Primer Go no Go Primer Pocket Gauges.

I have never used them, but I also keep track of the firings on my brass. I generally toss the 223/5.56 brass in the scrapyard bucket after 5 reloads, and generally lose any other brass before it becomes an issue.

I made mine, pulled the guts out of a wlr primer then Soldered to a nail, gives me a idea on the short magnums I mess with.

Mine sit in a drawer. I did fine for 50 years without them, and don't see them improving my craft. If I recall, the go is the same size as the primer so if you can push it in the pocket by hand, its already too loose. It seemed like a good idea at the time though.

The feel of seating a primer tells me all that I need to know.

Highland Lofts said:

How many of you use the Go no Go Primer Pocket Gauges?

I have seen people talk about them so I just ordered a set of them for both Small Primer Pockets and Large Primer Pockets along with the new yearly reloading manual.
Do you guys check the Pockets every time you resize?
Ever other time.
Once in a while?
Were they worth the $12 apiece plus shipping?

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I use them frequently to detect oversize primer pockets, as well as crimped pockets that need swaging /reaming. Hate wasting time on primers that seat too easily, only to have to be removed and then pitch the case into the recycled brass bin.
I check those cases that deprive too easily, or with difficulty.

Highland Lofts said:

Do you use them for checking crimped primer pockets?

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Thats why I bought a set. Checking after i swage crimped pockets.

Highland Lofts said:

How many of you use the Go no Go Primer Pocket Gauges?

I have seen people talk about them so I just ordered a set of them for both Small Primer Pockets and Large Primer Pockets along with the new yearly reloading manual.
Do you guys check the Pockets every time you resize?
Ever other time.
Once in a while?
Were they worth the $12 apiece plus shipping?

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I use them quite a bit. Very handy when setting up to swage mil brass. Also use it to guage the pockets on my 308 and 338 LM brass......as I don't want to toss it before it's done....but I don't want to waste a load on a loose primer pocket.

Thats why I bought a set. Checking after i swage crimped pockets

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This^^^ I also use them to decide whether to chuck a piece of brass if the primer seats too easily.

If the primer goes in and does not fall out I call it good.

I use it for my rifle rounds to make sure the pockets are not too loose. I also use it with 45 acp to find the small primer brass. I also find that a lot of the 45 acp large pistol pockets are too tight. This helps me find them before trying to crush a primer in them.

I use a k&m small primer pocket uniformer pre set at .122 on virgin brass then a Lyman pocket scraper each reload followed by seating with a K&m hand primer tool as precise as I can.
You can see the difference on paper as well as on a chronograph.

I got a set and use them to test after swaging.

Primer seats with less force than usual? Mark case as Do Not Reload. Hardly any force to seat? Save primer to try in next case.

I use the gauge on (previously) crimped pockets.

I've never used them. I seat my primers with a Sinclair Primer tool and can feel the extremely tight or loose pockets. But I've thought about a set just for sorting brass. After sorting a bunch of 10mm or 45 brass and separating the small primers from the large primers it feels like your eyes are crossed.

For you guys that use one, what brand do you have?

I get a lot of brass giving to me by a guy who shoots at the LEO range, all different head stamps, don't know but he say's most of them are once fired but have run into really tight primer pockets and some loose ones I toss. I haven't loaded large pistol primers or large rifle primers yet so the large hasn't been used yet. I have found them a necessity to reloading. I am a newby so I don't have the touch yet, the gauges help.

I use my RCBS primer swager as the go/no-go gauge to see if I need to put the brass through the process. I pick up a lot of .223/5.56 brass and some percentage is crimped. I don't want to waste time swaging all the brass when only 10-25% may need it. I shake a container full of deprimed and resized brass and they all stand up with the base at the bottom. I grab a handful and start gauging. The ones that need it, go into one bin for swaging, the others go to another bin and are ready for priming.

I've never used them. Friends have them and like them but for me I'll pass.

I don't give the primers that much thought, other than cutting out a crimp from military brass. I have been reloading without a primer pocket plug gauge for 40+ years and have not had any primers fall out when case is removed and no burned bolts. If when repriming a primer feels loose going in, I set that case aside. Later I will pop the new primer out and inspect and probably toss the case. I have reloaded some hefty hand gun loads 15 times (44 Magnum, max loads of WC820 under a 240 gr or 265 gr RNFP lit by a CCI or Wolf primer) without amy stretched pockets and I've reloaded some 30-06 cases, commercial and surplus over 16 times for my Garand and no loose primers...

I use a couple of pin gauges I picked up on Amazon. I check if I start to feel primer seating force start to get a little easier. If the gauge will enter the pocket but not go all the way to the bottom I know I’m approaching the brass’ end of life. If it goes to the bottom the brass is done.

I have a ballistic tools one. I'm kind of new to reloading, comparatively speaking, and wanted to have one to check 5.56 after trying a few methods of removing the crimp. I still have only done dummy rounds in .223 - so, maybe I am just someone who likes little precision tools. I guess I just don't want to bother with the hassle of finding out I didn't prep the primer pockets correctly with a live primer. Seems worth it to me, especially working with once fired mixed brass with a lot of military crimps.

Highland Lofts said:

How many of you use the Go no Go Primer Pocket Gauges?

I have seen people talk about them so I just ordered a set of them for both Small Primer Pockets and Large Primer Pockets along with the new yearly reloading manual.
Do you guys check the Pockets every time you resize?
Ever other time.
Once in a while?
Were they worth the $12 apiece plus shipping?

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I reloaded for over 40 years before I tried one. My buddy bought a set and said he found them helpful. I do too. Don't use them all the time but they do come in handy.

I haven't used them. I use the check it by seating a primer method. I am not adverse to trying them depending on the cost, but it's probably kind of a wash as far as time is concerned. Either gauge all the brass, which is an extra step, or seat the primers and sideline the loose ones for later action.