Reloading "crimped" primer brass

spclark

September 22, 2002 09:56

Never done much before with brass that's had the primer crimped. Ran a few Federal .223 cases thru the process & noticed the primer pockets were a bit harder to run my carbide uniformer into than the Winchester stuff I'd been used to, but they reloaded fine & worked just as well in my AR. I've accumulated a fair quantity of Black Hills, Lake City, & Federal brass now that all appears to have crimped primers & just want to do what's best with 'em before reloading. Is it a "better idea" to remove the crimp before reloading these? Do some methods work better than others? I see RCBS makes a tool that works with one of their case trimmers, as well as a reloading press die for swaging primer pockets; both are quite a bit less $$ than the device I've seen from Dillon Precision for this operation.

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  aby80

  September 22, 2002 11:02

  It is best to remove the crimp. I use the RCBS primer pocket swager and also a hand held primer pocket crimp cutter remover. You can also remove the crimps with a pocket knife if you are careful. I have also used a camfering tool. The Dillon tool is too expensive.
  
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  GPWEAPON

  September 22, 2002 15:33

  I've used the Dillon Swager found better results with a reamer/champhering tool in a drill press seem's to be faster with a cleaner pocket

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  Iconoclast

  September 23, 2002 05:14

  Never been impressed with the RCBS swager; pretty slow. I have some of the old Lyman manual hand tools. As long as the tool is inserted square to the pocket, almost impossible to screw up. Gives me something to do between segments of Fox News.

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  ATF

  September 24, 2002 06:51

  Go to a machine shop and ask if they have an old lathe center drill.Grind off the skinny end and you have a perfect champhering tool.Use in drill press or hand drill in vise.
  
  
  
  
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