392heminut Posted January 14, 2015 Report Posted January 14, 2015 Hey, did you guys know that you can set off a live primer by sucking it up in a shop vac? <lmao> Craftsman vacs contain them pretty good though! <thumbsup>
planeflyer21 Posted January 14, 2015 Report Posted January 14, 2015 Oh man... Somebody at work once was talking about spilling a pound of powder, so they vacuumed it up. Fortunately they just torched the vacuum and some of the carpet.
survivalshop Posted January 14, 2015 Report Posted January 14, 2015 I must live lucky , because I have vacuumed up many in the past & never had one pop off . Now a days , they be expensive & if I lose a live one , everything stops till I find it .
392heminut Posted January 14, 2015 Author Report Posted January 14, 2015 SS, I'm sure I've vacuumed live ones in the past too but this is the first time I've had one pop!
survivalshop Posted January 15, 2015 Report Posted January 15, 2015 Did you think your Vac broke <laughs>
392heminut Posted January 15, 2015 Author Report Posted January 15, 2015 Nah, the vac never skipped a beat, it was just a kind of muffled pop!
mineralman55 Posted January 15, 2015 Report Posted January 15, 2015 When a primer drops to the floor (not if, when) I stop and search for it. I have vacuumed up primers and powder. Nothing has ever gone off. I don't worry about it.
washguy Posted January 16, 2015 Report Posted January 16, 2015 When I was heavy into shotshell reloading I would shopvac primers old and new along with powder spills. When we moved I could hardly lift the vac ,when i found it under the bench ,it was so full of powder and primers...fools are lucky I guess? :)Wash
shibiwan Posted January 16, 2015 Report Posted January 16, 2015 (edited) Haven't popped any in my handheld dyson....yet. Edited January 16, 2015 by shibiwan
98Z5V Posted January 17, 2015 Report Posted January 17, 2015 Haven't popped any in my handheld dyson....yet. That's damn good news, right there - you need to take care of those thumbs... I'm just sayin'...
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