Re-using Pulled Primers?

[Hanzy4200]

I made a mess. I traded for 400 or so pieces of .44 mag brass a while ago. It was all cleaned and deprimed. I assumed it had be re-sized. I asked the owner and he wasn't sure. I'm certain I checked it...…..or at least I thought I did. Fast forward to last night. Primed it up and went to start loading today. Bullet dropped into the case up to the tip. Further investigation revealed only about 25% had been resized. So, I carefully deprimed them. Is there any reason I can't re use these primers?

[DAFzipper]

I do when needed with no problems

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[megasupermagnum]

I've reused primers, and every one went off. I wouldn't use them for serious ammo, but for targets, why not? YMMV

[farmbif]

might as well try it. I would have removed guts from sizing die and resize them that way.

[Winger Ed.]

I don't like doing it either, but have in the past.

I'm careful removing them, but putting 'em back into another case was never a problem.

[Taterhead]

Frambif nailed it. Just remove the de-capping rod and use the sizer and expander as normal.

Yes, I have also re-used primers that have previously beed seated.

[Bazoo]

I would have just removed the decapping stem and sized them primed. I have used many pulled primers and haven't had an issue.

[GhostHawk]

^ I would have done what Bazoo said.

Pull the stem, leave the primers in.

[cwtebay]

I recall brass coming primed from the factory. Just remove the decapping pin and proceed!
That said, I have liberated quite a few primers and reused them, I didn't do anything special other than catch them on a folded piece of cloth.

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[whisler]

Because I deprime with universal deprimer, wet clean and dry and then prime with a hand primer, all the pistol cases I size are already primed. I just do as suggested and remove the deprimer rod, and load on my turret press

[Conditor22]

I de-cap and reuse primers occasionally (more now :) )

Just go slow when you remove the live primers. I've never had one go off

[Shiloh]

Remove the decapper pin from the size die, and resize.

Shiloh

[JimB..]

Well shoot, sorry about that.

[Froogal]

might as well try it. I would have removed guts from sizing die and resize them that way.

Yes. Just remove the depriming pin from the resizing die and have at it.

[MostlyLeverGuns]

Yep, remove decapping rod, resize, neck expand... I have used deprimed primers, but for practice, non-critical applications.

[Whole Bunches]

I have used 10's of thousands of primers pulled from USGI 30 Carbine brass. I use them in loading "plinking" 5.56/.223. The only problem noticed was that here and there one had the anvil pressed further into the cup from the depriming process. When said primer is seated into the 5.56/.223 case it might go a touch further into the primer pocket. Some non-AR's can give failures to fire as their firing pin doesn't protrude as far from the bolt face to ensure a good firing pin hit as does an AR firing pin. I'd take the non firing rounds and simply use them in an AR.

[Hanzy4200]

Thanks guys. Removing the die guts never occurred to me. Stupid obvious. I knocked them out without issue. Just took my time and removed all primers from the bench every hundred or so.

[kevin c]

Sometimes I've crushed primed cases so carefully punching the primers out was necessary for salvage. No problems appreciated so far.

[oley55]

I made a mess. I traded for 400 or so pieces of .44 mag brass a while ago. It was all cleaned and deprimed. I assumed it had be re-sized. I asked the owner and he wasn't sure. I'm certain I checked it...…..or at least I thought I did. Fast forward to last night. Primed it up and went to start loading today. Bullet dropped into the case up to the tip. Further investigation revealed only about 25% had been resized. So, I carefully deprimed them. Is there any reason I can't re use these primers?

With no intent to bust on you, but I would think a case gauge would have caught the unsized cases and saved you some frustration and extra work. Hindsight is always 20/20 of course and I wonder if I would have practiced my preach. I like to think I would have though.

[44Blam]

After pulling boolits, I remove the decapper and resize to make my process work the same when I reload them.

[tankgunner59]

I have had to pull cartridges down many times, and I have always re-used the primers. Disclaimer: When I remove live primers, I use a very light pressure on the press ram. I basically allow the weight of my hand and forearm to raise the ram. I have never had a problem with this method.