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I have a bunch of S&B .38 Special and .357 Magnum brass, and 10's of thousands of Remington 1.5 primers. That's a bad combination; the S&B primer pockets are too tight, and the Rem 1.5 primers are too tight, and when you put them together they won't load at all. Federal small rifle primers fit just fine, so I'll probably seperate out the S&B .357 brass and use the SR primers for a while. But eventually I'll run out because I don't have all that many Federal primers, and the gun shop is out of them.
I tried using a Lee chamfer tool to bevel the pockets a little, and that didn't help. What using about a primer pocket uniformer, like maybe this one:
http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=501588&t=11082005
I wish I had tried a couple of small packages of Rem 1.5 primers before I went and bought a couple of cases of 'em...
I don't have any problem with Rem large pistol primers, just the smalls. They are hard to seat in just about any brand of brass unless it is about worn out, and they won't fit in the S&B's at all. (I'm surprised I didn't detonate any while trying to seat them.)
I tried using a Lee chamfer tool to bevel the pockets a little, and that didn't help. What using about a primer pocket uniformer, like maybe this one:
http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=501588&t=11082005
I wish I had tried a couple of small packages of Rem 1.5 primers before I went and bought a couple of cases of 'em...
I don't have any problem with Rem large pistol primers, just the smalls. They are hard to seat in just about any brand of brass unless it is about worn out, and they won't fit in the S&B's at all. (I'm surprised I didn't detonate any while trying to seat them.)