Re: Removing live primer from case
"..we have to qualify a response or some nimrod will figure out a way to screw it up, like using a vice, a screwdriver and a ball pein hammer to remove a few hundred because it's not considered dangerous. Sorry, that's as creative as I can get for an example,.."
In my early days ('65), I obtained a good supply of surplus .30-06 1942 GI ammo with corrosive primers. Corrosive primers aren't the awesome problem some seem to think but I decided to pull the bullets and powder on a few hundred and replace the primers with non-corrosive. I borrowed a Lee Loader to do it with, <span style="font-style: italic">that Loader does require a hammer to drive primers out</span> and <span style="text-decoration: underline">virtually every one of the crimped-in primers did go off</span> in the process. But, even in those days I had the good sense to wear a leather work glove on my left hand as I held the decapper rod in place to hit it with the hammer, the glove protected the heel of my hand from the blown debris quite well, and I wore muffs because of the sharp POP; I still live and the decap rod never blew out of my hand - proving that primers aren't half-sticks of dynamite! Those cases worked great (I still have some in use today, quite a few were eventually reformed to .22-250) after I reamed the primer crimps out. So you may understand why I don't get the quivering sweats when I think of pushing live caps out of uncrimped cases in the conventional manner.
And, I'm sure to the consternation of some, I have even tumbled a few hundred live cartridges to remove case lube just to see how it worked. It worked. But, I usually just wipe lube off with a cloth dampened with mineral spririts because it's faster.