Recycling spent primers

[GregLaROCHE]

Where are you finding Lucifers? All of the blue tips I have seen for the last decade were NOT strike anywhere but strike on box.

Kevin

I agree. Twenty years ago strike anywheres were hard to find.

[double00]

I bought a box of strike any where matches at rural king the other day

[StrawHat]

I bought a box of strike any where matches at rural king the other day

If they are really strike anywhere’s, that is good to know!

Kevin

[Hanzy4200]

I add mine to the bucket with rejected cases and .22 brass. My dealer never had a issue.

[rustyshooter]

Where are you finding Lucifers? All of the blue tips I have seen for the last decade were NOT strike anywhere but strike on box.

Kevin

Amazon has them. I tried to copy the link but it was too long. Google strike anywhere matches. I’ve also seen them in smaller stores like Dollar General etc.

[StrawHat]

Amazon has them. I tried to copy the link but it was too long. Google strike anywhere matches. I’ve also seen them in smaller stores like Dollar General etc.

I have seen what are advertised as strike anywhere’s but they all need to be struck on the box. The last box I bought the light blue tip was the size of a pinhead and there were a majority of failures.

Kevin

[rustyshooter]

I have seen what are advertised as strike anywhere’s but they all need to be struck on the box. The last box I bought the light blue tip was the size of a pinhead and there were a majority of failures.

Kevin

I just went and lit about 10 in a row without fail dragging them across the table top. btw- there is no blue tip on them. Scraping the tips off 2 or 3 is enough to fill the primer cup. I also am able to light them Clint Eastwood style just using my thumb. No box needed. Diamond Greenlight matches.

https://www.amazon.com/Diamond-Green...27802412&psc=1

[StrawHat]

Thank you for that. I was under the impression I was looking for unicorns.

Kevin

[Chill Wills]

I just went and lit about 10 in a row without fail dragging them across the table top. btw- there is no blue tip on them. Scraping the tips off 2 or 3 is enough to fill the primer cup. I also am able to light them Clint Eastwood style just using my thumb. No box needed. Diamond Greenlight matches.

https://www.amazon.com/Diamond-Green...27802412&psc=1

What keeps the match head dust in the primer cup?

[rustyshooter]

What keeps the match head dust in the primer cup?

The anvil.

[Chill Wills]

The anvil.

???

Okay. I will go look at my spent ones again. From memory, the anvils are three legs with space in between them.
I'll look again.

[rustyshooter]

What keeps the match head dust in the primer cup?

It has to be pried out then reinserted after the cup is filled. This is not a feasible thing to do. It’s one of those things we see all the time on here and that is it CAN be done. Not to say it should be done.

[Chill Wills]

It has to be pried out then reinserted after the cup is filled. :

Right. Many of my anvils fall out of the cup when I de-prime. I have had a good look at them over the years. Not having ever tried to rebuild primers - I think the replaced priming compound (match head dust) does not have a chance to stay in there. In new primers, the compound is applied wet/paste and dries as a solid that adheres to the cup.


??? never done it.

[rustyshooter]

Right. Many of my anvils fall out of the cup when I de-prime. I have had a good look at them over the years. Not having ever tried to rebuild primers - I think the replaced priming compound (match head dust) does not have a chance to stay in there. In new primers, the compound is applied wet/paste and dries as a solid that adheres to the cup.


??? never done it.

When You fill the cup and reset the anvil enough stays in to ignite. Probably not to spec compared to factory primers.

[AlHunt]

Keep your spent primers ... there's talk on the forum of a way to ... "Reload" ...fired primers .
Shortages , high cost of primers and all ... I'm saving all my fired primers just in case the details get worked out ... I could/ would do it ... if it produced reliable primers .
Don't get rid of them just yet ... you may need them if ... Ms Harris comes into power .
Gary

The details are worked out. You can simply buy a product called Prime-All and go to town. They have a video and everything.

Very tedious work and they're corrosive. But I have had 100% success over 40 or 50 primers. Hopefully it doesn't come to that.

[rustyshooter]

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Very tedious work and they're corrosive.

No doubt! Very tedious. What we really need is the recipe for the primer paste itself. Cool stuff. Here’s the link.

https://22lrreloader.com/products/pr...iming-compound

[AlHunt]

When You fill the cup and reset the anvil enough stays in to ignite. Probably not to spec compared to factory primers.

With the Prime-All compound, you mix it with acetone and make a paste, fill the cup and let it dry. Reset the anvil and seat the primer right away. I've read that some ammo manufacturers seat the primers while the compound is still wet.

Some make small paper cutouts and set them in the cup under the anvil.

[jessdigs]

I have reloaded some, but the ones I recycle I melt them down and make brass apples for the kids teachers. They always love them. Lost foam method.




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[kevin c]

My metals recycler takes them, pays a little less than for cartridge brass.

The last batch I remembered had a couple decapped live primers, and also what another reloader gave me, so the whole can went into my processing pot and I turned up the propane jet burner. There were a few pops and spits of blue and green flame.

ETA: that Apple looks great. Solid? If so, that's a lot of primers.

I once made a set of shooting bags; I used spent primers to fill them (double bagged in plastic) instead of sand.

[popper]

Everything is referred to on the invoice as "yellow brass", primers and cartridge cases
If they take them that is what you get. Around here they take your DL# as ID.