depriming options off the press

[Racer X]

I'm looking at the Frankford Arsenal option. I have a lot of NATO 9 and 5.56 to swage, and I am thinking the Franklin depriming hand tool, and the Dillon 600 swager.

Another option for swaging would be a Lee hand press and the RCBS swager RCBS Primer Pocket Swager Combo 2. This option gives me a hand press for working up a powder load in the field.

Any help from opinions or other options GLADLY listened to. This is all new to me, but I have a keen mind and grasp this stuff quickly.

 

[Rosco Shooter]

I used the RCBS Primer Pocket Swager Combo to process 5,000 military 9mm cases in a Rock Chucker press. The task was mind numbing, but the tool did the job.

 

[Jimk45]

depriming tool

I have the Frankford Depriming Toll, it works very well

 

[Loyaljeeper]

Just a thought. I use mine a lot. Actually get the one for 5.55 since that is what your doing.

 

[BigBill]

For decapping I use that little single post press from Lee. They once were $17. They can be found online. I use the lee decapping die with it. This little press comes in handy for pulling bullets too.

I’m old school I need to clean out the primer pocket.

 

[SMSgt]

I use a Lee hand press and their universal decapper die for all my cases. I use a Lyman pocket crimp reamer for crimped cases. I have an RCBS bench swager but after far too many cases failing a primer pocket go/no go gage, the reamer became my go-to decrimper.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

I own a Lee hand press and the RCBS swaging set. You won't be able to generate enough force with that press. It is still worth having for field work!

In 1894 I did a batch of 20,000 223's took out the crimp on all of them on a Lyman Spar-T press. After that I went from 2 layers of screwed and glued 1/2 inch plywood to 2 x 12's for bench top. From then on I always has a Rock-Chucker mounted above the 4x4 leg as a utility press. I have always used RCBS pocket swager. (I own 2 sets) I did several hundred to make 300 BO this last year, same PIA boring time as 36 years ago!

Ivan

 

[DeplorabusUnum]

I have the RCBS swaging kit, and even with the RCBS Rock chucker, I still have to push down with a good bit of pressure to swage the pocket on 223 military brass. Don't think the Lee will work, unless you are half gorilla.

 

[Racer X]

Sounds like the Lee hand press is out for swaging with the RCBS. My hands thank you.

 

[AlHunt]

Sounds like the Lee hand press is out for swaging with the RCBS. My hands thank you.

And the RCBS might be out for swaging, too.

A while back I got a bunch of mixed 5.56/223 brass from one of our members here. Some had been reloaded once and the primer pockets had been reamed. I thought it was odd, bought the aforementioned RCBS tool and swaged all the unswaged/unreamed primer pockets.

Many of them still wouldn't take a primer and I ended up reaming them all with a hand drill.

I have another batch to process and this time I'm just going to chuck the reamer up in the drill press and go at it.

The beveled primer pocket looks funny to my eye, but wrecked primers look even worse.

Just my experience with it.

 

[scattershot]

That little Lee decapping setup works great, and I remove the crimp with a chamfer bit in a power drill.

 

[Liftrat]

I use the Lee hand press and universal decapping die to deprime, and the Dillon primer pocket swager on crimped cases. I just recently broke the decapping pin on the Lee, after thousands of of rounds. The Dillon, once set up correctly, has been flawless, and is heavy duty enough to swage 7.62 also. It does need to be bolted or clamped down.

 

[mikld]

I use (look for) tools without the dedicated "reloading tool" designation. As a life long machinist/mechanic my first removal of military primer crimps was with a 60 degree x 1/2" countersink. I have "decrimped" several thousand cases from 9mm to 30-06, 303, 7.62x54 all with just a 1/2 second application of a countersink chucked in my hand drill or drill press. I have never swaged or reamed a primer pocket crooked and never removed too much metal.

As for depriming, I have used an old Pacific "C" press with a Universal Depriming die and of course the Lee punch and base system. I'm not a fan of most hand held tools (I have tried 3 different hand priming tools and didn't care for them as I had to "reset" the tool in my hand after every squeeze) so I never tried a hand held depriming tool. Much of my depriming is done when sizing as I normally tumble/clean prior to sizing, less gunk on my presses...

 

[max503]

Just a thought. I use mine a lot. Actually get the one for 5.55 since that is what your doing.

I also use the expander tool at times. This one is for 38/357.

 

[tlawler]

For decapping, this is the best invention since the bread slicer...

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQyLfCn2DJs&feature=youtu.be[/ame]

 

[gwpercle]

Go with the Lee Hand Press and a Lee Universal Decapping Die . The Hand Press lets you gets some leverage with hands and arms and the Decapping Die is made for military case decapping .
Get the Ram Prime Unit and you can prime cases ... my priming tool of choice now ! And having the little single stage press around is handy for small odd jobs . Take it anywhere and load ammo , I reload at my office desk or at home ...anywhere . Not being tied to a bench is awesome !
Gary

 

[oink]

I can't answer your question but I will say that if you're ordering reloading stuff to go ahead and get the Lee hand press. IMHO, they're just too handy and cheap to not have one. I'll take my scale, powder, bullets, prepared and primed brass and the Lee hand press outside to my mound and bench (truck) and perfect my load. Get it!

 

[BigBill]

For decapping, this is the best invention since the bread slicer...

Lee APP - YouTube

What brand is it? Lee? What’s it called?

 

[kbm6893]

Since .223 is going to need to be trimmed anyway, I bought the Frankford Arsenal Case Prep Center. There’s a crimp removal attachment that I use to remove the crimp on the cases. Watch some YouTube videos on it.

 

[tlawler]

What brand is it? Lee? What’s it called?

Lee APP-Automatic Processing Press

Lee Deluxe Automatic Processing Press (APP) Single Stage Press Kit