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billindenver · November 27, 2007, 10:27 PM

So tonight I put my new rock chucker supreme kit to some use. I pulled the .30-06 shells out of the tumbler, washed them in hot water and wiped the rest of the red dust off of the exterior of the cases. After wiping each case down I set it upside down in an ammo storage box to dry. So, that was fun...why not decap them now as well. So, I rolled thema cross the lube pad and decapped each of them. That was so much fun, the next thing I knew I had the priming tool in my hand and presto they all have primers...big fun. BUT...they didn't sit over night to dry from the washing. Makes me wonder if there was any water sitting in the primer pocket, and if so...will it ruin the primer?

Do I need to remove the primers from those 50 cases?

Bill

November 27, 2007, 10:27 PM	#1
billindenver Senior Member Join Date: September 21, 2007 Location: Colorado - Paradise Posts: 322	newby reloader has a question So tonight I put my new rock chucker supreme kit to some use. I pulled the .30-06 shells out of the tumbler, washed them in hot water and wiped the rest of the red dust off of the exterior of the cases. After wiping each case down I set it upside down in an ammo storage box to dry. So, that was fun...why not decap them now as well. So, I rolled thema cross the lube pad and decapped each of them. That was so much fun, the next thing I knew I had the priming tool in my hand and presto they all have primers...big fun. BUT...they didn't sit over night to dry from the washing. Makes me wonder if there was any water sitting in the primer pocket, and if so...will it ruin the primer? Do I need to remove the primers from those 50 cases? Bill