Is it me or are the primer pockets on S&B 9mm brass hard as He!! to seat a new primer in? I have a lot of range brass and I had a devil of a time getting the S&B brass to re-prime. I didn't have that problem with the S&B .45 brass however.
S&B 9mm Brass Hard to Prime??
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MaterDei
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In my experience S&B, as a general rule, has tight primer pockets. fwiw, they seem to not like CCI primers. Most of my experience with it is in .45 though I have loaded some 9 as well.
Good luck.
Good luck.
Deavis
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Heck yeah those suckers are tough to prime! I've said it in a few of the primer detonation threads, S&B is one of two (The other being military brass) headstamps that I've detonated a primer in when seating. If the pocket feels tight, I pull the brass, and throw it away. When you are cranking out over a thousand rounds an hour, it isn't worth your time to fiddle with crappy brass that costs next to nothing. I have heard that it gets easier to prime after 2-3 firings (including the first) but I'm just not that patient.
Black Snowman
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If you're priming with an auto-priming tool with a tray full of primers it can be bad, but just a loud bang otherwise. I had a boatload of PMC 223 Rem brass given to me and it was cheaper to buy the RCBS primer pocket swaging dies than it was to replace my brass. I had to MASH those cases with the swagger to get the crimp out enough for consistant priming with my CCI primers. Way tight.
I had a similar problem, but slightly less severe, with some S&B 44 mag brass.
I had a similar problem, but slightly less severe, with some S&B 44 mag brass.
armoredman
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How very funny - I was just getting online to mention the very same thing. A buddy gave me a big bag of 9mm range brass, and I tumbled, deprimed, and resized them all last night, and this morning ran nto the S&B primer pocket - got three to go before I just eliminated all 9mm S&B from the stack. I put them into a baggie waiting for a primer pocket reamer....
Still got 250 good cases from the range scrapings, though, even after throwing anything slightly suspect away....life is too short to shoot bad brass.
Still got 250 good cases from the range scrapings, though, even after throwing anything slightly suspect away....life is too short to shoot bad brass.
BluesBear
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You could just swage or ream the primer pockets like you would military brass.
Smythe77
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To swager or ream the military brass I still found it was not worth the chance. Once I used up my once fired reloads I simply dumped them in the brass junk pail for split or damaged other brass plus .22. Our Club gets a decent price for such brass.
Went straight to all the 9mm the RCMP were leaving around,when practicing on our range, & now have a maze of it all being good Winchester & Federal brass. So gone are the days of BRITTLE military brass designed for the old Sten SMG.
RCMP asked me if they had to pick up their spent brass & I said "heck no for we will pick it up for our reloads". They are satisfied & so are we for ALL at our Club reloads.
Went straight to all the 9mm the RCMP were leaving around,when practicing on our range, & now have a maze of it all being good Winchester & Federal brass. So gone are the days of BRITTLE military brass designed for the old Sten SMG.
RCMP asked me if they had to pick up their spent brass & I said "heck no for we will pick it up for our reloads". They are satisfied & so are we for ALL at our Club reloads.
Deavis
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That's the one! You jump, do the 4 touch test (spectacles, testicles, wallet, and watch!), throw the offending brass away, and move on!
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