fail to fire round

[Willoughby]

what to do with a round that failed to fire ?
safe to unload ?
or just toss it ?
300WM
1st one I ever had that didnt go off
good primer strike
possible bad primer ?

[fgw_in_fla]

Have you tried to fire it a 2nd time?

Or...

Pull it apart & recycle the parts, pitch the powder & cap...

be careful, too.


Frank in Fla

[brtelec]

I would just break it down and reuse everything, except the primer of course. Usually with unfired primers I remove them hydraulically.

[earl39]

I use pliers to pull the bullet as i don't have a collet type bullet puller then i reuse the brass. I will reuse the bullet for a fouler if it shows no marks from the pliers. To remove the primer i just run them thru my decapper die. I don't use the hammer type puller so there is no sudden shock to the primer. Safety first on a struck primer.

[brtelec]

It scares the hell out of me to use a decapping pin on a once struck or unfired primer. Water works wonders for taking all the risk out of decapping.

[Blue Avenger]

it's just one, chuck it!

[earl39]

It scares the hell out of me to use a decapping pin on a once struck or unfired primer. Water works wonders for taking all the risk out of decapping.

Had to test this out before i replied. I used a wolf large magnum and a Remington 9 1/2 primer for this test. loaded the wolf primer in a piece of brass then filled it up with water and allowed it to sit for 6 minutes. At the same time i put the Remington primer in a bottle cap and filled the cap with water completely covering it anvil up to ensure no air pocket was protecting the primer compound. After 6 minutes i emptied the water out of the brass and shook it out then fired it. Surprise, surprise, surprise the primer fired. Then removed the primer and took the one covered with water (9 minutes under water) and put in the same brass and .......wait for it............BANG it also went off. I don't know how long it would take for water to kill a primer but it is by no means put water on it and it is dead. Now removing them hydraulically may be a way to remove them but they could still go off. Depending on how you do it the sudden impact of the water could and i say COULD cause the primer to go off. That said i don't know of any way to remove a primer that has not fired and say there is no way for it to go off, just that slow and easy is safer than fast and hard. So water does not take all the risk out.

[brtelec]

I do not soak them. I fill the case with water and position the case with the primer over a hole in my bench block. Then I take a dowel that just fits the case mouth and put it in it. I wrap the case mouth with a towel to keep mess to a minimum and give the dowel a rap with a hammer. Out pops the primer.

[devildogandboy]

if it doesn't fire the first time i give it a second try and wait about 1 minute before extracting the round(just in case of delayed ignition). when i get home i pull the bullet for future sight-ins and dump the powder and primer. that's my method!

[acemisser]

I use pliers to pull the bullet as i don't have a collet type bullet puller then i reuse the brass. I will reuse the bullet for a fouler if it shows no marks from the pliers. To remove the primer i just run them thru my decapper die. I don't use the hammer type puller so there is no sudden shock to the primer. Safety first on a struck primer.

Don't throw out the bullet-even if it has marks save it and shoot it later...save the powder as well as the case...

[JackinSD]

it's just one, chuck it!

+1. Not worth the time and effort

[Willoughby]

I struck primer twice -
I only have a kinetic type puller
all the components are less than a buck
its gone