Making Primers Part 2

[mjmoto72]

tweesers might help no ? good job this is somehting im really worried about.. not able to use my bullets for lack of primers. he could that powder be made into a solution maybe..?

[mjmoto72]

tweesers might help  no ?

[Cannibalriot]

I wonder if sugar and potassium nitrate mixed (Rocket Candy) would ignite under hammer strike pressure? Stuff's cheap as chips to make and plenty readily available. I just don't know if it ignites under sudden pressure.

[palex9]

isnt there a way to just buy the compond a match head is made of or is that way more dangerous or more complicated?

[ammosmith]

@palex9 I'm sure there is but this video is intended as a last ditch effort if the stores are closed and you're in a deep shit situation

[MrCherubhair1]

@ammosmith I don't have a primer machine, can i do it without it?

[dogbone222]

can you make the anvil by your self at home for small parts around the house? if so please try it. i dunno if it'll work. and what about ring caps will it send off sparks?

[ammosmith]

@dogbone222 The anvil is part of the primer. Ring caps would not work because the primer itself is exposed to a lot of pressure. The material in will work.

[flyboy5062001]

Thanks, I have always just dumped my spent primers in to a 5 gal bucket. I must have a 100 thousand of them.

Good tip in a pinch.

[georgear15]

I use 8shot ring caps,i mix w/90-100% alcohol mix to a paste fill primer cup.I use titegroup for its flawless ignition works 100% for me

[shelterduck]

got any tips on doing this you can send me i have thought about ring caps just never tryed it

[ammosmith]

I am experimenting with paper roll caps. So far so good. Use a small hole punch and you'll get a nice clean cut. 2-3 seem to work good.

[emitman85]

it worked for my .38 special. thanks

[sjstewart1]

This actually works quite well. I popped primers out of some 30/06 shells I remembered I had. I did however just crush up the whole compound of the match, sulfur and all. And man, what a bang. Not a pop, an actual bang. About 3/4 as loud as a factory primer so there is some definate power behind it. Very cool stuff. Thanks ammosmith!! You're my new hero.

[ammosmith]

Make sure you clean your barrel...it's corrosive.

[sjstewart1]

Already done. I shoot blackpowder as well and I learned a long time ago what happens when you don't clean outtha sulfur. Thanks for lookin' out though, I appreciate it.

[sjstewart1]

Your videos are great man. I was just wondering about your preference in not using the sulfur portion of the match. It's my understanding that sulfur lowers the overall ignition point significantly and would make the primer more reliable. I love the enginuity and wish I hadn't dumped all of my used primers.

[ammosmith]

I am trying paper cap gun caps now..very promising.

[sjstewart1]

Can't wait to see. Keep those videos rolling.........

[danratsnapnames]

if you had to do so, i guess this can work. .however, i think i would rather go flintlock before doing this.. if the rounds sit for to long, the match head powder could work out of the primer and into the round, and not work at all or worse go off in your storage. expeically if its stored in a vehicle where lots of vibration is. one thing about primer powder, its made to specifically go off when 15 lps of force hits it.. match sticks are no where near that, closer to 5lps..

[snowdogthewolf]

Cool video, but man that looks tedious! It almost makes me willing to apy the $50 + shipping scalper prices for pistol primers (especially since you point out towards the end of the video that these aren't 100%). Still, very nice to know used primers can actually be used again.

[sincitylv24]

make a thick paste and fill primers let dry and

there you go primers as good as production ones

[sincitylv24]

Hello ammosmith !! great vids man ,. Try taking cheap 22 rim fire bullets or the 22cal

ramset cartridge used in construction . Remove the lead bullet or open the crimped end of the shell

dump out the gun powder and keep for other projects.. Then look in to the bottom of the shell you will see a bright green or yellow or orange paste arround the rim .. use pliers and carefully crimp arround the case to break up the

paste. dump and repeat. put powder in with 2 drops of acetone

[stove6]

Ammosmith! You are the man..

Thanks for your diligence in putting these

videos together. They are very useful for me.

[wallenba]

I thought about trying this once by using percussion cap powder, but thought twice about removing the active element from the caps. I assume that it would be fulminate of mercury?

[filthywalrus]

you're not supposed to close the slide on an already-chambered round, just FYI. makes your extractor snap over the rim and can break it.

[KaosX]

that's an old myth, modern extractors can handle it just fine.

[littlegrabbiZZ9PZA]

It all depends on the extractor... some are rounded off at the front to do just that.

What's true is that long-extractor Mauser systems most definetely do NOT like being closed on a chambered case, but most other guns deal with it just fine.

[Oheeeoh]

Great.

Now next week I won't be able to find wooden matches anywhere. :(

[ammosmith]

Go to the toy store and get those red paper caps for cap guns.

[cabern1977]

I haven't tried the paper caps, but Wal-Mart has some of the plastic caps for the revolver type cap guns (also the blue strips). I dug out 4 caps and assembled the contents into one primer. I held a piece of paper at the muzzle of my 45 ACP and it punched a hole in the paper...holy smoke...2 will probably be enough to light some powder :) Ammosmith, i have learned alot from your videos. I really enjoy the 45 ACP glue stick slugs!

[ammosmith]

Thanks!

[imperialfleet1]

Ingenious presentation, thank you!

Note that when a 1911 slide is locked open and a round is dropped directly into the chamber and the slide is snapped shut it makes the extractor work in a way it is not designed to. Instead of allowing the cartridge to slide behind the extractor's hook from the underside, it forces the extractor's blunt leading nose to impact the rear of the cartridge at high speed. This can cause the extractor hook to fracture and snap off, thus causing an immediate problem.

[CelticSouthland]

Yes, there is lead in those primers.

I would wear a dust mask and gloves when doing that.

[WINGofaBLASPHEMER]

this is a very interesting concept

[redneckco08]

great video , never thought of that before i want to start working on this concept with a rifle probaly a 7.62x39 or a .223 any advice

[ammosmith]

Yes, be careful. I haven't tried it with rifle yet so watch your pressures.

[Crazy4nitro]

Nice Video,

I would like to see a Video of these primers working with assembled rounds.

I'm gonna try it and run them over my Chrono and compare them with a Known Chrono'd load.

Thanks for the Info.

'Nitro

[Iraqveteran8888]

Way to go....thats using the noggin'

[Eaglecreekbrewer]

Man, that will make you appreciate $25/1000. I will go get more now. Like right now.

But thanks, you just never know.

[BitterHouse]

once again, thank you for a great video!!!!!

i remember my father experimenting with cap gun caps for his navy arms black powder. he used to cut around them with a razor blade and then slice them thin ways. basically cutting off that red paper and leaving the cap "disk" whole. he stacked them up so he had a few high, maybe 3 or 4 but my memory is hazy. i do remember that it worked just fine. it should work in brass. it should be more powerful and reliable too.

Semper Fi!

[Vicryl007]

Can you use the cap gun powder for the igniter? I would think it would work better since it's pressure sensitive

[ammosmith]

I think it would work great. I haven't tried it though. I think I might have to.

[CelticSouthland]

That is what those rolls of caps were originally intended for.

Good thinking!

[ctgolfer]

Obama and his friends may have us all doing this some day, for now I am going to put away a few extra thousend primers, I have huge fingers and this would be almost impossable for me! Thanks for the videos!

[Bassfooler]

thanks for video and your knowledge

[BadKarma556]

This is a good method to know. Thanks for sharing you knowledge.