military crimps--- swager or ream ?

[BCboy]

whats the best for getting rid of military primer crimps , Do you ream or do you use the RCBS swager thing
whats better and why?
thanks in advance for the input guys

 

[Abman]

Dillon Swager 600 is the tool.
w w w .dillonprecision.com/#/content/p/9/pid/25263/catid/8/Super_Swage_600

 

[RePete]

Swage, because you do not remove metal.

I have reamed too.

 

[furface]

I prefer to swage as it seems to do a better job more quickly than reaming.I use the RCBS swage kit but it does consume a little time.

 

[Silverback]

I use the Dillon swager.

 

[Slavex]

swage then ream to uniform the primer pockets.

 

[Shootshellz]

If lots of cases to prepare, I swage ( I own both the RCBS and Dillon tools). If just a few, I ream with the Hornady hand held tools. Both methods work fine.

 

[tiriaq]

swage then ream to uniform the primer pockets.

I have found it necessary to ream lightly after swaging with an RCBS too to insure smooth primer seating.

Often, I just remove the remains of the crimp with a touch of a power driven chamfering tool.

 

[sunray]

Neither is better. Swaging is a bit quicker though. All you really need to do is chamfer the crimp off.

 

[762shooter]

Removing crimp

Neither is better. Swaging is a bit quicker though. All you really need to do is chamfer the crimp off.

I remove the the crimp with a countersink in my drill press. I run the drill press at low speed and just hold the inverted case against the countersink for a second or so and the job it done. No faster, easier way to do it!

 

[carbonrod]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHy-Tvg4xPo
talk about a video being worth a thousand pictures.

 

[BCboy]

Bought a used RCBS swager Combo............No instructions . Can anyone tell me how to use it ? what is the washer thing for ?

 

[RePete]

PM sent.

 

[TimC]

I try and avoid military ammo but when I cant I get a mate to do mine for me, he is into precision work so they all come uniformed!

 

[Boomer]

I've found that the Wilson reamer does a very nice job and produces uniform case to case results. The RCBS swager while perhaps faster, did not make as nice a job. I'm glad I had the reamer for a batch of .308 Lapua I bought with the primers crimped in place.

 

[303carbine]

Neither is better. Swaging is a bit quicker though. All you really need to do is chamfer the crimp off.

Gotta agree with this statement.............