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Posted: 4/6/2012 8:07:52 PM EDT
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I have some brass that I just primed tonight. Most of them had crimped primer pockets, and I attempted to remove the crimp with a Lee chamfer/debur tool. It seems to be a marginal solution at best, as the primer seemed to just barely fit into the pocket. My question is, some of the primers seem slightly flattened after priming due to the tighter pocket and the extra force required to seat them. Before I take a few and fire them in my rifle to see if they still work, can you all tell me if they will be fine?
A dedicated de-crimping tool is on my short list of things to get soon 
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| They will work but you better hope you get lucky finding a crimp removel tool unless your wanting to use a swager. The best one out there for crimp removel is the hornady and it's out of stock everywhere I look and Midway's backorder says it won't be back in until June. |
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They will work but you better hope you get lucky finding a crimp removel tool unless your wanting to use a swager. The best one out there for crimp removel is the hornady and it's out of stock everywhere I look and Midway's backorder says it won't be back in until June. no, the best is the dillon |
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Depending on the amount of brass you will be swaging. if its occasional and you have a single stage press then a set of RCBS swage tool will do you well. even a good used set. The have a easy learning curve and are affordable. MIDWAY has a good price on them way better than the MSRP
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They will work but you better hope you get lucky finding a crimp removel tool unless your wanting to use a swager. The best one out there for crimp removel is the hornady and it's out of stock everywhere I look and Midway's backorder says it won't be back in until June. no, the best is the dillon no, the best is the dillon 1050, other wise a Hornady on a motor is much nicer then the s/s 600 BTDT, still have the Hornady and 1050 |
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When a primer is flattened during seating, it's possible that the priming compound could get cracked in an extreme case, but I've never had a problem with ignition. When I first started reloading, I seated primers in .223 Rem cases way too hard before I got a better feel for the primer's bottoming.
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