Repairing Loose Primer Pocket?

I'm in the same boat,,, if the primer is that loose,,, then its garbage...

The issue is over loading the cartridge way to many times,,, if a person wants faster ft-per seconds and more energy down range,,, buy a cartridge that can deliver the mail with out over loading...

Life is just that simple...

Go buy a Warberg,,, BMG,,, maybe a 20 mill if you really want to knock stuff down at 2 or 3 miles,,, if that dosen't cut it,,, steep it up to the 8 mile with a 72 or 76mm... LOL


80 to 90% of my reloads are in the tame node area,,, 19 to 25 reloads if not more,,, then I finish them off for hunting,,, pitching that junk on rapped replete hunting shots is a good thing...

Fat chance I'd waist my time fixing garbage brass primer pockets,,, more power to be for those that choose to shoot un-sized / unknown refab brass...

All of us that shoot for accuracy will stick to the brass sizing ideas that work """consistently"""

A 5 grade bolt,,, ball bearing,,, ball-peen hammer and a work bench wouldn't cut it for the majority of it...

Here's and example:

$1.00 per 1 brass cartridge.
$1.00 / by 7 shots = $0.14 cents per shot...
$1.00 / by 20 shots = $0.05 cents per shot...

Why would 5 or 14 cents break your bank is beyond me,,, if a person is only getting 2 or 3 shots before the primer pocket is stretched beyond seating the next primers...

You got serious issues happening,,, it might be wizer to pay attention to the bolt handle flying out of the action taking part of the shooters face off...

A few years ago 22 shooters at a shooting match got a chance to witness a near miss,,, the shooter and the folks on either side of him...

All 3 got sprinkles of brass that day...

Cheers from the North
 
Lots of folks are missing the point, here, and some are just expounding nonsense. If you feel that you are going to lose your fingers or your life from a case head separation, or even a case head failure, then throw your rifle away, not your brass. It just doesn't happen that way, fellers, unless you're shooting junk...
If you are using 20 cent brass, then none of this conversation is for you either. If you're using 2 dollar brass that has be necked and prepped, and know your way around a rifle, and have a good understanding of how brass works and flows, then maybe tightening a primer pocket isn't such a bad idea, especially when it comes to saving time, not wasting it. The bad idea comes from how that pocket gets tightened. There are lots of ways it can be done, and just like many reloading methods and techniques, some, or none, may be for some, or none.
As said above...common sense isn't so common.

R.
 
Hmmm ! My method is usually toss them in a scrap brass bin. I always give my face's priority first, any suspicious of reloading, I usually dispose them, rather shot in any of my rifles.
 
Hitzy said:
If you are shooting a Rem 700, Savage 10 or the like, or Mauser 98, they handle case seperation like a champ!
All bets are off for any other make lol.
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Both my no 1 mk3 and the no 4 Mk1 handle a split case with no issue,just use the case extractor and back in business.
 
when this happens to .303 I just convert them to .209 and use them for .410 brass(could do the same with .444 marlin and 9.3x74r) stuff like .577-450 or .577 snider gets a shotgun primer as well but these are BP cartridges so does not really matter. anything else that's in the hard to find category I don't think I would shoot them enough to even wear out brass and there's ways of making casings for pretty much anything from commonly available brass 9.3x57 can be made from 8mm Mauser easily 9.3x62 can be made from .30-06 even .577-450 can be made from .30-06 if you have a lathe
 
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