RainDodger
Member
Ok, I've been loading a long time, and yes I've loaded a boatload of prior-military brass and I've dealt with the crimped primer pockets in a number of ways. Generally these days, I ream them because it's easy and fast to do for me.
I've never bothered much about the crimps in pistol cases. In the past, I've just punched the primers and seated new ones without messing with whatever crimp is left behind. Generally the primers go in fine, and occasionally one shears a bit of the old crimp off, but they all go in okay.
I recently came into a decent sized supply of military 9mm cases... like roughly 15,000. I've started to process them... cleaning them up, then I'll start sizing and punching the primers.
Question for you guys that do a lot of military pistol cases... do you remove the crimps, or do you just load them? I don't care about the method... I can swage or ream, it doesn't matter. What I'd like to know is, do you remove that crimp or have you historically just seated a primer in there and gone to the range?
I'm just deciding on how I want to handle all this brass and whether I want to take the time to ream them.
So... you experience guys - tell me what you do.
Thanks a ton.
I've never bothered much about the crimps in pistol cases. In the past, I've just punched the primers and seated new ones without messing with whatever crimp is left behind. Generally the primers go in fine, and occasionally one shears a bit of the old crimp off, but they all go in okay.
I recently came into a decent sized supply of military 9mm cases... like roughly 15,000. I've started to process them... cleaning them up, then I'll start sizing and punching the primers.
Question for you guys that do a lot of military pistol cases... do you remove the crimps, or do you just load them? I don't care about the method... I can swage or ream, it doesn't matter. What I'd like to know is, do you remove that crimp or have you historically just seated a primer in there and gone to the range?
I'm just deciding on how I want to handle all this brass and whether I want to take the time to ream them.
So... you experience guys - tell me what you do.
Thanks a ton.