Primer stuck in pickup tube

[turnandshoot4]

How do I get the sucker out? It's sideways and a gentle push from the plastic rod won't budge it.

I don't want to bang on it and cause a kaboom. Do I have to throw it away and just get another?

 

[billybob44]

Primer stuck..

How do I get the sucker out? It's sideways and a gentle push from the plastic rod won't budge it.

I don't want to bang on it and cause a kaboom. Do I have to throw it away and just get another?

Do not know how stuck on yours-but-when it happened to me, I used a very small diameter dowel rod to push it back/straighten it out. These small diameter wood dowel rods are sold at craft shops+are sometimes used to hold wedding cake layers together. A steady push is the key with whatever you get to fit==no hitting!!

 

[turnandshoot4]

Hmm. Another tube isn't expensive, maybe I'll just buy another.

That being said, is there any easier way to pick up primers?

 

[rvb]

if it's dillon, call them, tell them it's jammed, and a new one will be on it's way. they are cool like that.

-rvb

 

[turnandshoot4]

Kick ass. I knew there was a reason I bought a 650.

 

[laserbudd]

Try soaking the stuck primer overnight with WD-40. I heard that the WD-40 will de-activate the primer and then you might be able to use a small dowel rod to force it out.

 

[Prometheus]

I wouldn't worry about putting too much pressure on a sideways primer. It'd be the sharp blows that concerned me.

Just in case, I'd grip it in such as way that my hand wasn't over the area in which it was lodged and I'd be wearing some quality eye protection

Not to mention calling dillon 8)

 

[sbcman]

I wouldn't worry about putting too much pressure on a sideways primer. It'd be the sharp blows that concerned me.

Yep. I've had primers load upside down in the pocket and removed them VERY slowly with a sizing die. It takes a bit of force to bend their metal and the strike has to be dead on to set them off. I'd think anything that could fit down the tube would do.

Or, if it bothers you, toss it and get a new one.

 

[combat45acp]

Try soaking the stuck primer overnight with WD-40. I heard that the WD-40 will de-activate the primer and then you might be able to use a small dowel rod to force it out.

^^this or motor oil, etc. Dillon will send you another tube too. I had that problem the other day, federal LP primers...had a couple that got stuck.

 

[Redemption]

Just push it out. If it won't move push harder. If that doesn't work, put on some safety glasses and use a dowel as someone stated. Point the tube away from your face and push really hard. ......it's one primer, not a 1/4 pound of C-4.

 

[turnandshoot4]

You mean it won't level my house?

 

[hornadylnl]

......it's one primer, not a 1/4 pound of C-4.

I've seen about 60# of c4 go in one shot. Not much to see. Yes, one primer popping isn't a big deal.

 

[turnandshoot4]

Got it out with a coat hanger. I wasn't going to let one small pistol primer beat me.

It went off, but it didn't even pop. Just a bunch of yellow everywhere.

 

[billybob44]

Yellow??

Got it out with a coat hanger. I wasn't going to let one small pistol primer beat me.

It went off, but it didn't even pop. Just a bunch of yellow everywhere.

YELLOW?? Was that from the primer??-OR from YOU???

 

[1$Chuck]

YELLOW?? Was that from the primer??-OR from YOU???

LOL Nice

 

[OEF5]

YELLOW?? Was that from the primer??-OR from YOU???

Repped cause that's funny stuff right there!

 

[IndianaGTI]

Please point it away from your reloading bench when you do it!

 

[rvb]

Please point it away from your [strike]reloading bench [/strike] face and privates when you do it!

-rvb

 

[Aszerigan]

Its only a primer... ever sat next to a 1/2 power firecracker. They're not even that loud.

 

[rvb]

Its only a primer...

in a metal tube which directs the force....

I've busted many primers w/ a hammer on a concrete pad, but I wouldn't want to look down a "hot" tube if it popped. like Redemption said, just don't point it at your face [or privates!]. some common sense.



-rvb