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Old 04-18-2017, 01:02 PM
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swons73 wrote:
Now that I've started my foray into re-loading, I definitely prefer commercial 223 rounds over military 5.56 rounds. One less step to prepare the brass in the commercial 223 rounds since I don't have to worry about the crimp.
It's all in your outlook!

Reloading is one of my few opportunities to relax. I savor every minute I am at the bench. Removing the crimp on military primers is just more time I'm with my components.

Over the years I've done everything from using an L.E. Wilson champfer tool to manually ream out the crimp to using a swaging die to using a Hornady primer pocket reamer before settling on using a 90 degree TiN countersink chucked into a drill press. I just hold the crimped case between my thumb and index finger, raise it gently to the spinning countersink, rotate it about a quarter turn and it's done.
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