[hzamar]

I have about 2,000 rounds of 30.06 blanks that I want to break down and get rid of. They're foreign blanks and never worked well. The primers were hit and miss with the emphasis on miss. Very few would actually fire. I tried them in different weapons (Garands, 1903s) and they weren't any good. They have the little wax paper cap/plug so emptying the powder will be easy enough but what can I do with the cases? They still have the primers in them and although they usually didn't work there's still the possibility so I don't want to recycle them. I'm not a re-loader and don't have any de-priming tools unless standard tools would work somehow.

Any ideas on disposing of the cases with live primers?

I read that a lot of people use old powder as fertilizer. Is blank powder similar enough to use as fertilizer as well?

Thanks for any input.
Herb

 

[ConRich]

If they are brass cases and Boxer primed you could give them to someone that does reload.

Rich

 

[FWP]

If they are brass cases and Boxer primed you could give them to someone that does reload.

Rich

I have some military 30/06 blanks. Mine have a rim just inside the case mouth to keep the over powder card wad in place. I don't know how that would work out while reloading.

 

[stevegun 1]

If you can get the powder out, soak the empty cases in water to deactivate the primers. It will not take long, drop them in a few at a time so you know they fill with water. 10 minutes should be enough, dump the water out and Sun dry them. Then you can recycle them and pocket some cash.

 

[smleenfield]

If you can get the powder out, soak the empty cases in water to deactivate the primers. It will not take long, drop them in a few at a time so you know they fill with water. 10 minutes should be enough, dump the water out and Sun dry them. Then you can recycle them and pocket some cash.

Water does not always deactivate a primer. I had a batch of IMI 5.56 that were thoroughly soaked with both powder and primers wet. I broke them down for components and set the cases out to dry. After about two weeks I tested the primers to make sure they were dead before depriming the cases. About 80% fired when I ran them through a bolt action rifle to test them. WD40 will kill primers for sure.

 

[stevegun 1]

Water does not always deactivate a primer. I had a batch of IMI 5.56 that were thoroughly soaked with both powder and primers wet. I broke them down for components and set the cases out to dry.

So you broke them down after they were thoroughly soaked and the powder and primers were wet.

Makes me think they should have been disassembled first, sealed primers and bullets would take some water pressure to penetrate them.

Maybe I can find some time for an experiment. Thanks for the input.

 

[wiz1997]

The recycle place I go to will not take my used up brass with primers installed period.

If the primers are still live, I'll run them through a bolt gun to pop them, kinda fun, but I'm not doing thousands.

Then decap.

Just so no one tries to sell them for what they are, I crush the cases.

 

[Sniper_M-14]

I would put them thru a bolt gun to pop the primers too. The little ring in the neck will smooth out when sized and or reloaded and fired. With that said I have been told and read some blank brass may be of lesser quality. Reloading to shoot could be a problem reloading for blanks would be OK.