Question for the more experienced...

[41 Mag]

I had some media once that was the perfect size to get wedged into the flash holes in brass. It was pretty common to see me sitting at my bench with several loading trays, bullets base up, running a small finishing nail mounted into the end of a 1/4" x 8" dowel into each and every one. Looked like a tiny trash picker but hey it worked really fast and well.

Other than that I usually don't even spend the time to clean them after tumbling unless thee is that dreaded piece found stuck in the hole of a few of them.

 

[Officers'Wife]

Me, I don't even bother cleaning the primer pocket so long as I can see daylight through the flash hole and the new primer fits. But that's me and my 1.5 moa groups.

If I wanted to make ammo capable of shooting .5 moa or less, than I would do what your brother does, plus a bunch of other stuff.

Then it is his desire for a quality product, simple pride of craft... Makes sense, thank you.

Dove,

Dad taught my brother to treat his sisters with the utmost respect and gentleness. I remember it well... Selena- Dad told me - always remember to smile when you castrate pigs with your brother.

 

[jmorris]

Then it is his desire for a quality product, simple pride of craft.

A certain unnamed idiot that shall remain my brother has a habit of "polishing" (for want of a better word) the primer pockets of brass before he reloads. He claims it gives a cleaner more dependable reload. Is this normal procedure or just one of my brother's many many faulty assumptions?

What evidence does he have that the extra work makes a cleaner more dependable load?

I understand "pride of craft" but that does not always equal a more quality product but it can.

 

[gamestalker]

Man, I thought I was OCD.

I like to knock the left over residue out of the pocket to make sure the primer gets seated all the way, and I make sure the flash hole is clear, but polishing it, no.

GS

 

[bob4]

This is funny. My wife tends to go out of her way to prove people wrong too.

 

[Lloyd Smale]

been loading for over 40 years and haven't cleaned a primer pocket in the last 30. It may make you feel good to do it but its not making your ammo and more accurate. At least not a difference it doesn't take a caliper to measure

 

[orionengnr]

Dad taught my brother to treat his sisters with the utmost respect and gentleness. I remember it well... Selena- Dad told me - always remember to smile when you castrate pigs with your brother.

My dad was a working man, but fairly erudite. (However, he never put it in quite those words.)

I believe that he would have really gotten on well with your dad, and appreciated your dad's wisdom.

I sure did.