juststarting wrote:Hi All
I have roughly 100 Hornaday cases that seems to have a crimp in the primer pocket. At first I thought, hrmm, I don't think it's a crimp (never actually seeing one before) - this is when I learned that removing a live primer is indeed possible, albeit a little stressful.
Anyhow, since I've never removed crimps before, what should I go with? I've been reading (AKA watching YouTube) about swager die which seems a bit easier to use than a pocket reamer tool. All in all though, clueless.
Anyone wishing to offer an opinion on what and how is definitely welcome.
Thanks
As others have said there are two tools for primer pockets, uniform tools and crimp removing tools. The deburring tool works and I have used a variety of gear over the years. One that is bolted to the bench at the moment is the Lyman brass prep set. It is very effective on crimps, you can not over do it, takes only a little room on the bench and is very well priced.
I do prefer the Sinclair carbide primer pocket uniform tool myself but the Lyman is a great option in one setup for the other tasks.
Hornady did crimp primers on the 17 hornet loaded factory ammo (yes I have some) but that is the only calibre that I know of that they do it for. They were having a few dramas with primers and the brass so they decided to crimp them. I have some new brass from them since then and it fine. They picked their game up since then.
Bill
Swaging your own projectiles is the ultimate in flexibility.