Reloading primers with homemade priming compound H-48

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If you don't know how to properly refine materials and diaper method.
Stay away from this method. You might as well make perch flash in a washing machine.
There is much safer and more effective materials for creating your own primers.

I just can't imagine working with something this small although I have saved thousands of primers, I hope I never have to resort to making them.

what kind of measurements are those? two tenths of a grain.... sometimes i think the US just wants to joke around

Bob Ross of primer reloading..."Happy little chemicals...Happy little trees"

First start by passing each ingredient through it's own sieve mesh, 200mesh would be great. This way you take the lumps out before you mix anything.

Most or not all wives are a compound of un happy chemicals

Considering how I got a 5 minute Tinnitus after someone shot an empty, primed cartridge next to me, you might want to not have the big ass pile of powder next to where you're working on priming, pushing the anvils,...
And: grounding against static electricity could also save your fingers.

But: very interesting.
I don't reload or plan on doing anything like that, but still: very interesting

You should be wearing gloves and at least a mask messing with antimony sulfide, if not working under a hood.

Howdy, I need your help.can I use this for my Black Powder caps ?

story of happy cemical &unhappy cemical

So unstable flash powder with ground glass. Nice don’t think I’ll be doing this. I like my hands and eyes.

This illustrates the stupidity of our government. Make something illegal or unavailable, the people will find a work around.

I was into fireworks and became quite good at making shells. The round ones that launch from tubes.

Working with aluminum powder is quite dangerous. It’s one of the main ingredients for flash powder used in M-80s.

Ball mills are indispensable for fine powder.

The technique of using a folded sheet of paper for fold mixing is classic for mixing powder ingredients of unstable compositions such as flash powders or primer comps.

Key here is that this work is extremely dangerous and you need to study and understand everything your doing.

But as our gun grabbing officials pursue their plans, we the people develop alternatives. It’s a losing battle of cat and mouse.

The saga of homemade primers is in its infancy. It’s just a matter of time until we see surplus or homemade machines to make primers in our garage.

My advice, be sure and wash your hands thoroughly before taking a leak! 😂

What if you can’t get anvils? What could be used instead?

Didn't know Bob Ross made primers! Great video.

What happen . Kclo3 and red phasparas

That is a massive mix of those chemicals. I've seen what smaller amounts do. I was on the edge of my seat, watching, and when your phone went off, I jumped out of my skin.😂 It was a good unintended jump scare.

Wate what kind of sulfied the first sound you spoke seemed low. Something.

Hands covered in chemistry? Unsafe

Be very very very super careful or it will explode I learned the trades secrets at the age of 8 when I lived with my aunt in Germany working on guns and such I don't recommend people trying to make explosives for you never know who can show up yes in Germany people do own guns but it's really different than people think

You have me LingOL at Happy Little Chemicals

AHCHEW!!!!!!

...last year I bought a large quantity of those Pop Its...kids noisemakers from the days of my yout' wonder if they could be used as a basic porosity compound???

..the Bob Ross of primer compound ...

For those interested, if you crush these ingredients with a mortar and pestle, DO NOT USE ONE MORTAR AND PESTEL FOR ALL INGREDIENTS.
To be absolutely safe, acquire multiple mortars and pestles to crush the individual ingredients, and then mix them separately.
Be sure to lable your Mortars and your pestels so you dinae accidentally blend the different ingredients together while crushing, as a combination of the wrong ingredients WILL result in some lost eyebrows at best, or a fragmentation bomb at worse.

It is also advisable to mix primer compound AWAY from any other explosive or emflammable compounds, as accidents WILL happen.
One bit of static zap or one random bolt falling on your tool shelf, or just mixing your chemicals a little too vigorously, and BOOM.
Primer compound is a HIGHLY VOLATILE explosive, a little bit made at a time will go a long way. DO NOT MIX UP AND KEEP A 5 GALLON BUCKET OF READY PRIMER COMPOUND ‘FOR LATER USE”..
Dinae even mix up a Pound of the stuff to make primers in one sitting. Keep your batches SMALL.

The last thing you want is to try making a pound of primer compound in one sitting, and be remembered as ‘the bloke who vaporized himself and blew up his garage.” by your neighbors and remaining relatives…


Keep all that in mind, and you can enjoy making thousands of primers for years to come.
Happy reloading, and keep your fingers attached.

Hi,
Can modeling glue be better than shellac for the final step ?

