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In the next year I want to start fooling with loading 223 and of course a lot of the brass has crimped primers. What is the best solution? Ideally this would not take up a ton of space or be very costly.
CH4D makes the best swager in my opinion. Order now and you might get it by next year. They are really behind.
https://www.ch4d.com/products/equipment/case-tools/psk
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This will fit/work on a Lee single stage?
Being a life long machinist/mechanic the first time I encountered a primer crimp, I immediately thought of a countersink. I had a few in my tool box (60 degree x 1/2" on a 1/4" hex shaft) and deburred/decrimped 100 45 ACP cases. Now and with several thousand cases decrimped, I have had zero problems. While not a "dedicated reloading tool", it is effecient, inexpensive, easy to use and easily found in any good hardware store. I have intentionally over cut some primer pickets, even down to about 3/32" chamfer (0.093") and have had no primer blow outs/blown primers. https://www.mcmaster.com/countersinks/
Yes the RCBS swage tool does an excellent job or removing the crimp, large or small primer pockets. I use it all the time.A swage kit (I use RCBS) is faster than reaming, once you've sorted headstamps. It also leaves the pockets more durable.
I have given up on swagging because it is so brand and lot dependent. I just ream the crimp out of the primer pockets with an RCBS pocket reamer. It has a stop so you cant remove too much and if you use it in a cordless drill, its every bit as fast as my Dillion 600 Swagger.
It will work on the Co-ax but it will need the shell holder adapter instead of the jaws. Found this video with the Co-ax.Yes, it should. It won't work well on something like a Forster Co-Ax with an overhead swing but should be fine for most others.
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I've used about every tool and method that there is, except for the C-H tool and a Dillon 1050, and I've not found anything that works everytime on every headstamp. The guys with Dillon 1050's report great success with their tool. But not everyone has a 1050.
The Lyman and RCBS reamers worked ok but seem to dull quickly. Lots of guy like the Hornady reamer but I've not tried it. Many guys use their rocket looking deburring tool.
I started using a Wilson tool that fits my Wilson trimmer. It does a great job but its slow and its hard on bare fingers. Wilsons cutter is of much greater quality than Lyman's and RCBS's tool, in my opinion. I just finished doing 1050-1060 223 cases on my Wilson set-up and it was a slow job. I've used their tool chucked up in a drill but you have to be careful or you wobble and enlarge the primer pocket.
In short, a crimped primer is a PITA!
This will fit/work on a Lee single stage?