I alluded to this in my welcome message. If this is an improper instruction to include in this forum section, please delete.
I have used this "formula", scraped together from multiple online sources, to reload several hundred SMALL PISTOL Primers when they were unavailable during "the pandemic". I have no experience or data with other size primers. Unlike real primer chemicals, these components are relatively safe to handle at home.
Performance disclaimer: As the main explosive component is engineered and manufactured for children's toys, so you will have to accept a relatively high rate of misfires (~5+%). I obviously DO NOT RECOMMEND for defense loads!! Also - this process is EXTREMELY slow, and labor-intensive. Don't do it, if you can get primers! But, if the need ever arises, here you go...
Components and tools:
- Legends Roll Caps - they must be the German version, not the USA version, as the USA dots will be too big. I purchased online from Wild West Toys.
- 1/8" Hole Punch (Fiskars at craft store or Amazon)
- 9/64" steel rod (Amazon: "Utoolmart 9/64" Dia Round Tip Steel Straight Ejector Pin Punch")
- 90% isopropyl alcohol from the drug store
Instructions:
1. Remove anvils from primer cups with a dental tool
2. Clean anvils and cups with water and a generous amount of Lemi Shine. Rinse and dry quickly and completely to prevent corrosion.
3. Use a hole punch to cut the center dot out of the roll caps. (Warning, every once in a while you WILL fire a cap - be prepared.)
4. Place a 9/64" steel rod or the back end of a drillbit into the empty primer cup and tap lightly with a hammer on a flat hard metal surface to peen the dent out of the primer cup. (Basically flatten the inside of the cup - a dent may still remain on the outside...)
5. Place 1 (or 2 - I found that there were no more misfires in loads with 1 cap versus loads with 2 caps) punched cap(s) into the cup. (I place it so the thinner paper side will be against the anvil.
6. Place a drop of 90% isopropyl alcohol in the primer cup with the cap. (This will reduce the likelihood of firing the cap when pressing in the anvil.)
7. Set an anvil in the cup - point down
8. Press the anvil into place with a metal bar or with flat pliers.
9. Allow the alcohol to dry fully (overnight?).
10. DONE!
I have used this "formula", scraped together from multiple online sources, to reload several hundred SMALL PISTOL Primers when they were unavailable during "the pandemic". I have no experience or data with other size primers. Unlike real primer chemicals, these components are relatively safe to handle at home.
Performance disclaimer: As the main explosive component is engineered and manufactured for children's toys, so you will have to accept a relatively high rate of misfires (~5+%). I obviously DO NOT RECOMMEND for defense loads!! Also - this process is EXTREMELY slow, and labor-intensive. Don't do it, if you can get primers! But, if the need ever arises, here you go...
Components and tools:
- Legends Roll Caps - they must be the German version, not the USA version, as the USA dots will be too big. I purchased online from Wild West Toys.
- 1/8" Hole Punch (Fiskars at craft store or Amazon)
- 9/64" steel rod (Amazon: "Utoolmart 9/64" Dia Round Tip Steel Straight Ejector Pin Punch")
- 90% isopropyl alcohol from the drug store
Instructions:
1. Remove anvils from primer cups with a dental tool
2. Clean anvils and cups with water and a generous amount of Lemi Shine. Rinse and dry quickly and completely to prevent corrosion.
3. Use a hole punch to cut the center dot out of the roll caps. (Warning, every once in a while you WILL fire a cap - be prepared.)
4. Place a 9/64" steel rod or the back end of a drillbit into the empty primer cup and tap lightly with a hammer on a flat hard metal surface to peen the dent out of the primer cup. (Basically flatten the inside of the cup - a dent may still remain on the outside...)
5. Place 1 (or 2 - I found that there were no more misfires in loads with 1 cap versus loads with 2 caps) punched cap(s) into the cup. (I place it so the thinner paper side will be against the anvil.
6. Place a drop of 90% isopropyl alcohol in the primer cup with the cap. (This will reduce the likelihood of firing the cap when pressing in the anvil.)
7. Set an anvil in the cup - point down
8. Press the anvil into place with a metal bar or with flat pliers.
9. Allow the alcohol to dry fully (overnight?).
10. DONE!