How do you dispose of spent primers?

fastcarsgofast

Can they be recycled, or do they just go in the trash?

Toolfogie

I put mine in an old peanut butter jar. Every once in a while I look at it and say, Wow that's a lot of primers. I'm on my second jar.[:D]

geeguy

I just throw mine in the trash, as long as they are "spent" primers.

If you only have a jar full, you don't reload much. The saying goes you need a 5 gallon bucket of .45 ACP spent primers before you really learn how to shoot the gun. I'm working on my 2nd (or 3rd) bucket and I still don't understand that 1911.

Rocky Raab

They recycle quite nicely. Some metal dealers will swap them for lead instead of cash, also.

bpost

They are brass, recycle them with your bad cases, buy more ammo!

Mobuck

I sell mine at the junk yard. When I took in 20# of spent primers, the guy asked where I got so many. I told I wasn't nearly done and would have that many more next spring.

bsdoyle

I save mine and put them in a shot bag and use um for sand bags. not as heavy and same purpose.

Bill Jordan

I recycle, but I like the "sand bag" idea, too!!!
BTW, I use coffee cans to save them in.

FrancF

Return to earth as lawn food.

longspur rider

I've got a 5 gal bucket full of 209's, & 2 gal of .22 brass I need to take in. If the guy will trade for lead, that would be great. I can feed the lead to my shot maker.

badchris

I take them to the scrap yard with my other reject brass.

HandLoad

LEAD Styphnate, MERCURY Fulminate, DDNP.

These are the active chemicals within your Primers, Used or New.

Not sure I would have a "SandBag" filled with used Primers!

I dispose of them by double wrapping the (Small Size!)Mayonnaise Jar I put mine in (Plastic!), and put in Trash.