Odd question

brow_tines · October 27, 2010, 11:15 AM

What does everyone do with the old primers after you deprime them ?

e4for2 · October 27, 2010, 11:17 AM

like that,,the other method is burning in a steel barrel

BigJimP · October 27, 2010, 12:06 PM

toss them in the garbage ...( I'm not worried about the residual lead in them ) after they're fired ...

Smokey Joe · October 27, 2010, 12:10 PM

Brow Tines--Spent primers (rifle and pistol, that is!) are all brass, and as such, are valuable to a scrap dealer. I save 'em up in a 5-quart ice cream bucket, and when I take in damaged/unusable brass to recycle, the primers go along.

(Spent shotgun primers, OTOH, are steel, and worth very little.)

(Also take Al beverage cans, and dead car batteries--make the trip well worth it!)

You'll have to ask your scrap dealer if they take 'em, but check 'em with a magnet to prove they aren't steel, and they should pay you for 'em the same rate as the brass cases.

If your dealer won't take primers--or cases for that matter--it's time to look for a new scrap dealer.

Anyhow, they are valuable brass, so don't either bury 'em, or as one poster some years back suggested, use 'em for fill in your driveway. Big Jim, and E 4 2, you're wasting money.

rg1 · October 27, 2010, 12:24 PM

Goes in the can with scrap brass. Wife takes them to the recycler with the aluminum cans and gets paid scrap brass prices.

swmike · October 27, 2010, 02:47 PM

I just put mine in a bucket and take it in with scrap metal when the bucket gets too full. My scrap dealer calls it "dirty brass" and I get less $$ for it than the clean yellow brass.

Crankylove · October 27, 2010, 06:45 PM

Garbage or in the scrap bucket.......whatever happens to be closer.

farmerboy · October 27, 2010, 06:56 PM

In the garbage! Even if I did save all mine for prob. six months, I dont think a nickel would be worth the effort.

Magnum Wheel Man · October 28, 2010, 07:19 AM

I keep a can under my press... any primers & bad brass goes right into the can... for recycle... it's not any more work than throwing them in the trash

FrankenMauser · October 29, 2010, 02:16 AM

Large quantities go in the scrap bucket (like from my marathon 9x19mm decapping/sizing operations that yield 3,000 primers).

Smaller quantities generally just go in the trash/recycle bin (city recycling program). I'm not worried about it, to begin with, but... They're not considered haz-mat or household-haz-mat locally, so I'm not concerned in the slightest.

If I'm tossing them in the scrap bucket, though; they get poured over a magnet, or dumped into a container I can run a magnet through. The local scrap dealers won't accept any ferromagnetic materials in brass, copper, lead, or aluminum. Since some of the foreign ammunition manufacturers use steel primers, it's a step that must be taken.

October 27, 2010, 11:15 AM	#1
brow_tines Junior Member Join Date: October 18, 2010 Location: Lake Cumberland, KY Posts: 12	Odd question What does everyone do with the old primers after you deprime them ?

October 27, 2010, 11:17 AM	#2
e4for2 Member Join Date: July 10, 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 25	I bury stuff like that,,the other method is burning in a steel barrel

October 27, 2010, 12:10 PM	#4
Smokey Joe Senior Member Join Date: July 14, 2001 Location: State of Confusion Posts: 2,106	Spent primers... Brow Tines--Spent primers (rifle and pistol, that is!) are all brass, and as such, are valuable to a scrap dealer. I save 'em up in a 5-quart ice cream bucket, and when I take in damaged/unusable brass to recycle, the primers go along. (Spent shotgun primers, OTOH, are steel, and worth very little.) (Also take Al beverage cans, and dead car batteries--make the trip well worth it!) You'll have to ask your scrap dealer if they take 'em, but check 'em with a magnet to prove they aren't steel, and they should pay you for 'em the same rate as the brass cases. If your dealer won't take primers--or cases for that matter--it's time to look for a new scrap dealer. Anyhow, they are valuable brass, so don't either bury 'em, or as one poster some years back suggested, use 'em for fill in your driveway. Big Jim, and E 4 2, you're wasting money. __________________ God Bless America --Smokey Joe Last edited by Smokey Joe; October 27, 2010 at 12:13 PM. Reason: The usual--had another thought.

October 27, 2010, 02:47 PM	#6
swmike Senior Member Join Date: June 25, 2005 Location: Marysville, WA Posts: 670	I just put mine in a bucket and take it in with scrap metal when the bucket gets too full. My scrap dealer calls it "dirty brass" and I get less $$ for it than the clean yellow brass. __________________ My definition of Gun Control--- A steady grip and hitting your target. "In God we trust, all others are suspects." "If I shoot all the ammo I am carrying, either I won't need any more, or more won't be of any help". ____________________________________________

October 27, 2010, 06:45 PM	#7
Crankylove Senior Member Join Date: July 8, 2008 Location: 8B ID Posts: 1,753	Garbage or in the scrap bucket.......whatever happens to be closer. __________________ The answer to 1984 is 1776

October 27, 2010, 12:06 PM	#3
BigJimP Senior Member Join Date: February 23, 2005 Posts: 13,195	toss them in the garbage ...( I'm not worried about the residual lead in them ) after they're fired ...

October 27, 2010, 12:24 PM	#5
rg1 Senior Member Join Date: November 6, 2001 Posts: 1,125	Goes in the can with scrap brass. Wife takes them to the recycler with the aluminum cans and gets paid scrap brass prices.

October 27, 2010, 06:56 PM	#8
farmerboy Junior member Join Date: May 16, 2009 Location: Central Texas Posts: 1,343	In the garbage! Even if I did save all mine for prob. six months, I dont think a nickel would be worth the effort.

October 28, 2010, 07:19 AM	#9
Magnum Wheel Man Senior Member Join Date: July 26, 2006 Location: Southern Minnesota Posts: 9,333	I keep a can under my press... any primers & bad brass goes right into the can... for recycle... it's not any more work than throwing them in the trash __________________ In life you either make dust or eat dust...

October 29, 2010, 02:16 AM	#10
FrankenMauser Senior Member Join Date: August 25, 2008 Location: In the valley above the plain Posts: 13,424	Large quantities go in the scrap bucket (like from my marathon 9x19mm decapping/sizing operations that yield 3,000 primers). Smaller quantities generally just go in the trash/recycle bin (city recycling program). I'm not worried about it, to begin with, but... They're not considered haz-mat or household-haz-mat locally, so I'm not concerned in the slightest. If I'm tossing them in the scrap bucket, though; they get poured over a magnet, or dumped into a container I can run a magnet through. The local scrap dealers won't accept any ferromagnetic materials in brass, copper, lead, or aluminum. Since some of the foreign ammunition manufacturers use steel primers, it's a step that must be taken. __________________ Don't even try it. It's even worse than the internet would lead you to believe.