De-Priming LC .308 Brass Problem & Question

[Jason_805]

On Some Of the LC Brass I've Been Re-Sizing The Sides Of the Primer Get Stuck In the Primer Pocket. Is there A Easy Way to Pop it Out Without Wasting the Primer Pocket. Thanks!

[J-cat]

Go slow.

[Bainter1212]

Yep slow and steady.

[Rock6.3]

Are you perhaps seeing the crimp that holds the primer in place on surplus ammo?

[baih777]

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[hermosabeach]

For once fired surplus with the roll crimp on the primer pocket-

Heavy duty decapping pin... slow steady pressure....

There is a video showing how to deprime berdan brass ammo for reloading where they fill the case with water and then hammer in a punch to hydraulically punch out the primer...

I do not see the need to do that for boxer primer ammo, but it should work...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TYu3SU6UMI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0q0E4GtSa4

[Heretodaygonetomorrow]

U.S. Military brass have the primer crimped in place after installation to prevent primers from backing out.

Sounds like you have not been removing the crimp from the brass before trying to insert a new primer.

When reloading U.S. Military brass the first time, the crimp must be removed to allow normal primer installation after removing the expended primer.

The two methods for removing the crimp are swaging the primer pocket with a tool like the Dillon Super Swage, OR cutting the crimp (tools available from different vendors).

[J-cat]

Or maybe be tore the bottom of the primer cup. I've had this happen on 9mm brass that was not crimped.

[74c5]

Lee universal deprimer. Process the entire lot then move on to cleaning, crimp removal (easier to hold the case when it is clean) and then sizing.

[12yak]

...The two methods for removing the crimp are swaging the primer pocket with a tool like the Dillon Super Swage...

Just to thread-jack a wee bit...
I just got a Super Swage and noticed in the instructions that it's configured for .223 (which is why I got it), and optional parts for .30, 38, 9mm, and .45 which took by surprise at first until I thought about mil ammo. Anyway, sometimes the crimps are a little hard to spot after a few hundred cases and the following question came to mind. Are there only a limited number of brands that have crimps so that I can just focus on head-stamps or do all manufacturers make some of their ammo with crimps? For example... can I just skip right by WIN headstamps? If not all manufacturers, which are the known crimpers? TIA!

[Enfield47]

Just to thread-jack a wee bit...
I just got a Super Swage and noticed in the instructions that it's configured for .223 (which is why I got it), and optional parts for .30, 38, 9mm, and .45 which took by surprise at first until I thought about mil ammo. Anyway, sometimes the crimps are a little hard to spot after a few hundred cases and the following question came to mind. Are there only a limited number of brands that have crimps so that I can just focus on head-stamps or do all manufacturers make some of their ammo with crimps? For example... can I just skip right by WIN headstamps? If not all manufacturers, which are the known crimpers? TIA!

Look for the NATO cross, if you see it, it's probably crimped. For .223 and .308, I think it's best to assume all cases have a crimp and get swaged.

[hermosabeach]

Mil Spec rifle ammo has the crimp or staking of some sort.

So if you have Win brass from a commercial ammo source, it should not have a crimp.

Some brass will have a much more noticeable crimp.... Typically noticed by a bent decapping pin.... or the pressure to remove the primer...

[Jason_805]

U.S. Military brass have the primer crimped in place after installation to prevent primers from backing out.

Sounds like you have not been removing the crimp from the brass before trying to insert a new primer.

When reloading U.S. Military brass the first time, the crimp must be removed to allow normal primer installation after removing the expended primer.

The two methods for removing the crimp are swaging the primer pocket with a tool like the Dillon Super Swage, OR cutting the crimp (tools available from different vendors).

I purchased all the brass off gun broker once fired. On some of the cases after depriming them leave the sides of the primer stuck inside the primer pocket. Is the case useless at this point. The die didn't remove all of the primer. I just thought it was weird. I just tossed those cases to the side.

[Jason_805]

Or maybe be tore the bottom of the primer cup. I've had this happen on 9mm brass that was not crimped.

That's exactly what happened. Thanks for wording that for me. Haha

[Jason_805]

Are you perhaps seeing the crimp that holds the primer in place on surplus ammo?

No its the crimp and the sides of the Primer. I ripped out the end of the primer.