Buckshot Bear Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Son of a B#$%@ ........ you can't get primers back in unprimed brass. I have a Dillon primer pocket swager, I haven't had to use it for over 15 years, its set up for 9mm crimped rounds and I don't want to use it. Anyone else found this with S&B brass? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assassin Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 It goes into the recycle can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlands Bob #61228 Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Yep, in the recycle can along with any of that Americ junk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 And here I thought it was just me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frederick Jackson Turner Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 It gets better; there is some SoB brass which is Berdan primed... No Cheers, FJT 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendo Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 6 minutes ago, Frederick Jackson Turner said: It gets better; there is some SoB brass which is Berdan primed... No Cheers, FJT Well of course, how else would you make a reloading session exciting? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrison Joe, SASS #60708 Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 (edited) Very common problem with Sellier and Belloit brass. For many years we have talked about the small pockets. I have used my Dillon primer pocket swager to knock the pocket up to standard diameter, and the brass runs well after doing that, Federals go in easier than any other American primer, I found, too. It's actually usable brass once the pocket is right. But if you toss it for scrap, won't hurt my feelings. BTW - S&B .45 auto brass also has smallish pockets. good luck, GJ Edited November 22, 2021 by Garrison Joe, SASS #60708 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckshot Bear Posted November 22, 2021 Author Share Posted November 22, 2021 Had my 11 year old grandson for the last couple of hours using the Dillon swager, he made a game out of it, hitting the lever up that holds the shell and sailing them through the air into a bucket a fair way away.....he was getting a good hit rate into the bucket. He'll be back after school tomorrow to keep going with them 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Rich Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Not that hard to make them easy to use. If you really don't like them use them at a lost brass match. kR 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H. K. Uriah, SASS #74619 Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 A friend of my in the Air Force once gave me 5 shotbags full of once fired .38 Special military brass. For free. Yes, you gotta swage the pockets. But it was free brass, and it works just fine. I wouldn't throw the S&B away. If you don't want it, I am sure someone would be willing to make use of it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krazy Kajun Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 10 hours ago, Frederick Jackson Turner said: It gets better; there is some SoB brass which is Berdan primed... No Cheers, FJT Yeah I just put those in the “melt down for accordion parts” bin Kajun 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sacramento Johnson #6873 Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 Found an RCBS bench primer handles priming those S&B shells just fine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallaby Damned Posted November 22, 2021 Share Posted November 22, 2021 You’ll run into this with some military manufactured 5.56 and 308 brass as well. As previously pointed out, it’s nothing a swaging die won’t cure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull Skinner Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 I prime with a Lee handheld priming tool. S&B and military brass are no problem for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southpaw Gringo, SASS # 74217 Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 Those and Herters brass have the tightest pockets around. I can always tell when its one of those in the priming position. I always still manage to set a primer in then though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lassy LaRock Posted November 23, 2021 Share Posted November 23, 2021 Sellier & Bellot .38sp. brass has killed the carrier from my Lee pro 1000. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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