Removing Military Crimped Primers
Quote from Reloader on May 17, 2013, 3:11 amHi,
I have 1200 rounds of PMI brass (Korean, I believe) and have been more than satisfied with it. However, I see that there is a tiny red ring around the primer which I believe designates brass made for military. I understand that this takes some special care the first time in reloading it. Further, I purchased a Dillon swager which is supposed to do a great job on cleaning up the primer pocket crimp.
My question: What's the best way to deprime this brass the first time? I just purchased the Square Deal B and I'm wondering if I can simply run the brass through with no primers loaded and no powder load ... i.e. just to get the primer out.
I'm also wondering if there's another way to deprime these cases before I use the swager on them. I guess my biggest concern is whether depriming these crimped primer shells will put too much pressure on the deprimer pin.
I'd appreciate any help!
Thanks,
Gary
Hi,
I have 1200 rounds of PMI brass (Korean, I believe) and have been more than satisfied with it. However, I see that there is a tiny red ring around the primer which I believe designates brass made for military. I understand that this takes some special care the first time in reloading it. Further, I purchased a Dillon swager which is supposed to do a great job on cleaning up the primer pocket crimp.
My question: What's the best way to deprime this brass the first time? I just purchased the Square Deal B and I'm wondering if I can simply run the brass through with no primers loaded and no powder load ... i.e. just to get the primer out.
I'm also wondering if there's another way to deprime these cases before I use the swager on them. I guess my biggest concern is whether depriming these crimped primer shells will put too much pressure on the deprimer pin.
I'd appreciate any help!
Thanks,
Gary
Quote from Reloader on May 17, 2013, 4:08 pmExactly. Just deprime and resize the brass only, run them through the machine into the bin. Swage, then run through the machine to load them.
Exactly. Just deprime and resize the brass only, run them through the machine into the bin. Swage, then run through the machine to load them.
Quote from Reloader on May 22, 2013, 6:16 pmYou can find and old single stage and a carbide decapper/sizer and do that too. I find it works as well as running through the machine. Keeps things separate also, non swaged over there, and swaged and ready over here.
You can find and old single stage and a carbide decapper/sizer and do that too. I find it works as well as running through the machine. Keeps things separate also, non swaged over there, and swaged and ready over here.
Quote from Reloader on January 23, 2014, 3:02 pmThe red ring is just a sealant, but there is a better than average probability that it is crimped primers in there.
Personally, Id go and get a cheap (I mean cheap) c type single stage press and a lee universal decapping die.. it wont even size them, just pop the primer out. As much as people complain about lee products.. their universal decapping die (and the pin in it) is more than sufficient. Shoot, I think I could use that decapping pin as a spare truck axle.
To remove the crimp.. doubt you'll find anything easier and more fool proof than the superswager. ONLY thing that comes remotely close is the ch4d pocket swager, and it doesnt support the case head (shouldn't be an issue if you have it adjust correctly... IF)
The red ring is just a sealant, but there is a better than average probability that it is crimped primers in there.
Personally, Id go and get a cheap (I mean cheap) c type single stage press and a lee universal decapping die.. it wont even size them, just pop the primer out. As much as people complain about lee products.. their universal decapping die (and the pin in it) is more than sufficient. Shoot, I think I could use that decapping pin as a spare truck axle.
To remove the crimp.. doubt you'll find anything easier and more fool proof than the superswager. ONLY thing that comes remotely close is the ch4d pocket swager, and it doesnt support the case head (shouldn't be an issue if you have it adjust correctly... IF)