Are These Primer Pockets Clean Enough?

[peeplwtchr]

Hi All-

I realise that I may get laughed for this, but I am new to reloading. I just wet tumbled my first batch of deprimed brass. I went through about 30 casings, and pulled the worst I could find for this picture. Many had zero residue, and then varying degrees, up to this level. My question is, would you reload these without using a primer pocket eaner?

Thanks!

 

[mrawesome22-250]

It's been proven over and over that cleaning primer pockets is a complete waste of time. Dirty pockets have zero effect on reliabilty or accuracy of the cartridge.

 

[Virginia Jim]

In fact, scrapeing primer pockets could cause some dirt to find it’s way in to the flash hole.
They do look pretty clean, though. Nothing to laugh at.

 

[Blue68f100]

I don't worry about how clean the primer pocket get when I wet clean with SS pins.

 

[Frulk]

On my reloading bench that would be considered factory new brass.

 

[higgite]

To answer your question, if you mean clean enough to eat from, yes.

 

[wankerjake]

Haha never cleaned a primer pocket for a handgun cartridge even once

 

[peeplwtchr]

I don't worry about how clean the primer pocket get when I wet clean with SS pins.

To answer your question, if you mean clean enough to eat from, yes.

Thanks everyone. I probably could've skipped hour #2 in the tumbler then.

 

[Obturation]

I may be strange but I clean my primer pockets. I also trim straight wall pistol cases. Some people do things that others think is a waste of time. I think a lot of things that are commonly done are a total waste of time but the people doing it see these things as necessary . Cleaning your brass is a good habit, consistency is my goal and there is nothing wrong with removing crud from pockets. I know guys who don't tumble brass at all, they punch the primers out and load the dirty brass without a problem, I'm just not like that. Do what you like.

 

[Dead Eye Duck]

look pretty clean

 

[LiveLife]

My question is, would you reload these without using a primer pocket eaner?

Yes.

But I only inspect and clean brass I am going to reload for matches ... And I no longer shoot matches ...

 

[jmorris]

As long as the old primer is completely out of it, it’s good to go.

 

[lordpaxman]

I don’t deprime before wet tumbling and I don’t clean primer pockets on 9mm, or most pistol calibers. Your primer pockets are are just fine and so waiting for that nice clean primer.... Good luck!

 

[Walkalong]

I never clean primer pockets on handgun brass, and it's self limiting. I do clean precision rifle primer pockets as well as use a primer pocket uniformer on them and use click adjustable hand priming tools to seat the primers.

Call me crazy on either one.

 

[jebova2301]

About the only time you may potentially see any real issues from a dirty primer pocket is if you literally let it build up so much crud in there that you can't get the primer to seat to the proper depth(which will take several reloads...I've gotten to 10 before in .223 with no cleaning and only stopped because the primer pockets were getting loose). Other than that, it is clean enough to function just fine.

 

[Walkalong]

it's self limiting.

 

[Highland Lofts]

Your brass is fine, there are a lot of different views of tumbleing and primer pockets.
If you tumble why not have nice clean primer pockets that comes with wet tumbleing.

Once you wet tumble the dry tumbleing stuff generally gets out away.

 

[entropy]

Yes, they are clean enough. Way cleaner than I ever get mine. (I do not deprime before tumbling brass.)

 

[kelbro]

I wish that I could shoot a handgun well enough to see a difference in cleaning the primer pockets! My Bullseye days are way behind me now.

 

[Erich Duplantis]

I clean all my pockets, I have had some primers not seat deep enough when I first started reloading...From then on I cleaned all my pockets. I guess if you doing a thousand at a time it is tiresome. But I rarely load more than 200 at one sitting so it it not a big thing. I use a pencil wire brush on a dremel (sp?) clean bright pocket 2 seconds each tops.

 

[docbrown]

They are too clean. Immediately send them to me and I will dirty them up a bit for you...

Hi All-

I realise that I may get laughed for this, but I am new to reloading. I just wet tumbled my first batch of deprimed brass. I went through about 30 casings, and pulled the worst I could find for this picture. Many had zero residue, and then varying degrees, up to this level. My question is, would you reload these without using a primer pocket eaner?

Thanks!

 

[Dudedog]

Should be good to go, load, shoot, repeat

I realise that I may get laughed for this, but I am new to reloading

Within reason, no such thing as a stupid question.
We are all here to help, so ask away
(and on occasion we are actually helpful)

 

[peeplwtchr]

Should be good to go, load, shoot, repeat


Within reason, no such thing as a stupid question.
We are all here to help, so ask away
(and on occasion we are actually helpful)

Thank you all! I will do the same, once I get this down. After 3 manuals and 100+ hours of research, I think I'm getting close, at least for 9mm.

 

[Dudedog]

Are you using Citric acid or Lemishine when you wet tumble?
I use auto wash and wax and citric acid (about a .45 case full)
The citric acid/Lemishine makes a difference.

You can find citric acid in the canning section of your grocery store (usually) or on Amazon.
I just ordered 5lbs from Amazon $15
https://www.amazon.com/Milliard-Cit...=1&keywords=citric+acid&qid=1599163530&sr=8-3

5lbs is enough to last a LONG time....
1lb is $10 still a lot but 4 more pounds for another $5....I couldn't resist.
I may die of old age and still have 2 lbs left

 

[Thomasss]

If you live to tell about the day a cartridge blew up in your face because a primer was sticking out too far and the chamber wasn't completely closed, maybe you will understand why it is important not to cut corners like not cleaning the primer pockets. It happened to me once. I load thousand of rounds, for myself and for my family. It may not happen to you, but then why take a chance. Clean pockets will always give you good ignition, which is important especially in winter. And finally, I have found debris stuck in the flash hole that I would have never seen unless I was cleaning the primer pocket.