Guardian Angels must exist…..

[piie]

So, thought I’d just get on and Aztec all the different types and makes of brass I have. Stingy bastard I am, took one of my older dinged 375 H&H brass to sacrifice. Put it in the AMP, get the aztec code, pop the ruined brass in the tray…. Oh look, it was primed….

Stay safe/lucky ppl…

 

[Adam in WI]

Did the same thing once except I was using a drill and socket to turn the cases. Myself and the brass did a little dance when the primer went off (a few seconds after pulling it off the flame and setting it down actually).

 

[piie]

Did the same thing once except I was using a drill and socket to turn the cases. Myself and the brass did a little dance when the primer went off (a few seconds after pulling it off the flame and setting it down actually).

I think I was just saved by the length of the 375 case... The Aztec analyze mode heats the case waaaay more than normal, and still it did not go off...

 

[Chiquita]

I have done that dance once. I am glad got my hearing back and the heart rate went back to semi normal.

Glad you are OK.

 

[D-4297]

Some days are better than others . Enjoy your good fortune , cause it just wasn't your turn for bad things to happen .

 

[BlueWater]

Dang. That'll fool with your head, when doing the next few batches of annealing.

Glad nothing bad happened.

You could do up a custom rabbit's foot, with that brass case, perhaps with an expended primer as a reminder. Your personal lucky charm and store of mojo.

 

[Ledd Slinger]

A little primer pop never hurt nobody. No more power than a small firecracker. Will just a scare you is all

I even shoot empty cases with live primers in my garage to check firing pin strikes.

 

[Mikemci]

A little primer pop never hurt nobody. No more power than a small firecracker. Will just a scare you is all

I even shoot empty cases with live primers in my garage to check firing pin strikes.

Bull***t !!
I did the same thing and the primer came shooting out of the case and stuck in my arm.
Bled like a stuck pig!

When you do it in your chamber...no problem. When it's laying on your reloading bench...VERY DANGEROUS!!!

 

[Ledd Slinger]

Bull***t !!
I did the same thing and the primer came shooting out of the case and stuck in my arm.
Bled like a stuck pig!

That’s just a scratch. Lol.

I was joking with that post. Hence the winking face. Except I do actually shoot off live primers in empty cases.

 

[PatMiles]

Been there, done that............................then I changed my skivvies!

 

[rockrat]

I think part of the priming mixture is lead styphnate (sp?) and wouldn't be real good for you if you popped a lot of primers in your garage.

 

[1shot]

Had one go off in a rotary annealer. It launched the case like a SAM and bounced it off the ceiling!!

Lloyd

 

[dkhunt14]

A little primer pop never hurt nobody. No more power than a small firecracker. Will just a scare you is all

I even shoot empty cases with live primers in my garage to check firing pin strikes.

I know a guy that annelaed a case with a live primer, when he was showing a guy how his annealer worked. The case was laying there and it went off. He told the guy that he was hit by it. They guy said he was kidding and he siad look at the hole in my shirt. His wife took him to the hospital and they took xrays. They said they would do more damage taking it out then letting it there. Thise primers have more power then most people would think. Matt

 

[AckleymanII]

I survived the wife's attack with a broom. When sizing large quantities of brass for a p. dog trip, I would prime brass with a towel in my lap while watching TV. Once in a great while a primer would get in the carpet. Ever hear a CCI large rifle primer go off in the beater bars of a vacuum cleaner? Wife went totally berserk!

 

[swd]

I survived the wife's attack with a broom. When sizing large quantities of brass for a p. dog trip, I would prime brass with a towel in my lap while watching TV. Once in a great while a primer would get in the carpet. Ever hear a CCI large rifle primer go off in the beater bars of a vacuum cleaner? Wife went totally berserk!

Static electricity in a vacuum cleaner hose will set them right off. I won't say how I know..

 

[BlueWater]

Static electricity in a vacuum cleaner hose will set them right off. I won't say how I know..

I know someone who uses the extension hose on a vacuum cleaner to pick up the remaining "dust" around the reloading bench and floor that sweeping up missed. Stray powder grains, the odd primer that wasn't found via sweeping, etc.

Can't imagine.

 

[nakneker]

Been fortunate, never had one go off by accident. Probably just jinxed myself.

 

[Bojo]

I survived the wife's attack with a broom. When sizing large quantities of brass for a p. dog trip, I would prime brass with a towel in my lap while watching TV. Once in a great while a primer would get in the carpet. Ever hear a CCI large rifle primer go off in the beater bars of a vacuum cleaner? Wife went totally berserk!

When i was 6 or 7 years old , now 45 aa of yesterday my mother vacumed up a 22 lr cci that my dad had unknowingly dropped.
Messed up the carpet and subfloor a bit and left a decent mark in the vacume.
Still to this day it still gets mentioned around hunting season.

 

[BlueWater]

When i was 6 or 7 years old , now 45 aa of yesterday my mother vacumed up a 22 lr cci that my dad had unknowingly dropped.
Messed up the carpet and subfloor a bit and left a decent mark in the vacume.
Still to this day it still gets mentioned around hunting season.

Was in my 20s, just getting around to seriously upping my familiarity and skills with firearms. First time shooting steel targets. At 25yds, hadn't donned the eye protection ... and, voila, got nailed by some shards that came flying back to take a juicy bite out of my shins. Kind of a "forgot to measure twice before cutting" moment, there. Only did that once. Good lesson to have, early on.

 

[Oso]

I anneal with ear plugs... only took me twice to learn. Volume on TV has now be adjusted upward.