Spent primer disposal - The Firearms Forum

smlranger · 03-30-2011, 05:29 PM

Any particular recommendations for disposal of spent pistol primers?

Insulation Tim · 03-30-2011, 05:35 PM

Mine just get bottled up and thrown in the trash.

American Leader · 03-30-2011, 05:44 PM

Right in the trash!

312shooter · 03-30-2011, 06:17 PM

Anywhere but underneath my bare foot, damn those hurt.

RustyFN · 03-30-2011, 06:26 PM

I save them. I have talked to a few people that said they got $30 for a gallon paint can full at the scrap dealer.

dsv424 · 03-30-2011, 07:14 PM

For some reason I have been saving mine since I started reloading 3 years ago. I now have about 3/4 of a paint can of them. Good to know you can get money for them.

TheGunClinger · 03-30-2011, 07:24 PM

It dosnt seem to me that it is worth saving them. I got 3 Lee Pro 1000's and to dump the old primers you have to make a device to attach to your vacuum cleaner to suk them out of the machine. Maybe with other machines it is easier but I think if I just sold all my darn NT .45 cases I would be way better off than trying to salvage old primers.

gdmoody · 03-30-2011, 07:36 PM

I throw them out in the yard (in the woods) behind my reloading building.

JLA · 03-30-2011, 07:43 PM

I let em drop right outta the press into the trashcan. some end up in the floor but I just vacuum them up when done

medalguy · 03-30-2011, 11:57 PM

Mine go in the bucket with scrap brass. They're all made of brass and a can full of them is heavy. They go to the scrap yard for CASH!!

Kestral · 03-31-2011, 03:00 AM

Even if they have a surface coating,they are all copper or brass underneath. in the course of a year our pistol club produces approx 60lbs of scrap primers,when sold it goes into club funds for butts repairs or new targets etc.Scrap is good,especially when you look at todays prices of copper & brass.

03-30-2011, 05:29 PM	#1
smlranger V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Smith Mountain Lake in VA Posts: 113	Spent primer disposal Any particular recommendations for disposal of spent pistol primers? -->

03-30-2011, 05:35 PM	#2
Insulation Tim Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Ohio Contributor Posts: 2,316	Re: Spent primer disposal Mine just get bottled up and thrown in the trash. __________________ Tim *"Remember the Ark was built by amateurs....Professionals built the Titanic"*

03-30-2011, 05:44 PM	#3
American Leader Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Iowa Contributor Posts: 1,630	Re: Spent primer disposal Right in the trash!

03-30-2011, 06:17 PM	#4
312shooter Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Las Vegas NV Posts: 1,160	Re: Spent primer disposal Anywhere but underneath my bare foot, damn those hurt. __________________ "Democracy is based on citizenship- perhaps the greatest gift the United States has given to the world- Power is vested in the people themselves, and government flows from the people" James M Henslin

03-30-2011, 06:26 PM	#5
RustyFN Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: West Virginia Posts: 598	Re: Spent primer disposal I save them. I have talked to a few people that said they got $30 for a gallon paint can full at the scrap dealer.

03-30-2011, 07:14 PM	#6
dsv424 V.I.P. Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Garland, Tx. Posts: 279	Re: Spent primer disposal For some reason I have been saving mine since I started reloading 3 years ago. I now have about 3/4 of a paint can of them. Good to know you can get money for them.

03-30-2011, 07:24 PM	#7
TheGunClinger Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: SW Florida Contributor Posts: 2,401	Re: Spent primer disposal It dosnt seem to me that it is worth saving them. I got 3 Lee Pro 1000's and to dump the old primers you have to make a device to attach to your vacuum cleaner to suk them out of the machine. Maybe with other machines it is easier but I think if I just sold all my darn NT .45 cases I would be way better off than trying to salvage old primers. __________________ New England Patriots Rule Next year.

03-30-2011, 07:36 PM	#8
gdmoody Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Northeast Georgia Contributor Posts: 6,408	Re: Spent primer disposal I throw them out in the yard (in the woods) behind my reloading building. __________________ NRA Endowment Member GeorgiaCarry.Org Member Retired US Army Postal Worker Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take an ass whoopin'.....author unknown (but obviously brilliant)

03-30-2011, 07:43 PM	#9
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,412	Re: Spent primer disposal I let em drop right outta the press into the trashcan. some end up in the floor but I just vacuum them up when done __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

03-30-2011, 11:57 PM	#10
medalguy Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 585	Re: Spent primer disposal Mine go in the bucket with scrap brass. They're all made of brass and a can full of them is heavy. They go to the scrap yard for CASH!!

03-31-2011, 03:00 AM	#11
Kestral V.I.P. Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Guernsey Channel Islands Posts: 359	Re: Spent primer disposal Even if they have a surface coating,they are all copper or brass underneath. in the course of a year our pistol club produces approx 60lbs of scrap primers,when sold it goes into club funds for butts repairs or new targets etc.Scrap is good,especially when you look at todays prices of copper & brass.