swaged 223 brass

[Divernhunter]

I got rid of my RCBS unit for the same reason. The Dillon is so much better

[croue]

[ar15robert]

If you have a rocket-ship case mouth deburring tool, a couple of turns of the pointy end will take the crimp off. Don't go overboard; try a twist or two and see if a primer will seat (you can use a spent primer to test if you don't want to [potentially] waste a live primer.) If it doesn't seat without fiddling (or not at all), give it another twist or two. You'll get a feel for how much you have to do pretty quickly.


Oh, and just to be clear, the pockets are crimped; you need to swage or cut the crimp from the primer pocket.

What i have been using for 21 years attached to a drill just a quick hit is all thats needed to remove the crimp.No issues with loose primers or taking too much material.

[Kerplow]

I just stick a counter sink in a drill and go to down. Gets them done in seconds.

[silvertriple]

I just chuck up a drill bit and go at it. Works fine.

[baih777]

A little slow is an understatement. Mine sticks to the brass and I got to really muscle the handle to get it out. On a coupla hunerd cases, its sucks.

If you wet tumble. A drop of oil on the pin works great.

[bhilliker@comcast.net]

I've got about 300 pieces ready to load with no swage. I've got about 1300 pieces that are sized and trimmed needing to be swaged. I'm going to get all of it ready then got to town on some loading. Rifle case prep will be my filler time between shooting and running pistol. I tend to get ahead on pistol rounds so can use that time for rifle case prep. Thanks everyone---another task under the belt and new time killer!

[kcheung2]

I think there's some mixup with the meanings in the OP. Crimped primer pockets means the edge of the pocket is pinched in, indications are either a concentric punched in ring around the pocket, or 4 pinch points on the rim. Swaging is displacing metal & enlarging the pocket, essentially the reverse of a crimp. Reaming is cutting away metal.

So if OP has a bunch of swaged brass...then load away. If however, he actually means to say he has crimped brass, then yeah it's an extra step in the process.

Incidentally, there is also crimped 9mm brass so it's not always just rifle rounds that need more work.

[BrassCase]

I bought the Franklin Arsenal unit a couple of months ago and just got the time to set it up this morning. Set-up took about 5 minutes, I took 3 minutes longer than I should have just screwing around with it. Nice thing is that the handle can be turned 180 if you want to in case that is easier on you. Works well.

[divingin]

Incidentally, there is also crimped 9mm brass so it's not always just rifle rounds that need more work.

.45ACP as well.

[AdamVIP]

The dillon super swager is great. fast processing and a good investment for picking up military style brass. I've used it on lots of handgun brass.

[croue]

.45ACP as well.

Any chance it could open spp 45 to lpp without damaging the brass too much? [emoji848]


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[sargenv]

For those who have a Hornady Projector. Hornady makes a really nice large rifle & small rifle crimp removal swage for it's press. The Dillon is nice but slow, the Projector press mounted one is way faster.

[bhilliker@comcast.net]

I think there's some mixup with the meanings in the OP. Crimped primer pockets means the edge of the pocket is pinched in, indications are either a concentric punched in ring around the pocket, or 4 pinch points on the rim. Swaging is displacing metal & enlarging the pocket, essentially the reverse of a crimp. Reaming is cutting away metal.

So if OP has a bunch of swaged brass...then load away. If however, he actually means to say he has crimped brass, then yeah it's an extra step in the process.

Incidentally, there is also crimped 9mm brass so it's not always just rifle rounds that need more work.

Hum---ok I was not aware of two different concerns hear, swaged versus crimped. Going to say these are most likely crimped from looking at them. Was unaware there were differences as I have mentioned I am new to rifle. Now----this is concerning as I bought the Dillon Swage tool. Hasn't arrived yet----hopefully this tool is good for the crimp?????

[Novaholic]

Mighty Armory Swag Die.....I have one and love it