HI all
i removed a couple of live primers last week in a standard full length die and wound the decapping pin down a few turns. glasses on, really slow and hid behind my chair as i raised the ram. Nothing went bang. thankfully. The pin was dropped to give some space between the brass and the die so the gasses could escape, in case it did fire. The last thing i wanted was a contained explosion.
if i do have to do it again, it will be with something like this.
https://youtu.be/FskNx4UBZvc