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Tanker6 · 03-31-2010, 03:16 PM

First time poster......

I've been reloading 40 S&W on a single stage press for a few months now, and I've gotten the hang of producing pretty good target ammo. However, when I first started, I had several FTF's. After taking a closer look at what I was doing and how I was doing it, I realized I was crushing the primers at times (although I read Mr. Lee's book telling me not too

).

Now, I still have 8-10 loaded rounds that have FTF (and yes, I've tried to fire them more than once with no results). I have a bullet puller on order, but this brings me to my question:

Is it safe to deprime those cases once I remove the bullet and powder? Is it going to go "bang"

?

Thanks for putting up with a newby.

Chuck

03-31-2010, 03:16 PM	#1
Tanker6 Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Silsbee, Texas Posts: 31	Depriming Unfired Primers First time poster...... I've been reloading 40 S&W on a single stage press for a few months now, and I've gotten the hang of producing pretty good target ammo. However, when I first started, I had several FTF's. After taking a closer look at what I was doing and how I was doing it, I realized I was crushing the primers at times (although I read Mr. Lee's book telling me not too ). Now, I still have 8-10 loaded rounds that have FTF (and yes, I've tried to fire them more than once with no results). I have a bullet puller on order, but this brings me to my question: Is it safe to deprime those cases once I remove the bullet and powder? Is it going to go "bang" ? Thanks for putting up with a newby. Chuck -->