Cleaning Primer Pockets. Tools?

[lightman]

I use a uniforming tool from Sinclair to make the bottom of the primer pocket flat and then the same tool to clean them. I have found that the brass can flow into the primer pocket upon firing and I sometimes get a small amount of brass each time I clean them.
I don't see any improvement in group size by uniforming the primer pocket but it makes seating the primer easier and cuts down on misfires. And its a 5 second job when the tool is chucked up in a drill.

 

[243winxb]

moon rock

will be gone soon with a change of powder. Hodgdon has 1 pound IMR 4227 listed at $ 70.99

 

[Charlie98]

will be gone soon with a change of powder. Hodgdon has 1 pound IMR 4227 listed at $ 70.99

I just picked up another 8#er at Scheels... at the old price... $277. I considered it a major victory...

 

[GW Staar]

I used to use these, until I wore out the "yankee" mechanism on the large one. But that was years before I started tumbling wet with pins. Now after tumbling I just use a "uniformer" on my TrimMate to make the depth uniform. But these Lee cleaners were fast and worked excellent for a while.

 

[Walkalong]

I have found that the brass can flow into the primer pocket upon firing and I sometimes get a small amount of brass each time I clean them.

Yep

 

[Blue68f100]

I used to use these, until I wore out the "yankee" mechanism on the large one. But that was years before I started tumbling wet with pins. Now after tumbling I just use a "uniformer" on my TrimMate to make the depth uniform. But these Lee cleaners were fast and worked excellent for a while.
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I still have the large primer size in my tool drawer. It came in a set of stuff I bought in the 70's, when I was shooting 308W and Rem 7mm Mag. Like you I let the SS pins do all the work now, a lot less work.