Dumb swaging question...

[WILDMAN442]

Ok guys, getting ready to start reloading and have almost everything I need to get going. Here is my dumb question...

If i sort brass improperly and mix some commercial with military crimped brass, and I start to swage everything, will it hurt the commercial stuff?

Thanks fellas

Justin

[Chief-7700]

No.

[WILDMAN442]

Awesome. I just wanted to make sure. I am still a N00b at this stuff and probably will be asking a lot of dumb questions...

Justin

[Chief-7700]

In reloading there are NO DUMB questions!! Remember you are dealing with things that like to go boom.

[kdm]

^^^+1

I ask lots o' "dumb" questions, because I REALLY wanna be sure. Better that than typing with one hand.

[CSDGuy]

Better to ask a "dumb" question than to not ask and find the answer like this:




















BOOM

[RaymondMillbrae]

I usually seperate the crimped brass from the non-crimped brass.

It sounds like a hassel, but it is the best way to ensure your "match grade" brass is seperate from your plinking/practice brass. ("Match grade" means what you use in competitions).

Of my .223 crimped brass, I gather my beloved LC brass. (The other crimped brass I come across is "PMC"). Both of these manufacturer's brass are seperated from the rest, and are placed into their own piles. The remaining brass is use for practice or plinking.

One of the reasons I seperate the LC brass from the PMC brass (both are crimped) is the swager adjustment. Two different types of brass, two different swager settings.

I cannot remember which is which, but one needs the swager pin set deeper into the primer pocket...and lower as well. If I swage both sets of brass with the same setting, one manufacturers brass cases will have the primer pocket swaged too large, and the primer pocked will also be swaged into an oblong shape.

Just some food for thought.

In Christ: Raymond