Primer pocket go/no go gauges
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I hope you also ordered the OAL fluid 'cause without that you're stuck with unlubed cases.....and we know what that causes....
No, I usually just toss brass that deprimes too easily which works well enough for cheap pistol brass. You shooting expensive rifle brass?
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I've never encountered this. Maybe I'm just too new to reloading, but it seems like I chuck brass for other reasons before the primer pockets can get that out of spec. It's worth mentioning that I don't anneal either, so after 8 loads the brass gets chucked.
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I use them since I swage alot of crimped military brass (pistol AND rifle).
The set that Brownell's sells is from Ballistic Products and I find them to be excellent. I test all primer pockets after processing.
Anything that is loose goes in the scrap bucket.
The set that Brownell's sells is from Ballistic Products and I find them to be excellent. I test all primer pockets after processing.
Anything that is loose goes in the scrap bucket.
First reaction: No effing way.
After a few minutes: I've had some primers come out of my reloads. This might not be such a crazy idea. And they're only $12.99 ea. I've spent more on dumber stuff
After a few minutes: I've had some primers come out of my reloads. This might not be such a crazy idea. And they're only $12.99 ea. I've spent more on dumber stuff
I generally do the same, but I just recently ran across a piece of range pickup brass with a crimped in place primer, and once the crimp was removed it would not hold a primer. I mean it was so loose the primer would drop in and out freely.
I had a bunch of 5.56 like that, I’d mistakenly used the large primer pocket swaging rod on a few thousand pieces of brass. It was a sad day.
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This came to may attention from shooting my 10mm SW. Either a WW primer failed or the primer pocket was too large but the escaping gas pitted the slide face. I was pretty sad when I saw it.