Looking for a crimped primer solution!

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Trying to reload PMC brass, and cant with the crimped primer that was previously installed.

Looking for the official store-bought solution, and the hillbilly solution to find the most economical means of fixing 1000pcs of brass.

Ive seen the Dillon Super Swage 600, and seeing if theres a cheaper solution.

cheers,
Chris
 
A proper chamfer tool, like a Lyman, can make it a wrist-punishing job.

Or, get a countersink bit and chuck it up in a drill. Just ream off the small crimp-ridge and you're set.

-M
 
Both Dillon and RCBS make primer pocket swaging tools. Dillon is reputed to be better.
You can also use a case chamfering tool. If you can spin it in a drill, all the better. Don't cut too deep.
 
RCBS to the Rescue

... For years and years, I've been using the RCBS "Primer Pocket Swagger" .... Simple to use but it can get a little tiring on the hands. It does work well though, and is very simple! ( nothing to break, jam or go wrong ! )... Does small and large sized Primer Pockets. ..... David K :cheers:
 
David K said:
... For years and years, I've been using the RCBS "Primer Pocket Swagger" .... Simple to use but it can get a little tiring on the hands. It does work well though, and is very simple! ( nothing to break, jam or go wrong ! )... Does small and large sized Primer Pockets. ..... David K :cheers:
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will that work in a lee turret press?
 
I used a RCBS Deburring Tool and did around 100 PMC cases in about 15 minutes. It only took about half a turn per case to remove the crimp.
 
You sure your brass is crimped? Most PMC brass isn't. It's commercial brass, not milsurp.
"...the hillbilly solution..." That'd be the 'field expedient' solution. snicker.
"...Don't cut too deep..." Absolutely. Just a light touch.
You could go completely nuts and buy an RCBS Trim Mate Case Prep Centre. Lists at $152.95US. The extra's aren't cheap either(Mind you, nothing from RCBS is cheap). A LR Primer Pocket Uniformer lists at $27.95US each. Same for the SR and SP uniformer. $19.95US each, for the large or small milsurp crimp remover. Don't know what they'd be worth here.
A chamfering tool, used in front of the TV, is the least expensive method.
 
I took the lyman chamfer tool (the one that comes threaded into a handle) unscrewed it, threaded on a nut and chucked it on my drill.

works well, doesnt over-cut, but you might want to wear a glove, that brass tends to be sharp (ask me how i know)
 
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I use the Hornady primer pocket reamer/crimp removal tool,$18 US for the handle and L & S primer pocket reamers. For larger batches I chuck the head up in my cordless drill. I recently knock out about 500 9MM WCC cases in a couple hours.

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I just did a couple hundred IVI 9mm's in about an hour.
I chucked up a counter sink in my small drill press and held them in my finger up to the spinning counter sink.
A split second later their done.
 
The RCBS one is the one that fits in the press and uses a swaging pin on the shell holder, right?

Looked like an easy enough rig to use.

My ghetto solution for a pail of IVI 5.56 brass was to cut out the displaced material with a carbide ball end burr, meant for a die grinder. IIRC the size I settled on was a 3/16" one. I used a metal lathe to turn the burr, but a drill press would work really well too. Didn't need to move a lot of material, and the results are working for me.

Cheers
Trev
 
I use Lee's chamfer tool. That's the tool designed for removing burrs from the case mouths after you trim them. Just chuck them up in a drill and it leaves a nice little chamfer in the primer pocket. I've done hundreds of cases that way.
 
After much fiddling I have a setup for .223 that I'm happy with. I use a dillon swager which has a very success rate. I still get a case the odd time that the primer won't seat as easily. This weekend I used the lyman tool after the dillon swager to just sort of do a final cleaning on the primer pockets. Usually there is no resistance at all but on the odd case you get just a touch and it cleans it up really nicely.
I can't wait to get my Giraud trimmer this week.
 
CH, Herter's, RF Wells, Krupp-American and several others ALL used to make little table-top ones. You put the casing on the shaft, stuck the swage into the primer pocket and hit it with a hammer.

Appropriate technology for the job (low-tech in this case).

Cheap.

Worked.

Tools last just about forever.

Gives you some exercise.

Keeps the hydro bill down.

Winner all the way, I'd call it.
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Dillon Super Swage 600 is the way to go. Bought mine from Henry Nierychlo. Best service by the way.

Very easy to set up and only takes seconds to swage each case. Did 1000 cases in an evening.
 
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