You really need to make a 100 capacity plate set for charging with powder, packing and seating the anvils. You can charge and seat anvils in 100 primers in 3 - 5 minutes safely and uniformly. It's a scaled down factory method and it works perfectly.

Would it not be better to use the little poppers you buy for 4th of july then mix finely ground gunpower with it then add it to the primer case the poppers compound would give it shock ignition and GP would give it the power it need to set off the charge

After watching this video I am faced with a decision.
Do I want to try this?
Or
Do I want to set my hair on fire and best it out with a tac hammer?
Mmmmmm after much deliberation I’m off to look for a match.
Very interesting indeed, thanks for sharing, but it’s not for me

Did you make the attachment for your press that your using to push the anvil into the cup? If so could you make a video on how you made it or instructions, or where you got it?

While I was quite the shooter in my youth, it was always with factory made, modern primers. I never had a hobby cannon, etc.

I know that modern primers have an anvil as part of their design, but why do you need them here? Won't the paper disk along with shellac hold them together?

And if I may ask, what is the difference between a friction primer and a regular primer that's used in a modern gun? Yours look the same. (Though I am sure modern primers don't contain glass.)

I assume what happens with this friction primer is the ground glass becomes hot due to friction when the primer is "struck" and the heat sets off the unstable "stuff" in the mixture?

Lastly, I assume all the chemicals can be purchased at a chemical supply house?

By the way, shellac is used to treat the areas of wood where the grain changes direction. You apply the shellac and it prevents that area from absorbing as much stain. If you don't used shellac, the downward curve of your stock will be noticeably darker after applying the stain.

Learned that the hard way when I sanded down the stock of my Ruger 10/22 to treat some deep nicks and lighten the stocks tone a few shades. I always thought the stock a bit too dark for my taste. Live and learn- I was no less proud of my first "gunsmithing" job, lol.

I actually used that little carbine to compete against bolt action target rifles. While they of course beat me, it was not by much. They were shocked at how accurate that rifle was. The instructor was really impressed and asked me what my technique was. Being a kid, I had no technique, lol. I just knew that the Ruger 10/22 was a great gun. He said that if I put target sights on it, I could likely be as good or better than the bolt action 22s I competed against- pretty good for a carbine!

Anyway, thanks so much for this! I had no idea you could make your own primers- friction or otherwise.

The commercial producer I saw made trays of 1,000. It was plastic with shallow holes the size of the cups. A small vacuum pump held them in, and a small wand would suck up the backward cups. Then, he opened a plastic tub and used a plastic putty knife to smear the compound into them evenly. A plate with holes through it the thickness of the anvils was filled. Slid into place, and the paper between pulled out. Rolled and let dry.

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interesting thought, comparison of H-48 and Prime All both are respective and awesome, so a VS video not so much just compared to video...

Is it corrosive?

Just a heads up but is a violation of fed law to do this in a dwelling. I use potassium chlorate 0.70 grams and red phosphorus 0.30 grams and nitrocellulose lacquer.

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Happy little chemicals lol,i dont think so. Folks-this is how not to prepare explosive compounds! There are much easier and much safer ways of making your own primer compound,i wouldn't recommend doing what this guy is doing,he will eventually blow his fingers off his hands or worse!

I think your video would come off more professional if you had a CLEAN table to work on without all the junk sitting around. And also use gloves so that your skin oils don't transfer. A little precaution goes a very long way. Think before posting videos how others will perceive your ideas... And have things ready and staged makes it more interesting instead of knocking things on the floor... JMHO Thumbs Up for your efforts anyway!

Where do we find all of the happy chemicals that go in the primer

Why do you need ground glass?

dirty remmington 700 trigger, home made primers, how about homemade propellant? what could go wrong? just do not add red phosphorous.for a little more bang!

Where can I find the resources
Can’t find everything

Is the potassium chlorate the same as the stuff the sell as a nutritional supplement?

How did the test go?

I'm A bit in the dark what is the purpose of sodium bicarbonate in this mix, to de-sensitize it? Old ,good mix of 90% mercury fulminate and 10% KClO3 would leave this composition a long way behind,Yes,yes I know -mercury is toxic,but so is the lead

Doe you really mean grams, instead of grains? I've never seen a grains conversion for pure chemicals before.

hate when they make a diy video and never test at the end.

"Happy little chemicals... "
-Bob Ross, if he worked with the Weathermen