Stav, Most commercial brass is boxer primed and you don't have to swage the primer pocket. I also at times bought bulk Lake City brass (Berdan primed) from Midway that was already swaged. The only time I champfer or debur the case mouth is on new brass or after I have trimmed it. You can buy a cheap hand held tool that does a good job of that. Go ahead and reload for .223. After you clean and inspect your brass, you need a brush so you can lube the inside of the neck so the expander doesn't get stuck. I have a lube pad, that you roll the brass lighly on to keep it from sticking in the sizing die. Then you can get a cheap Lee hand held priming tool to prime your brass, and then you are ready to charge and seat the bullet. I would advise buying a digital caliper so you can measure case length occasionally. You will also need a trimmer and for convenience a powder measurer and scale. As others have stated, it is relaxing.
I have bought some Euro Mil-Surp for my 8x57's that was berdan primed but I have never seen any U.S. production ammo that was berdan primed. Are you sure the LC brass was berdan primed and not just crimped, almost all of my brass is LC and none of it was berdan and even my steel cased ammo wasnt berdan primed. Just Asking?
I did some research and at one time there was some 30cal marked LC52 that was Chinese cases copied from captured ammo but I haven't found any US, Lake City quit using berdan primers in 1951 with lot number 13700 on 30-06 brass. If you look down in the brass and see two little holes it is berdan if not it is boxer. If it is berdan it is definitely not Lake City Brass
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