Cleaning primer pockets....

I stopped cleaning primer pockets too. Waste of time. I'd rather spend more time on projectile selection (I shoot casts).
 
I clean all mine as well as I can. little pick and whatever I need to do to get it nice and clean. I also uniform and ream each one at least on my first time getting them if I am obtaining rifle brass from someone elses rifle.

Hell, I do this on BERDAN brass, its super easy on boxer brass :)
 
I use to never clean primer pockets. Then I had some issues with miss fires. I could not find any cause. And it was happening with 3 brands of primer in 4 different cartridges. So I got the tool and started cleaning primer pockets. Problem went away.

Maybe just a fluke thing. But now I tumble for about 1hour. Then size and de-prime. Back in the tumbler until they look how I want.

Te media dose the cleaning for me. I just have to check the flash hole for little bits of media that get wedged in.
 
Clean mine each and every time. Seems weird to not clean all the aspects of the brass. Clean mine with a dremel and a brass end brush, takes all of one second.
 
Rogue_wave said:
Clean mine each and every time. Seems weird to not clean all the aspects of the brass. Clean mine with a dremel and a brass end brush, takes all of one second.
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Aren't you worried about the lead being dusted up by the dremel? One of the reasons I went with SS wet tumbling.
 
On low-pressure cast loads, if the primer pockets have significant chunks/flakes of loose carbon residue, I'll give them a quick twist with a Lyman primer pocket cleaner.
Most reloads I don't bother because there's usually just some surface carbon and no chunks in the pockets.
Black powder loads I always scrub every surface including flash holes.
 
I have never cleaned primer pockets except once in the last 50 yrs of re-loading. That one time I resized before tumbling and had to poke media from the flash hole so now I tumble first and make sure the flash hole is cleared by the primer punch. I don't know if it is "better" to clean the pockets as, in well over 80,000 rounds, I haven't found a problem not doing it.
 
bsand said:
Aren't you worried about the lead being dusted up by the dremel? One of the reasons I went with SS wet tumbling.
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Don't see where the lead would come from as there is no lead in the primer pocket, unless I'm wrong ??? I do clean them out on the deck though
 
Rogue_wave said:
Don't see where the lead would come from as there is no lead in the primer pocket, unless I'm wrong ??? I do clean them out on the deck though
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"All primers currently manufactured in the U.S. use chemical ingredients that are non-mercuric and non-corrosive.The compounds that are used vary,lead styphnate,barium nitrate, and antimony sulfide are most commonly used.Most centerfire primers of either U.S. or foreign manufacturer contains all three compounds.The detection of these compounds constitutes the basis for tests to determine whether an individual has fired a firearm.Blound industries (CCI),Remington,Federal,and Winchester now manufacture some centerfire pistol ammunition that does not contain lead in the primer."

http://firearmsbasics.weebly.com/primers.html

paragraph 9.
 
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