> On Feb 6, 2016, at 18:25, Philip Yarra  wrote:
> 
> bang. The much more recently fired .30-06 shells I acquired a few weeks ago,
though, are giving me pause for thought.

I reload .30-06 by pressing the fired primers out and don't worry about them. If
these are fired cases with a struck primer, I think you're fine; I'd certainly
not worry about hacksawing. If it misfired and someone pulled the bullet, I
suppose you could have a live primer, but chances are slim.

Adam