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Posted: 12/29/2009 6:51:04 PM EDT
| I have 3 (so far) Lake City .223 brass cases that have shallow primer pockets. I found them while hand priming. These are previously fired cases so I'm wondering what primers were in these originally. They would need to be shallow in comparision to CCI 400's. Should I pitch the brass or save it? |
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That is a problem with tooling and the rate at which they are created. The punch which forms the pocket wears on the corners. When primed, the machine has enough force to seat the primer because it is supported by a rod from the inside instead of the rim. Just get a PP uniformer. |
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Get a Redding primer pocket uniformer and cut them to the proper depth, I uniform all my brass whether it needs it or not just to make sure every primer is seated to the same depth.
You had might as well get the tool, your going to want/need it sooner or later anyway and it's one of those tools every reloading bench should have anyway. The Redding is the best(and fits in my Trim Mate so I dont have to do the turning), the Sinclair is great also(you could chuck it in a drill), but one could get away with just the Lyman(I started with this one) or Possum Hollow as a cheaper alternative but they just dont cut as fast and wear out faster. ETA: I type to slow, there was only one reply when I started my post. 
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