John Boy Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 If it is driving you nuts whey your primers are sporadically seating high when your reloading - the reason is the brass primer pockets need to be reamed! Background: was loading a can of absolutely clean Colts yesterday. Was getting many high primers. Even readjusted the primer seater height on the Dillon 550B to no avail. Then I looked at the pockets of the empty brass in the can - didn't look right. Reamed a dozen and the rounds seated perfectly flush primers. So the morale is ... make sure your primer pockets are reamed flat to allow the primer to seat flush against the pocket base to allow the anvils to crush against the pocket base below the head of the case ... and not have high primers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Never have an issue if the p'pockets are clean. I only 'uniform' my 'match' ammo. JB, CK the bell-crank on your 550-Mine start'd do'n as yours one time and the BC was crack'd where the handle tab join'd the body of the BC. Also, make sure the shell plate has the bare minimum up/down play. LG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lefty Dude, SASS # 51223 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Winchester brass has shallow pockets. I use only Starline, no problem now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Christian Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I assume that you mean primer pocket 'cleaning' There are some reloaders who will use a decapper and then wet tumble the cases with stainless steel pins following by a dry tumble. The wet tumble does a good job cleaning primer pocket residue as well as remove powder residue from inside the cases. I suspect that it removes tarnish as well. The cases look brand new when completed. My dad had quite a few high primers and found that pocket cleaning resolved his problems as well. It's hard to tell how many times some of his cases were fired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yusta B. Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 This ^^^^^^^. I haven't cleaned a primer pocket in 10 years other than tumbling after depriming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Posted October 23, 2014 Author Share Posted October 23, 2014 Grits - I went through the whole "adjustment" items drill on the Dillon and assured myself all were copasetic. But when I turned the reamer - there was an uneven base So in the future - plan to take a few pieces of brass out of the cans (they are all Starline) for a sample testing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom, SASS #54973 Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 NEVER have cleaned primer pockets. .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 NEVER have cleaned primer pockets. .. I don't either-My ceramic media doez----- LG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madd Mike #8595 Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 I have never cleaned the primer pockets in my CAS / WB main match gun ammo Hunting ammo, you bet I do, each time I reload them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunger Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Had high primers a couple yrs ago. The primer plunger was sticking on my 650. Soaked it in kroil, and blew it out with compressed air. Never cleaned a pocket for cas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nawlins Kid SASS #36107 Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 I never clean the primer pockets. About five years ago had problems seating primers with my Dillon 650. I called and was told that maybe the primer plunger may not be straight. They sent a new one plus a few other parts to replace, have not had a problem since. Once in a while I may have two or three primers out of a thousand that may be high. It's because when cranking out the cartridges I sometimes don't apply enough force to seat the primers properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckaroo #13080 Regulator Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Never Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Junky Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Let me think about it...........never. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 I never clean the primer pockets either HOWEVER!!!!!! The last few times I reloaded I was getting some high primers with the Dillon550 and also with a hand primer! All different brass too! Guess I'm gonna have to clean the primer pockets…BTW…I shoot black almost exclusively!! Rye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlicLee SASS #16638 Life Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Its not the pockets its the primer seater is full of dirt. Remove it, spray it while pushing the stem up and down until clean. Reinslall good for another 100K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mustang Gregg Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Yes, I used to. I don't bother anymore. I use Win 231 and Win primers and I don't have enough debris left in them to bother. I reckon you mean cleaning instead of reaming maybe. MG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.