willymc
Member
I’m new to reloading military brass. I’ve got brass from some Federal XM193 that I shot. I know you have to remove the primer pocket crimp before reloading. I deprimed with the Lee universal decapper. I have the RCBS primer pocket swagger combo die set up on a basic $35 Lee reloader. From what I’ve read, I was expecting to have put some elbow grease into removing the crimp and was worried that the little Lee reloader might not hold up. Much to my surprise, it didn’t take any more force that depriming. I took a ½ dozen of the de-crimped brass and reprimed with my hand priming tool. They went in smooth and straight. Was I wrong in thinking it takes a lot of force to remove the crimp or am I missing something?