Cotys Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Well shoot. I load thousands of 5.56 and have always used pre-swaged Lake City brass or bought reloads that had been swaged. I have 250 LC brass that were reworked for 300 BLK, so no crimped primer problems. I ordered 100 Remington 300 Blackout brass. They are head stamped 300 ACC BLK and come pre-primed and sealed, actually a great deal. I also discovered they are crimped primers. I didn't want to spend $106 on a super swager for 100 brass. Is there a easy method to do a small batch? I use an RCBS case prep center and possum hollow trimmer. I see they make a primer pocket uniformer that fits the case prep center. Anyone use one of these on crimped primers? I could put it in place of the primer pocket cleaner on the left. Or should I just bite the bullet and order a 600 super swager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLM Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 For 100 pieces of brass I would just get a hand operated cutter. I have the Hornady one and it was only a few bucks at a local shop. I chuck it up in a cordless drill. You could cut 100 crimps in a matter of minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Religious Shooter Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Doing it on the RCBS was OK. But it's kind of slow. I eventually got the Dillon swager. The Dillon is definitely faster than the RCBS trim mate. If you plan to reload for be a lifetime, I'd say bite the bullet and get the Dillon. Or maybe even wait for the RCBS swager to come out. http://www.midwayusa.com/product/319662/rcbs-bench-mounted-primer-pocket-swager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 For 100 pieces of brass I would just get a hand operated cutter. I have the Hornady one and it was only a few bucks at a local shop. I chuck it up in a cordless drill. You could cut 100 crimps in a matter of minutes. Same here! Hit the trigger and the crimp is gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whistlepig Posted March 12, 2012 Share Posted March 12, 2012 I vote get the hand cutter as well. I have one as well as Dillon swager, and if I only need to do a few I always grab the hand cutter first. Even if you end up with a Dillon, you will still use the hand cutter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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