crbutler wrote:Watched it. He threw all kinds of this is experimental, don't do this unless it's the zombie apocalypse crap in there. Personally I think home practical chemistry is fun, but you need to have a better working knowledge of what you are messing with than this guy showed.
Will it work?
Sure, but not very well. Near as I can tell the guy is not a reloader, so probably didn't realize that there are tools for this. If you are going to do this, realize your priming will not take pressure as well and will likely be pretty inconsistent. The stuff on some of the prepper sites about home made priming state error (failure) rates around 10% for match head priming going down into the sub 1% range for some of the more complex chemicals. Generally, the more complex stuff does require getting actual chemical reagents though.
A few searches on line will pull up more detailed ways of making your own priming compounds, but priming is easily the most dangerous part of the whole process of manufacture of ammo. The chemistry isn't that hard...but then making various war gasses isn't hard either, just not very safe.
What I would be most concerned with would be work hardening of the primer cup making it susceptible to rupture with very low pressures.
You can reload a primer at least 15 times without it being work hardened to the point that it won't work or be safe to use. Of course you can easily anneal them if desired.
Also, there are primer compounds that only become a primer compound after they have dried in the cup it's self. This is as safe as the store bought primers.
The cost for DIY primers start at about $0.80 per thousand for input chemicals. One really needs primer plates to make good use on ones time.
The only time I have ever gotten less than 100% firing is when I've been doing basic research on a compound is patentable. The addition of gum made that one fire 100% of the time.
Every serious, thoughtful and level headed reloader should learn how to reload primers. But, buy them when you can and make them when you must.
FWIW. I've reloaded primers for nearly 40 years without an explosion, etc.