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Remove the bullet and run the cartridge slowly back through the decapping/sizing station.

If you're uncomfortable with the above procedure, proceed to the nearest trash can and throw backwards cartridge away.

mikejarhead wrote:After reloading some .40 s&w i found one of the rounds with an inverted primer. Can i safely remove the primer? If not then what do i do with the round?
Mike C.

This has happened to me, more than a few times.

I was a bit nervous about pressing out a live primer, so I dunked the round in a cup of water. Then I re-sized as normal. I have done the same thing when I was re-sizing some brass that I had already primed that became stuck in the die. I dunked the whole thing in water, then pressed the round out on a hydraulic press. Worked like a champ!

As mentioned above, pull the bullet & powder, and then run the case back through the re-sizing die. The primer will come out WITHOUT problem! Just go easy on the press handle when the case goes up into the die, and also wear eye protection just in the off chance that you are that 1 in 1,000,000 person that the primer will actually ignite.

To the guy that was dunking them in water, and then pressing them out... Here's a test I want you to try... Put a primer into a case.. DO NOT PUT POWDER OR BULLET on that case. Now take that primed case and dunk it in water... Now wipe the case off on the outside, and dump the water out from inside. Now put that wet, primed, case into the chamber of your gun, and while pointing it in a safe direction pull the trigger. I think you are going to be surprised when it fires.. And it will fire. To deactivate a primer would take sitting in water for at least several days for the water to penetrate and render the compound inert. There have been tests done that have confirmed that a recently wet primer will still fire.

Kawabuggy wrote:As mentioned above, pull the bullet & powder, and then run the case back through the re-sizing die. The primer will come out WITHOUT problem! Just go easy on the press handle when the case goes up into the die, and also wear eye protection just in the off chance that you are that 1 in 1,000,000 person that the primer will actually ignite.

To the guy that was dunking them in water, and then pressing them out... Here's a test I want you to try... Put a primer into a case.. DO NOT PUT POWDER OR BULLET on that case. Now take that primed case and dunk it in water... Now wipe the case off on the outside, and dump the water out from inside. Now put that wet, primed, case into the chamber of your gun, and while pointing it in a safe direction pull the trigger. I think you are going to be surprised when it fires.. And it will fire. To deactivate a primer would take sitting in water for at least several days for the water to penetrate and render the compound inert. There have been tests done that have confirmed that a recently wet primer will still fire.

Wow! I believe you......but I think I will try it too!!

Thanks for the info

Throw it in the trash and go on with life. Your hands and eyes are way more valuable than recovering that piece of brass.