tisch006 Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Fairly new to reloading. I've produced approx 200 rds in the last couple of weeks. So, do I need to worry about cleaning my primer pockets? It's kinda a pain in the rear! I'm loading .40 s&w for a stock XD-40. I just shoot weekly matches at our local league and am shooting limited (major). Here's what I've been using 185 berry's plated 5.4 WSF CCI #500 OAL 1.135 Lee Breech lock Lee 4 die set Thanks for your opinion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mscott Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 no need to clean primer pocket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Waste of time for these games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 precision/long range shooting: absolutely! USPSA shooting: dont waste your time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LT45 Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 Hell... buying the primers cleans my pockets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tgford58 Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 I think you got your answer. Clean the cases not the pockets. But clean the cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corey Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 yes, clean the brass itself in a tumbler of some kind to get the residue off, but dont waste the time/effort on the primer pocket itself. just kick the old one out, put a new one in, add powder and a bullet. shoot and repeat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noylj Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 For anything other than Benchrest, Silhouette, or long-range varmint hunting with a sub-1/2 MOA rifle, it is no more than a "feel-good" activity. For any pistol, including bullseye, the accuracy of the gun doesn't approach the "maybe" 0.01" group improvement you might get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 Sounds like it's unanimous to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman Posted August 21, 2010 Share Posted August 21, 2010 No. Your just gonna get it all icky again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gohuskers Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Only clean for high-precision rifles and even then....i'm not so sure it's necessary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmurch Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Only if there's walnut shell in them............... Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star4Ever Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 I only clean and uniform my 6PPC benchrest cases and my 22-250's. For pistols... which are reloaded on a Star Universal (9mm, 45 ACP, .38 Special and .38 SuperComp, the answer is no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBore56 Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 I never bothered cleaning pistol brass primer pockets. I cleaned my Precision Rifle loads after every tumbling, but have since quit that. I shot a control group (.308 Match load) with and without cleaning...same group size at 600 yards! Go figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joecichlid Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 I'm the oddball once more. lol I do clean my primer pockets but only to make sure the primers seat all the way each time. I guess I have too much time on my hands. Joe W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JThompson Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 Sounds like it's unanimous to me! Gotta be a million to one shot around here! JT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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