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Wambli Ska wrote: ↑Mon Dec 29, 2025 6:41 pm Primers are no joke. Years ago when. Was in my 20s I decided to just pop a primer in my basement just to see how loud they were. Didn’t want the wife to know about it so I grabbed an old couch pillow she had stored down there and thought I’d do the movie silencer trick. Put the muzzle into the pillow and pulled the trigger.

The blast sounded like a real shot in that windowless basement and the pillow caught fire after blowing feathers everywhere. So my wife came running down the stairs to see me stomping on what looked like a flaming chicken that I’d shot.

I’m always surprised that I have not been left by both my wives in my life.

sakodude wrote: ↑Tue Dec 30, 2025 12:14 am Glad you weren't hurt worse. It has always been my practice to put a drop of oil into the primer prior to punching out a live one.

sakodude wrote: ↑Tue Dec 30, 2025 12:14 am Glad you weren't hurt worse. It has always been my practice to put a drop of oil into the primer prior to punching out a live one.

breamfisher wrote: ↑Mon Dec 29, 2025 11:59 pm Punched through jeans and cut the skin. It didn't stay in.

sakodude wrote: ↑Tue Dec 30, 2025 2:47 am It’s a very low volume problem, probably haven’t punched 20 in 40 some odd years of reloading. Always did the oil thing, never a mishap. Sideways, pry out carefully. Upside down, easy to remove the anvil with a small pick. Still put a drop of oil for good measure.

breamfisher wrote: ↑Tue Dec 30, 2025 1:52 am Sideways primers I have carefully pried out with a screwdriver or removed with needle nose pliers.

Backwards? Up until today I would have eased out with a decapper. Maybe carefully remove the anvil first?

I will try oil in the future. But I've read that's not a sure thing.

breamfisher wrote: ↑Wed Dec 31, 2025 11:43 pm So, if you injure yourself doing something, your family will leave you alone in the future when you do it.