Primer pocket to big
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Varminterror
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Get different brass.
AJC1
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If that's a foreign brand try a foreign primer. They are reported to be just a bit larger....
lightman
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I would put it in the scrap bucket and forget about it. Thats just me! The last time I loaded a thousand 223's I had about 40 of one headstamp that had loose pockets. I think it was CJ, going by memory.
Charlie98
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CJ is the old Chinese Norinco brass, I believe. I bought a case of that back in the day, intending on using the brass to reload for the H-bar. About 1 in 7 cases neck split in the first (factory) firing. It ALL went in the scrap bucket.
Charlie98
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Question for you: Is that 'once fired, factory' brass, or have you reloaded that brass prior?
I have never tried to "save" any brass with bad primer pockets. Too big/loose and some too fight/hard seating all have moved to scrap bucket. I guess if the only brass available has oversize pockets I could find a safe way to keep primers in place, but today that is not the case.
Blue68f100
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I've switched primer mfg sometime to get a few more firing before scrapping the brass. CCI SR is larger than Rem SR etc...
Charlie98
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Actually... I have a few questions...
My concern (and question above...) was whether or not it was once-fired factory. If it is, that takes us a few places...
Was the primer crimped in and then removed? It's not got the NATO compass, but it's 5.56mm... so that suggests maybe it had a crimped in primer that may have been removed... and hosed the primer pocket in the process.
If the OP has reloaded that at least once, already, a 'too big' primer pocket suggests very high pressure, hence my concern.
The foreign primer pocket is a likely suspect... too bad there aren't any Tula or Wolf primers around, anymore.
My concern (and question above...) was whether or not it was once-fired factory. If it is, that takes us a few places...
Was the primer crimped in and then removed? It's not got the NATO compass, but it's 5.56mm... so that suggests maybe it had a crimped in primer that may have been removed... and hosed the primer pocket in the process.
If the OP has reloaded that at least once, already, a 'too big' primer pocket suggests very high pressure, hence my concern.
The foreign primer pocket is a likely suspect... too bad there aren't any Tula or Wolf primers around, anymore.
FROGO207
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Yeah 223 brass is too easy to come by that trying to make it work is not worth it IMO. If thats my only option thenI might try a bit harder to save it. The same thing with odball/stepped 9 MM brass. If it's once fired by you then I would not trust it to reload either. Hope you have other brass also. I have no expetience with this brand and will avoid it in the future.
The .223/5.56 brass is too cheap to work very hard at trying to keep one peice of brass workable. Just pitch it & go the next piece of brass.
But If you have brass that's hard to come by and it's small primered, there is a way to bump the edges of the primer pockets with a RCBS bench primer pocket swag. I just use the .308 tool instead of the .223/5.56 tool, I don't push it very far just a gentle squeeze.
But If you have brass that's hard to come by and it's small primered, there is a way to bump the edges of the primer pockets with a RCBS bench primer pocket swag. I just use the .308 tool instead of the .223/5.56 tool, I don't push it very far just a gentle squeeze.