Swaging question

[problemchild]

I have a dillon 600 super swager. I always set the swag so that when seating a primer in the press it feels like seating a primer in normal brass. But about every 10-15 rounds I seem to have one swagged brass that wants to not seat a primer. They do not always put those crimps in centered to the primer pocket. So when I swag it swages one side more than the other it seems. I can take the sticking brass and rotate it 180 degrees and then seat the primer with no issue. Is this just normal?

I really do not want to swag deeper as it makes the primers loose.

I recorded a short video. You can see me turning the brass a few times.

http://youtu.be/lbA5uHMhEBg

[XDRoX]

I don't know if it's normal, but I have the same problem. I'm always too scared to swage too much and end up not swaging some of the brass enough. I've since stopped reloading 223 but also interested if there's something we're doing wrong.

[gau17]

What I would do is swage them a little more. I like to use a hand primer to gauge how tight the primers pockets are. If they feel nice and tight you're all set.

[grant22]

I, too, will have a case every once in a while is harder to prime. Someone here warned me about swaging too much due to loose primers. I did a few where I kissed the pocket with a swager, and kept working my way in more. I had to swage the hell out of the cases (almost full depth) before I could get good results.

Also, I did 20 rounds where I did full depth swages and reloaded them like normal. Had zero diffulcult to prime cases. As a test, I threw those twenty in the tumbler for 2 hours and none of them worked their way loose.

I'm no expert, but that was a good indication that the primers aint coming out on their own.

[XDRoX]

You guys know about the rubber band mod right?

[grant22]

Why didn't I think of that!