Lubricating primer pocket before swaging

[flashman]

Hi all , just got given a heap of 308win once fired brass all Hornady , the problem is the primer pocket are all crimped ,thought ok i got this get to use my swaging die out ,jumped on youtube for look see ,looked simple .till i saw a bloke lubricating the primer pocket holes , my question is will this help because the brass will need a another cleaning. It will cleaning number 3 very shinny brass...

[cz515]

Nope.

[Oldbloke]

New to me.

Edit: IMO half the brass prep people do simply isn't necessary.

De prime
Clean if required
Anneal if required
Size
Trim if required
Debur if required

The rest is bling

[Bugman]

Yep. New to me too.

[straightshooter]

Easiest way is to use a primer pocket uniforming tool. Gets rid of the crimp and uniforms the primer pocket in one operation.
No lube required.
In the distant past I have used a RCBS primer pocket swage tool and never used lube. I also have used a Hornady primer pocket chamfering tool.
I suppose the type of crimp and just how difficult it was to press out the spent primers will also play a role in the methods one would use removing the crimp.

[flashman]

Ok thanks for the info , almost makes you wander if it’s worth doing …….?

[wanneroo]

I swage a lot of brass, right now doing thousands with my Lee APP. Never used lube to do so and never heard of anyone doing that. I guess you could but I don't see the big benefit. When you do something there has to be some benefit to doing so.