Military Crimp Removal w/RCBS Military Crimp Remover bit

[Fixxah]

I use a countersink bit in a drill press but on slow speed. If you are not very careful it will bite and leave a nice gouge. Sold my Dillon Super Swager. Drill press is so much faster and doesn't bother my shoulders.

Not sure which method or press you are using to prime but I would look for a bent or misaligned seating punch.

BTW, I have only been reloading for almost 2 years and am light years behind most of you.

 

[Wildkow]

Thanks for all your input guys, BTW nice blog site jmurman. I used the Dillon SS 600 Super Swage and got good results once adjusted correctly. It took a bit of fiddling but wasn't diffcult at all. When I used the reaming method, I'm a n00b remember, I discovered 3 or 4 blown primers using 24.5 grains of H335 and a Mil-spec 75 gr bullet HPBT from Wideners. That really doesn't seem to be a very hot load to me. I believe these primers came from my initial efforts to rid my Winchester brass cases of the crimp found around the primer. Not saying it's a military crimp but whatever it is does inhibit the seating of primers on my XL650 press. Yesterday I went out and had just enough time to fire off about 30 rounds of these swaged rounds and they all went bang no blown primers but I didn't have a chance to fire the hotter loads yet. Maybe sometime next week I hope. Till then thanks for all the responses to my inquiry.

Wildkow

 

[Roccobro]

YEA!!!!


Justin

 

[shilo]

I may be way wrong, but millitary brass with a headstamp "Winchester .223 rem"? Ive never seen millitary brass stamped like that. When i load .223 the winchester and remington brass has no crimp, where the pmc needs reamed out. As does the lake city. Am i wrong about the winchester headstamp as a millitary ?

WHOOPS. didnt see the 2nd and 3rd page mentioning this already. But that was my first thought

 

[otrman]

Check out this article http://www.surplusrifle.com/shooting2005/squeezeplay2/index.asp. That is the one that I use and it does a very good job. I bought a cheap Lee single stage press, the 20.00 one, and just leave it set up. Here is the company's website, www.ch4d.com.

 

[Wildkow]

I may be way wrong, but millitary brass with a headstamp "Winchester .223 rem"? Ive never seen millitary brass stamped like that. When i load .223 the winchester and remington brass has no crimp, where the pmc needs reamed out. As does the lake city. Am i wrong about the winchester headstamp as a millitary ?

WHOOPS. didnt see the 2nd and 3rd page mentioning this already. But that was my first thought

Can't say if it's a military crimp or not but I can assure you that primers don't seat unless the brass is reamed or swaged. What else would cause that to happen? Would a private party reload and put a crimp on the brass? I don't know I'm just asking if they would or could do something like that. One of the only reasons I can think of is for use in an automatic weapon.

Wildkow

 

[krs]

Wolf primers are often a tight fit...

 

[NoAlibi]

otrman

Check out this article http://www.surplusrifle.com/shooting...lay2/index.asp. That is the one that I use and it does a very good job. I bought a cheap Lee single stage press, the 20.00 one, and just leave it set up. Here is the company's website, www.ch4d.com.

I read the article "Squeeze Play" at the surplusrifle .com site and it looks very promising and I may try it. Even though they address the issue, I still have a concern that only 2/3 of the rim is supported during the swaging.

For those who have not checked it out, the article, that has plenty of photos, takes you through the process of swaging using the CH tool. Whether a noobie or old timer it's worth your time for a look-see.

Thanks for the link -- NoAlibi

PS - FWIW, this note was posted on the site:

Note 1​

Much crimped 5.56 (.223 Remington) & some 30/06-caliber ammo isn’t Mil-Surp. Much is commercial ammunition. 98% of 5.56 ammunition is fired in a semi-auto rifle. Semi-auto rifles have larger chambers and more tolerance then bolt guns, so, crimping primers in such ammo makes sense.

 

[Wildkow]

ortman's link didn't work for me so here it is again.

Thanks ortman!

Squeeze Play

http://www.surplusrifle.com/shooting2005/squeezeplay/index.asp

Squeeze Play II

http://www.surplusrifle.com/shooting2005/squeezeplay2/pdf/squeezeplay2.pdf

Wildkow