Military crimp removal
I have been using a Lyman hand pocket uniformer for this job and am sick of it. I have been told that someone (RCBS?) makes a good unit with a teat (so the guy called it) that just slides in and out much easier and resized the crimp out. What gives? Is it for a press or what? I have a Lee press and Lyman Accutrimmer. What will work here? Thanks!
"...hit your enemy in the belly, and kick him when he is down, and boil his prisoners in oil- if you take any- and torture his women and children. Then people will keep clear of you..." -Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, speaking at the Hague Peace Conf
"...hit your enemy in the belly, and kick him when he is down, and boil his prisoners in oil- if you take any- and torture his women and children. Then people will keep clear of you..." -Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, speaking at the Hague Peace Conf
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Here is the RCBS tool
http://www.rcbs.com/equipment.html
Click Case Prep in the menu
Primer Pocket Swager
part # 09495
Goes in your press
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Dillon makes a primer pocket swager that bolts to your bench. Expensive, but it works well.
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Thanks. I put a bid in on one at ebay; if it goes too high I will just buy one from Midway for $21.
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I've got an RCBS that doesn't work so hot. The radius of the button is too small and only partially irons out the crimp on both small and large primer sizes. You still have to use a chamfering tool.
It takes a good bumping to both flatten the crimp and pull the button out. I dont think the light Lee press is up to it.0 -
You could probably just put the piece from the Lyman tool in a small electric drill and use that. I remember removing some of those crimps from some 45 ACP cases. Definitely no fun. After that, I vowed never again!
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I have chucked the Lyman piece into a drill. Works better but still mor effort than I want with several hundred pieces of brass to process. I have had just glowing reviews of the RCBS piece from a number of people who shoot competitively, so I will try it. I am confident my Lee O frame press should prove up to the task but no way I would try it with the C press. And if it doesn't I'll pick up a used RCBS at the next gunshow.
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I've used the RCBS pocket swagger on hundreds of military 30-06 brass and have had only about 3% that the pocket didn't swag correctly. On the ones that didn't swag right the primer was hard to get in and did flatten out. I've also tried the hand swaggers but more often than not got the primer pocket to large. I prefer the RCBS over other methods. 0 -
I had the best luck with a primer pocket reamer it cut the crimp out and champhered at the same time used on .308. would put it in a drill press and really turn out some brass. had the dillon swager and found it too much work. finaly started buying brass with the pocket already swagged. then ended buying new factory brass. you didn't say what caliber you were loading. there are some great deal's on onced fired factory brass on site. 0 -
The caliber is 30-06. I have 1400 rounds of surplus ammo from CMP. I have already shot and hand reamed 400 and am sick of it. I reload and will eventually use the brass; I go through a batch of brass and reload it all in increments until it is all once fired; then I go through it all until all twice fired, etc. Some I am going to reload for a freind who is getting a Garand and is only planning to shoot it occasionally; I told him I would load him as much ammo as he wants for actual cost of components, with free brass.
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At one time or another I also fiddled around with crimped brass. Tried hand reaming, drill powered etc. The best solution for me was to order the adapter from MIDWAY that chucks up in a drill press. Your reaming tool RCBS or others fits inside the adapter. Then, let the drill press do the work. Hand turning kills my hands.
I also trim (length) my brass (large lots) on the drill press with the Forester tool that bolts to your drill press table. Hope this helps...
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