Testing Primers without the pop.

[arakboss]

If I removed the anvil from a live primer and tested it in a firearm for firing pin indentation what are the chances I would still get a pop from the primer mix going off?

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[American123]

If I removed the anvil from a live primer and tested it in a firearm for firing pin indentation what are the chances I would still get a pop from the primer mix going off?

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My 1st guess was no ignition, but seeing as I had no proof I went down to the basement and removed an anvil. The 1st thing that happens is primer powder fell out of the first one the second some stayed in and no boom boom.
oh yeah did you count and and see if there were only 999 rounds????
Edited August 24, 2011 by johnhurd

Primer with no anvil

Finished loading about 1000 rounds of 9mm major and noticed that there was an anvil from a primer sitting in my Dillon RF-100. I have one of the following conditions: 1. One of the primers is missing an anvil - will it fire? will it be a squib? or will it just not ignite the powder (best case) an...

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[padraig]

Isn't that basically the definition of a Berdan primer?

 

[P7M13]

Spray it with WD-40. Or water....

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[joken]

I can tell you that sweat will kill musket caps that could have killed Elk that day.

 

[ramrod52]

If I removed the anvil from a live primer and tested it in a firearm for firing pin indentation what are the chances I would still get a pop from the primer mix going off?

I assume you are testing an unknown quantity, either the firing pin/ firing pin spring/ hammer spring, or the primer.
Either way I would think you want to make sure it goes bang consistently.
If the noise is not too objectionable I would fire the primer complete with anvil.
FWIW

 

[arrowshooter]

I wondered the same thing some years back when I was chasing light primer strikes, but I ended up just rolling up a towel and putting the end of the barrel in it. Ultimately my issue was primers not seated properly.