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I am just starting to reload, I bought the Lee breech lock kit tonight. I will be reloading some Greek 30-06 brass. What tool is required to remove the crimp on the primer pocket? I read it somewhere and can't find it again.
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RCBS makes a crimp remover that works on a reloading press and Dillon has one that you can mount to a bench (the better of the two in my opinion). It really depends on how many pieces of brass you think you may want to process. If you only plan to do a hundred or so, then the RCBS should work out fine. I have done several thousand rounds with the Dillon and it is definitely my favorite of the two. Both will resize .223, .308 and 30-06 brass. I believe they will aslo remove the crimp from 45ACP and 9mm, just haven't tried pistol brass on either of mine. I hope this helps.
 
While swaging is probably the best way to go, on the cheap you can just use your chamfer/deburring tool. Couple of twists takes the crimp out. However, a lot of people don't like to remove metal from the case.
 
Dillon if you have more than a few cases. I'll do a 1,000 while someone chamfers 100.
 
I'm not 100% on the HXP having a crimp. I have read that it does but I have yet to de-prime any yet.

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HXP 30-06 brass has a "stab" crimp rather than the ring crimp going all the way around the primer pocket. The 3 stake marks are easily removed with your case mouth deburr tool. A couple twists will remove the stake marks. Or you could buy a swage tool but it's not necessary for the HXP primer crimps. A headspace gauge set such as Hornady's is a good investment to adjust your sizing die to push the shoulders back a measured amount. Can save overworking your brass eliminating the possibility of case separations and make your rounds safer in semi-autos. Check out this very good article:
http://www.inlandshooters.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=99&sid=fd1cb67fa27b2917dcd74ed0a29fd314
 
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rg1 is right. HXP is crimped but some HXP is so lightly crimped it can be reprimed without having to remove any crimp. Other brass does take a fast turn with a deburring tool but not much. LC and other US milsurp is a different story.
 
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