Really, REALLY snug primer pockets

[Fishslayer]

What brand of primers? CCI have been known to give some issues. I switched to Winchester.

I also load on a LCT and I have to really lean on the lever to get CCI LPP to seat in .45ACP.

 

[JSmith]

What brand of primers?

That might help, huh? Remington No. 1-1/2 small pistol primers.

 

[witchhunter]

Try a primer pocket uniformer, mine is a Sinclair, works perfectly. They make a drill chuck for it, you can do a bunch fairly fast and you are good to go. The primer pockets will all be the same size after the uniformer. You might have some primers that are oversized, and your pockets are undersized, this will fix the brass.

 

[thump_rrr]

Reloading .38spl (again), this time a batch of PMC brass. (Where does all this stuff come from? I thought I'd loaded all the .38spl cases 3 weeks ago...)

The PMC primer pockets seem to be much more snug than the Blazer brass I loaded a short while back. I am really pushing hard on the lever (Lee Classic turret) and the best I can manage is dead flush with the base of the case. Other primers are raised a couple of thousandths. (I'm not a weak person, and they can only go so far. I put my left hand on the back of the press at the top to brace it while I pushed on the lever with my right, so believe me - they're in as far as they'll go!)

Has anyone else come across brass with especially snug primer pockets? (This stuff is once-fired brass.)

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[mdi]

I also prime brass on my Lee Turret. But, I usually have a single stage set up with a ram prime and use that. There are easier ways to prime brass and the awkward pushing/lifting of the lever makes it seem harder...