Military Crimp Remover

[harledav]

I picked up some once fired FC07 45 ACP cases at the range and am trying to reload them. I'm using a Military Crimp Remover attachment to my RCBS Trim Mate but I'm still having trouble getting the pockets to take a LP primer without deforming it. It seems to take so much pressure, I have to use a 30-06 case in the 45 case to hold it down. How much bevel is too much? Anyone have experience with this? The instructions aren't much help.

 

[Skip Sackett]

I use the Dillon too. Lots of pressure needed there but it works like crazy. Fast too.

 

[Noah Zark]

I've used the RCBS Primer Pocket Swager Die Set for over 25 years. Works like a charm, and yields very uniform primer pockets without cutting away any material.

Noah

 

[Skip Sackett]

Originally posted by Noah Zark:
I've used the RCBS Primer Pocket Swager Die Set for over 25 years. Works like a charm, and yields very uniform primer pockets without cutting away any material.

Noah

I had not seen these before! MUCH CHEAPER THAN THE DILLON!
I know we aren't supposed to link to sales sites but, ebay has one on bid for only $10 right now!

http://cgi.ebay.com/RCBS-Prime...?hash=item4ce9664213

 

[Noah Zark]

Originally posted by smith crazy:

Originally posted by Noah Zark:
I've used the RCBS Primer Pocket Swager Die Set for over 25 years. Works like a charm, and yields very uniform primer pockets without cutting away any material.

Noah

I had not seen these before! MUCH CHEAPER THAN THE DILLON!
I know we aren't supposed to link to sales sites but, ebay has one on bid for only $10 right now!

Crazy:

You're not the person selling in the auction, Crazy, and your intent is to illustrate and help, so IMO the link is appropriate here.

The kit contains two hardened steel posts that are the dimensions of Large and Small primer pockets, with a chamfer at the root of the post. The selected post is pressed up into its respective sized pocket in a fired and decapped case, and the post irons out spot or star crimps and 360 degree crimps with ease.

I've done many thousands of 7.62 NATO, 5.56 NATO, and 45 ACP cases since purchasing the RCBS set in 1984, and there's not a speck of wear on either post.

IMO, the set is GTG.

Noah

 

[Skip Sackett]

so IMO the link is appropriate here.

In the infamous words of "Ole' Mose" in the great movie, "The Searchers", "Kind words Ethan (Noah), kind words indeed!"

 

[snw19_357]

Originally posted by Noah Zark:
I've used the RCBS Primer Pocket Swager Die Set for over 25 years. Works like a charm, and yields very uniform primer pockets without cutting away any material.

Exactly what Noah said, except I've only had mine 24 years.

 

[Rule3]

Originally posted by snw19_357:

Originally posted by Noah Zark:
I've used the RCBS Primer Pocket Swager Die Set for over 25 years. Works like a charm, and yields very uniform primer pockets without cutting away any material.

Exactly what Noah said, except I've only had mine 24 years.

+1 or +2 only I have had mine 2 months

Used it on a batch pf PMC 223 Rem. Works great and easy.

 

[HAWKEYE10]

Well you don't want to hear this. back in the good old days when military brass is all we could get for nothing, we used a TREE BRAND BOKER. I have done 1000s of 45s with that old pocket knife. That was in the good old days.

don

 

[snw19_357]

Originally posted by HAWKEYE10:

Well you don't want to hear this. back in the good old days when military brass is all we could get for nothing, we used a TREE BRAND BOKER. I have done 1000s of 45s with that old pocket knife. That was in the good old days.

don

Brings back nightmares of cleaning brass with steel wool

 

[zeke]

RCBS-fine function for the money, Dillion is sooooo much easier and quicker.

 

[epj]

Originally posted by HAWKEYE10:

Well you don't want to hear this. back in the good old days when military brass is all we could get for nothing, we used a TREE BRAND BOKER. I have done 1000s of 45s with that old pocket knife. That was in the good old days.

don

I, too, have used my pocketknife on the few military .45 cases I've run across. On the .223's I reload, I get a lot more crimped brass. I use a handheld reamer. RCBS, I think. Slow, labor intensive, but cheap. Does a pretty good job.

 

[Beans]

I use the Dillon too. Lots of pressure needed there but it works like crazy. Fast too.

This is my first choice also. I have gbeen using one for over 15 years

 

[Rule3]

Originally posted by HAWKEYE10:

Well you don't want to hear this. back in the good old days when military brass is all we could get for nothing, we used a TREE BRAND BOKER. I have done 1000s of 45s with that old pocket knife. That was in the good old days.

don

Probably had to walk 10 miles uphill both ways to school also.

Don't forget. Today is the Good Old days of tomorrow.

 

[dennis40x]

The only problem I ever had with the RCBS swager set was the (ejector) cup. I had Lyman Spartan "C" style press. The cup outside diameter contacted a radius on the frame which cocked the cup. This was not an "O" style frame with a large window. I milled a section of the cup off to allow the cup to react /seat on the flat frame surface thus ejecting the case on the downward stroke.

My preference is the Dillon swage unit. That's not to say the RCBS swager set is not adequate for the purpose.

As for the pocket knife usage, been there done that. I believe at one time Lyman had a hand tool similar to the primer pocket cleaning tool.

That's my 3 ½ cents worth on this subject.

 

[David Sinko]

I ream all my crimped brass with a countersink chucked in the drill. I have used it on that same FC 07 .45 ACP and about a thousand crimped 5.56 cases. It also worked on some stubborn Federal NT .40 S&W brass. I never have any problems with loose primers or leaking gas.

Dave Sinko