Primer manufacturing- Why not ?

[JB White]

What would it take for me to start making primers ?

Hmmmm...for starters I would think:

Financing for R&D, manufacturing equipment, labor force, warehouse space, sales force, distribution network, an advertising budget, a sound reputation on the market, and meeting all the Federal & State guidelines and approvals.

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[kcw]

Hmmmm...for starters I would think:

Financing for R&D, manufacturing equipment, labor force, warehouse space, sales force, distribution network, an advertising budget, a sound reputation on the market, and meeting all the Federal & State guidelines and approvals.

Not to mention that the manufacture of the primer mixture itself is a rather complicated (if you want commerical grade material) and potententially dangerous process.

[John Kepler]

Not to mention that the manufacture of the primer mixture itself is a rather complicated (if you want commerical grade material) and potententially dangerous process.

Potentially??? Bud, if it's "shock-sensitive" enough to be used as a primer, there's no "potential" about it....it's dangerous stuff! Not to mention the "L" word (lead as in lead styphnate) making it highly toxic to work with as well.

[kcw]

Potentially??? Bud, if it's "shock-sensitive" enough to be used as a primer, there's no "potential" about it....it's dangerous stuff! Not to mention the "L" word (lead as in lead styphnate) making it highly toxic to work with as well.

Back in Oct. of 1934 a thief managed to break into Remington's powder magazine @ Bridgeport. He took off with ten two-pound cans of polnol, probably thinking it was powder. Polnol, is one of the raw ingredients of the primer mixuture; it's one of the most volitile substances ever made. The amount taken could level a large part of the city.
Everyone up through the FBI was called in. Remington put large ads in the local papers warning whomever had the stuff to not touch it , just let the authorities know where it was, no other questions would be asked.
A few days later the stuff was found, by a search party of local police and Remington guards, hidden in some rocks, not far from the powder magazine.
Considering the handling that the cans must have gone through in order to be transported to the place that they were found, Remington employees nominated the thief for the title of "luckiest man of the year."