How to Swag 40 cal Winchester Pistol Brass

[kgwalsh12]

Hello All,

Anyone out there run into Winchester 40 cal pistol brass with crimped primers.

How do I swag pistol brass? Is it worth it? What tool can i buy to remove teh crimped primer pockets?

 

[Silverback]

I've never seen 40 S&W with crimped primers but if you do have some I wouldn't bother with them as 40 S&W without crimps is readily available and usually free at the range if you just pick it up.
If you really want to do it, Dillon Precision makes a really good primer pocket swager and RCBS makes one that is cheaper.

 

[tjhaile]

A case mouth chamfer tool in a drill will do the job quickly and is inexpensive.

I use this Lyman bit set and find that the chamfer tool actually does a better job on small primer pockets than the reamer.
http://www.lymanproducts.com/lyman/case-prep/power-deburr-acc-kit.php

 

[zuke]

I ue a plain old counter sink in a drill press for my cripmed in stuff.
I have a couple 1000 once fired Winchester non-crimped if your interested,$30/1000+shipping.

 

[kgwalsh12]

If I look in the primer pocket there looks to be a brass ring that prevents the insertion of a new primer. So does the chamfer tool just remove the ring or make the primer pocket bigger so it will insert a new primer?

 

[tjhaile]

It just removes the ring crimp on the edge. The primer pocket itself doesn't need to be enlarged.

 

[acrashb]

Is it worth it? What tool can i buy to remove teh crimped primer pockets?

1) if you have lots of brass to do and didn't pay for it, yes. Otherwise dump the handful of crimped brass and start again.

2) here is an extensive writeup.

 

[Ganderite]

I clamp my electric drill in a vice, with a 3/8" champfer tool ($6.00 at Home Depot) running. I then take a bucket of deprimed brass and touch each one long enough to champfer the mouth of the primer pocket.

I have done buckets of military rifle brass this way. very fast -and cheap.

 

[zuke]

I clamp my electric drill in a vice, with a 3/8" champfer tool ($6.00 at Home Depot) running. I then take a bucket of deprimed brass and touch each one long enough to champfer the mouth of the primer pocket.

I have done buckets of military rifle brass this way. very fast -and cheap.