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Removing Military crimp-- swage, ream?

What I really wish is that all these ammo companies would quit loading range fodder as if it had to survive a tour in the Sandbox and firing through an M249 SAW. People want "milspec" though🤡

Much of it is made on the same machines, and removing the primer crimp would take time away from production. In reality, how much of that cheapo 'milspec' range fodder actually gets picked up by the user and reloaded? Very little I expect.
 
I use a 45 degree countersink and a drill press.

Chuck the countersink into the drill press, lift the case up to the countersink until the crimp is removed and then proceed with reloading.

It takes a while to get the feel for when to stop drilling away the crimp, but that comes quickly and you'll only ruin a couple of cases before you get the hang of it.

Remember, I'm a handloader so none of this applies to the progressive community unless they are removing crimps before starting to reload.
 
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