tenchu74 Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 I've been reloading for a while now on a Lee Turret press. I've been cleaning the primer pocket after I size and punch out the primer. I was thinking about progressive presses and it dawned on me that most people who use them probably don't clean the pocket cuz they would have to take the shell out of rotation and slow down the process. Is cleaning the primer pocket necessary? Who does it or doesn't do it? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarge863 Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 I do it for .223 brass but in my opinion not needed for pistol brass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankie Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 I do it for .223 brass but in my opinion not needed for pistol brass. I agree with sarge it's not needed on pistol brass. I clean primer pockets on all rifle brass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ranger Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Been reloading for decades - never cleaned out a pistol primer pocket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Not for our needs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 I do on everything, however, I stainless pin everything and deprime it prior to that operation. I know a number of people who have never cleaned a primer pocket on anything and evidently most of their stuff goes bang with some degree of regularity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justsomeguy Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Since the de-priming operation pretty much cleans out the hole the primer fires through, I have never cleaned the primer pockets of any pistol round, and I must admit, few of those on rifle rounds though I shoot rifle infrequently and not for score. I have never had a failure to fire due to some obstruction in the pistol case many of which were reloaded more than 10 times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZackJones Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 I de-prime all of my brass before I tumble it. I started doing that when I bought some .45 ACP brass and it was a mixture of large and small primer pockets and I was having a hard time visually telling the difference with the primer still in the brass. Now when I come home from the range I run all of the brass through a Lee single stage press using the universal de-capping die. It only takes a few minutes and it allows the primer area to be cleaned during tumbling. The media I use is fine enough that it doesn't get stuck in the pocket during tumbling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Rod Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 Only for my bolt gun. Never for pistol. Kinda takes away some of the benefit of having a progressive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tenchu74 Posted December 29, 2013 Author Share Posted December 29, 2013 Thanks guys, that's what I thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cecil Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 I de-prime all my brass before wet tumbling them.. my brass looks like new inside and out.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJ 40 Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 Surely you jest,only for accuracy rifle. SJ 40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GARD72977 Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 When wet cleaning I tend to do it. I have noticed that If I use the S/S media sometimes I have a hard time getting the primer pockets dry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandof Posted December 30, 2013 Share Posted December 30, 2013 I don't sort by head stamp, clean primer pockets, or trim pistol brass. I clean and uniform primer pockets and trim to length rifle brass. It works fine for my applications with 5.56. If I were shooting precision rifle games I'd likely do more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cecil Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 When wet cleaning I tend to do it. I have noticed that If I use the S/S media sometimes I have a hard time getting the primer pockets dry. spread your brass on a cookie sheet .. put them in your oven for 20 minutes on low.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted December 31, 2013 Share Posted December 31, 2013 All I do after stainless pinning is rinse the brass and pins, seperate and then dump brass on old bath towel and shake back and forth for 30/45 seconds and into the tumbler with fine walnut hull and Nu-Finish. Generally just seperating the pins from the brass gets a considerable amount of the water out of the brass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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