"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.
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.