Okay - Time to come clean. I have done it twice and both times completely different ways. Both of these incidents were +15 years ago... I learned a lesson and then reinforced it.
1) Making a vintage style powder scoop. I found that a 9mm case was approximately 9gr of Bulleye, which was perfect charge weight for 80% fireforming brass (Cream of Wheat / Southern Cornmeal technique). What I didn't realize is the loose case I grabbed off my bench actually had a live primer. The primer went off as I was soldering the brass rod (handle) to the side of the case.
2) When I was younger I took my RSO commitment to keeping the range safe a little too serious. It was/is common to find live rounds, both pristine or mangled, laying abut. I have never been a fan of putting unknown ammunition into my firearms so that left me with one course of action... take apart the cartridge. Kinetic hammer to remove the bullet, flush the powder, and finally using a decapping rod and decapping base/anvil. Gentle taps with a ballpeen hammer and no fuss, except once. Primer indention in the maple butcherblock bench top and hole in ceiling sheetrock from decapping rod. Now, I remove the bullet, flush the powder and then fill the case with water to deal with the primer. After it sits submerged for a few days I toss the defunct case into the recycle bin.
The village idiot wasn't injured from the repercussions of his poor decisions. Oh yeah, I wear plugs or muffs whenever I am dealing dealing with primers with anything that uses more force &/or speed than a hand primer
1) Making a vintage style powder scoop. I found that a 9mm case was approximately 9gr of Bulleye, which was perfect charge weight for 80% fireforming brass (Cream of Wheat / Southern Cornmeal technique). What I didn't realize is the loose case I grabbed off my bench actually had a live primer. The primer went off as I was soldering the brass rod (handle) to the side of the case.
2) When I was younger I took my RSO commitment to keeping the range safe a little too serious. It was/is common to find live rounds, both pristine or mangled, laying abut. I have never been a fan of putting unknown ammunition into my firearms so that left me with one course of action... take apart the cartridge. Kinetic hammer to remove the bullet, flush the powder, and finally using a decapping rod and decapping base/anvil. Gentle taps with a ballpeen hammer and no fuss, except once. Primer indention in the maple butcherblock bench top and hole in ceiling sheetrock from decapping rod. Now, I remove the bullet, flush the powder and then fill the case with water to deal with the primer. After it sits submerged for a few days I toss the defunct case into the recycle bin.
The village idiot wasn't injured from the repercussions of his poor decisions. Oh yeah, I wear plugs or muffs whenever I am dealing dealing with primers with anything that uses more force &/or speed than a hand primer

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