Primer seated upside down

[ghbucky]

First time I've done it.

How to safely deal with it?

 

[Smoke & Recoil]

Hydraulically, fill case with water and smack a rod of the appropriate size.

 

[Electrod47]

Just knock it out the usual way. Close your eyes on the down stroke.

 

[Jim Watson]

Push it out with a slow push on the press handle.
I have done a number and not popped one yet.
I paint it black with a marker and reuse it right way up, but save the round for practice.

 

[GeauxTide]

Push it out with a slow push on the press handle.
I have done a number and not popped one yet.

I do the same, but I trash the primer.

 

[ghbucky]

Thanks, folks

 

[RoyceP]

Wear safety glasses and earmuffs while decapping. I've done it many times with no issues.

 

[Nick_C_S]

Push it out with a slow push on the press handle.
I have done a number and not popped one yet.
I paint it black with a marker and reuse it right way up, but save the round for practice.

Same here ^. Hearing and vision protection is a good idea - just in case.

P.S., in 39 years of loading - some quarter-million rounds - I've only up-ended a primer twice.

 

[Seamaster]

Make sure primer catch bin is empty, to avoid looking for one good primer in a bin of spent primers. great idea to mark primer with permanent marker, if it should fail to fire in the future, you'll know why.