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Old 07-30-2012, 11:22 PM
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Ok - got a question as I get back into shooting & reloading after far too long a break.

been shooting at an indoor range nearby & try to get as much of my brass back & end up with lots of other - noticed on 9mm & .40 S&W some of the cases have the primer pocket reamed out quite a bit on a variety of different cases. I attached a photo & it isnt the easiest to see as I dont have a good macro lens but if you look you should be able to see what I am talking about.

I am assuming this is from commercial reloads such as Georgia Arms or another such company and that it is safe to reload. Also I am guessing it would be twice fired for the most part but with range brass you never know.

Is this correct? any precautions other than checking length, case mouths for splits, etc? I currently reload only .40 S&W and have the lee bulge buster so not as worried about the bulge though if I see some pretty severe ones may reject those. Will start loading 9mm shortly.


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That reaming is from removing the crimp that's found on cases with crimped in primers.
The crimp must be removed before a new primer can be installed.

Some of the reaming does look a little excessive.
I would discard those and load the rest.

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Old 07-31-2012, 06:27 PM
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i understand the need to remove crimp from mil brass & sometimes other cases - just curious about these as I found a fair amount each time on several trips and it all has fairly aggressive chamfering
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I have run across that in some of the used brass I have. It hasn't caused a problem. I wonder if that is something a commercial reloader does. Other than the S&B, which have tight primmer pockets, I don’t see why it is done.
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i was thinking a commercial reloader was doing it as a matter of fact on all once fired brass they get
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There are some companies that process brass using Scharch machines. They check the round for cracks and it removes the primer, and reams the primer pocket. The first time I received a batch of brass processed this way I was horrified and wanted to ship it back. Well, I tried to load a few and it seemed OK. Fired a few, still OK. Now I have used all 1000 pieces of brass and have had no problems with them.
Load up a few and see if the primer pockets are too loose. My guess is that they will work just fine.
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thanks - will probably give it a try
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