Primer Pocket Swaging LR to LP

[Cholla]

Does anyone still make a pocket swager to change the primer pocket from Large Rifle to Large Pistol? I have one but don’t have access to it at the moment. Every swager I see is for removing crimps on military brass. 

[Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933]

???  Large rifle and large pistol are both .210.

 

 

[Cholla]

1 minute ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said:

???  Large rifle and large pistol are both .210.

It makes the pocket shallower somehow. 

[Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933]

I can see making it deeper, but how do you make a primer pocket shallower?

 

 

You have my curiosity peaked so I came back and edited this post.  Why would anyone want to do this?

[Dilli GaHoot Galoot]

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[Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933]

I have used large pistol primers while shooting some BP cartridges.  They seat a tad deeper but work just fine.

[Colorado Coffinmaker]

 

PLUS ONE for Pettifogger !!

 

I don't mean to be sarcastic (yes I do) but it would seem to be Oxymoron.  The only way I know to make a primer pocket shallower is to fill it in.  Actually changing from LR to LP accomplishes nothing.  the firing pin will still reach a LP Primer.

[Phantom, SASS #54973]

1 minute ago, Colorado Coffinmaker said:

 

PLUS ONE for Pettifogger !!

 

I don't mean to be sarcastic (yes I do) but it would seem to be Oxymoron.  The only way I know to make a primer pocket shallower is to fill it in.  Actually changing from LR to LP accomplishes nothing.  the firing pin will still reach a LP Primer.

I think there's a tool that basically compresses the pocket from the inside...therefore making the pocket depth a bit shallower...I think...

 

Phantom

[Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933]

3 minutes ago, Phantom, SASS #54973 said:

I think there's a tool that basically compresses the pocket from the inside...therefore making the pocket depth a bit shallower...I think...

That is what it does but it is only about .002-.003".  Hardly worth the effort.

[Colorado Coffinmaker]

Well I'll be.  Never hear of it before.  Still, my previous applies.  Oxymoron.   No benefit at all??

[Sedalia Dave]

For long range BPCR shooting the lower brisance of LPP vs LRP gives lower SD and ES numbers. 

[Seth Bradford]

The only tool I have every heard of was made by Kermit Hoke but I’m not sure if he’s still in business, possibly retired?? 

[The Original Lumpy Gritz]

4 hours ago, Colorado Coffinmaker said:

Well I'll be.  Never hear of it before.  Still, my previous applies.  Oxymoron.   No benefit at all??

You clearly do not shoot long range BPCR rifles.