering. I dig the video!

@314299 Жыл бұрын

Some of the brass was usable after cleaning, some was put in the scrap bucket as it was too heavily corroded to be safe for reuse. Wet tumbling with stainless steel pins and LemiShine certainly does a great job, but there were cases that showed pitting after cleaning and so were discarded.

@johnqpublic2718 2 жыл бұрын

Man, I'd be so puckered while decapping those, I could have picked up a dime off a glass table with my cheeks... Nice concept

@314299 2 жыл бұрын

I expect if one "slammed" a primed case into the decapping die a bang would be the result. Slow and easy on them has worked for me .... so far.

@mwmwmwmwmmdw 2 жыл бұрын

im suprised any fired. usually primers are the most likely reason for an old round to end up being a dud.

@DonziGT230 2 жыл бұрын

I was surprised there were so many duds. I've experimented trying to kill primers with several liquids and haven't been able to kill one. Age will eventually kill them, but it usually takes several decades.

@314299 Жыл бұрын

Yes, bad primers are the usual culprit when rounds don't go off.