No special primer pocket efforts
I set up a dedicated deprime-only die in a little cheapo LEE press. Immediately after shooting, I deprime the cases and throw them into the tumbler with crushed walnut shells. When they come out of the tumbler, the primer pockets are as clean as I need them to be. I then run the cases thru my carbide sizing die and the depriming pin in this die removes any little bit of tumbling media stuck in the flash holes.
This procedure allows me to run only clean cases thru my sizing dies. Been doing it this way for many, many years and I'm quite happy with the results.
JMHO of course. YMMV
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- Primer pockets -
Art,
2012-07-31, 19:09
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- I clean, size & deprime, clean primer pocket. There are - Cherokee, 2012-07-31, 19:43
- I used to then I stopped...haven't looked back. - Rob Leahy, 2012-07-31, 20:28
- Primer pockets -
bob,
2012-07-31, 20:51
- Primer pockets - bob, 2012-07-31, 20:53
- Primer pockets - Charles, 2012-07-31, 21:15
- Slovenly reloading. -
JLF,
2012-07-31, 23:40
- +1 JLF - Bob Hatfield, 2012-08-01, 04:50
- Slovenly reloading. -
Art,
2012-08-01, 06:34
- Details. - JLF, 2012-08-01, 11:57
- Slovenly reloading. -
pokynojoe,
2012-08-01, 07:57
- Slovenly reloading. - Bud, 2012-08-01, 09:08
- ...and you can't draw either! Actually, I was going to ask -
Rob Leahy,
2012-08-01, 12:52
- I'll give it a "whirl"... -
pokynojoe,
2012-08-01, 19:55
- A S&W Da revolr would be great - Rob Leahy, 2012-08-01, 23:29
- I'll give it a "whirl"... -
pokynojoe,
2012-08-01, 19:55
- No special primer pocket efforts -
Kentucky,
2012-08-01, 09:16
- No special primer pocket efforts -
Art,
2012-08-01, 18:56
- Nope, one size fits all. -
Kentucky,
2012-08-01, 20:06
- This is the press I use for decapping - Kentucky, 2012-08-01, 20:16
- Nope, one size fits all. -
Kentucky,
2012-08-01, 20:06
- No special primer pocket efforts -
Art,
2012-08-01, 18:56
- Primer pockets - Mark, 2012-08-01, 14:56
- Little of this a little of that........... - Byron, 2012-08-01, 19:34
- I have not cleaned them in 30 years - Bj2, 2012-08-01, 19:36
- Primer pockets - Catoosa, 2012-08-01, 19:44