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  • canebreaker

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    Jan 2, 2020
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    Horn Lake
    "I have been amazed at what will fire."
    I bought 4 drink flats of reloaded ammo in trays that had green corrosion growing between them from an estate sale for super cheap. Jacketed bullets for .015 each is why I bought it. Tumbled with sand for 6 hours, pulled bullets, pulled primers, saved powder. Most cases weren't worth saving. Reloaded with same primers, powder and bullets. All fired, all a bit weak but all fired.

    I thought water with age would kill a primer. Sitting at the fire pit one night I spotted a shiny spot in the dirt. It was a primer sitting sideways almost buried. Got to thinking, hasn't been any reloading or messing with supplies in 5 years. Everything is in boxes in a storage unit. I threw it in the fire. A few seconds later it fired, sending ash everywhere.

    I've heard that spraying live primers with WD-40 will kill them. My first time decapping live primers I sprayed them. I put 2 paper towels in a jar, added the primers and 2 small silica packs. 3 months later I reloaded with a few of them. All fired.
     

    574mag

    Plinker
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    Mar 20, 2022
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    Osceola IN
    Good to know. I had some that kinda got crunched when I was loading some 7.62. Took them back out and pitched them. Maybe they would have worked?!
     

    Creedmoor

    Grandmaster
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    Mar 10, 2022
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    Madison Co Indiana
    NormaUsa has small pistol primers again for $50.00 a thousand with Free Ship option.

    Small Pistol Primers Made in Argentina​

     

    BackFromDC

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    Apr 19, 2023
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    Jeffersonville
    Have you gotten your Republic order yet? Happy?
    I've been pretty happy with them so far. I just ordered some more of my go-to primers to stock up on. They always have the Bosnian Ginex, and recently has been stocking this Indonesian Exakt brand (which I think is re-branded Russian stuff to avoid import bans) which have previously worked ok.
     

    Creedmoor

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    Mar 10, 2022
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    Madison Co Indiana
    I've been pretty happy with them so far. I just ordered some more of my go-to primers to stock up on. They always have the Bosnian Ginex, and recently has been stocking this Indonesian Exakt brand (which I think is re-branded Russian stuff to avoid import bans) which have previously worked ok.
    Interesting point, they very well may be.
    Thanks.
     
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