Cherokeewind Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 I've been doing it the hard way for years. somebody has to have figured out a better way.........Please share! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PhotoRecon Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 I'm using water and steel pin media in my rotary tumbler and it does a great job on the primer pockets... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tires2burn Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Deprime and SS pins, Hot water, Dawn and lemi shine in a tumbler makes your brass look like jewelry. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jc3257 Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Deprime and SS pins, Hot water, Dawn and lemi shine in a tumbler makes your brass look like jewelry.I do the same without the SS pins. Works great and I never have to worry about pins stuck in the primer hole.Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cherokeewind Posted May 8, 2020 Author Share Posted May 8, 2020 Which tumbler are you guys using? Thanks:) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PhotoRecon Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Rotary Rebel 17 via Amazon... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tires2burn Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 There are many available out there. I built my own Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tires2burn Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 5 hours ago, jc3257 said: I do the same without the SS pins. Works great and I never have to worry about pins stuck in the primer hole. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk The pins I use are .047x.269. Never had any problems with this size. Two won't fit in the flash hole and one drops through. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sarge Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 29 minutes ago, Cherokeewind said: Which tumbler are you guys using? Thanks:) FART https://www.amazon.com/Frankford-Arsenal-Separator-Polishing-Reloading/dp/B00HTN4R6O?ref_=ast_sto_dp Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MadBomber Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 For 45 ACP, I quit worrying about the primer pockets a couple decades ago. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Postal Bob Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 6 hours ago, MadBomber said: For 45 ACP, I quit worrying about the primer pockets a couple decades ago. Agree, as I do for all pistol rounds. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dwbsig Posted May 8, 2020 Share Posted May 8, 2020 Yeah I don’t clean pistol primer pockets either only rifle which I use a cutter and drill motor that uniforms the depth while cutting it, leaves it looking new. I clean my brass with a Lyman vibratory using corn cob /walnut. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RePete Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 As others have said, I don't do primer pockets for pistol - over 30 years. I done test with rifle - cleaning vs not cleaning, and for me I don't do them very often. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wide45 Posted May 9, 2020 Share Posted May 9, 2020 No reason to clean pistol primer pockets Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stick Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 On 5/8/2020 at 6:51 PM, Postal Bob said: Agree, as I do for all pistol rounds. Agreed! No need to clean primer pockets on pistol rounds. Clean, load and go. No need to clean them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
99mpower Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 no need for pistol rounds, unless you are shooting bullseye competition, and want to verify the ammo is as precise as possible. More often then not, ammo is more precise then you anyways. I only clean primer pockets on my precision rifle ammo Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jory45acp Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 On 5/10/2020 at 3:34 AM, stick said: Agreed! No need to clean primer pockets on pistol rounds. Clean, load and go. No need to clean them. I have to agree with this, in 20 yrs of loading I've never had any issue with primer pockets on a pistol round that caused a problem. That includes all calibers 9mm through 45acp in semi auto, and .38spec. through .445 super mag in revolvers. To be honest even in rifle .223 I never bothered for years doing any work on them. I would put more time into my match ammo but for plinking, range and doggin ammo I never bothered and never had a problem. Now with wet tumblers, they take care of it for you if you deprime first. I will also vouch for Extreme Tumblers Rebel 17 Ammo Reloading Tumblers, they are high quality well built tumblers. I have run mine for years zero issues and they are built like a tank. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Igloodude Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 On 5/22/2020 at 5:05 PM, 99mpower said: no need for pistol rounds, unless you are shooting bullseye competition, and want to verify the ammo is as precise as possible. More often then not, ammo is more precise then you anyways. I only clean primer pockets on my precision rifle ammo And even in Bullseye, it'd only be for the slowfire, which is typically one-third of the overall competition. And there, I'd think that you'd improve your overall match scores more by dryfire practice than spending that same amount of time cleaning primer pockets. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cherokeewind Posted June 20, 2020 Author Share Posted June 20, 2020 I've been accused of being anal...........guess it's true:) I do remember reading many years ago that Jim Clarke only cleaned pockets after the third reloading............... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
99mpower Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 18 hours ago, Igloodude said: And even in Bullseye, it'd only be for the slowfire, which is typically one-third of the overall competition. And there, I'd think that you'd improve your overall match scores more by dryfire practice than spending that same amount of time cleaning primer pockets. absolutely agree.. more dryfire, less trying to make every round "perfect" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joe4d Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 I have never ONCE cleaned a primer pocket, other than a hand reamer on crimped brass. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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