I’m fairly new to hand loading, maybe going on 2 years new and so I’ve run across something new to me. I’m prepping some once fired 224 Valkyrie brass, Hornady & Federal. I’m priming with a Hornady hand priming tool. No issues with any brass I’ve primed to date. I’ve also loaded 300WM, 6.5CM, .243 Win & 6.5 Grendel. The Hornady 224V brass is being troublesome, I’m getting deformed primers, very hard to press in, so I stopped. I took a sampling with my calipers. The Federal primer pockets are .172- .173, no issues, and the Hornady are running .170-.171. So it looks like I’ve found my problem.
I see there’s quite a few tools available for primer pockets but I only want to buy the one that will work for me. Need advice, what do I need to get?
I see there’s quite a few tools available for primer pockets but I only want to buy the one that will work for me. Need advice, what do I need to get?