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Hi, I came across a big bag of .38 cal brass from my father in law. I'm guessing a few thousand cases. Probably been bagged over twenty years ago, easily. After shouting "Eureka!" I tried to size and deprime a few cases. To my surprise, I ran into trouble. It's almost like the primers were glued in, I am having trouble getting the primers to pop out cleanly. It seems like the outside "skin" of the primer is sticking in the primer pocket. I tried priming some of the ones that looked pretty clean, with mixed results: some easily took a new primer and others had enough "stuff" in the pocket, that the new primer would not seat, and it is a pain in the neck to get a case out of the shell holder, when the primer is still protruding. Enough of a pain to send a guy to the internet for help. Anybody experience this before? Is there a tool or device to aggressively clean out the pocket? I want to do all I can to salvage this amount of brass. Thank you, Rich Tried depriving on two different presses: same results. | ||
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On the cheap and easy try cleaning them in IOSSO brass cleaner for 5 minutes ________________________________________________ Maker of The Frankenstud Sling Keeper Proudly made in the USA Acepting all forms of payment | |||
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Sounds like they have corroded with age. Once you get the primer out you can clean the pockets with a primer pocket uniforming tool sold by Hornady , Brownells and RCBS. Check out the different reloading supply house stores and they will carry various brand tools. | |||
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I use the RCBS Trim Mate Case Prep Center. It comes with primer pocket brushes for both large and small primer pockets. I add the RCBS primer pocket uniforming tool. I also add a flash hole debuting tool. Uniforming the priming pocket and debuting the flash hole need only be done once. The primer pocket brush is a metal brush that is installed into one of the rotating points and easily cleans gunk from the primer pockets. | |||
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Could some of them be military brass with primers crimps. | |||
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Good replies, thank you. No, not military, I think just old and corroded. I am starting to think my father in law didn't know what to do with these either, and just left them in a big bag. Eagle Dad, I just watched vids on that RCBS Case Prep Center: Looks great. I think I will make this a winter project. Thanks for all the replies. | |||
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I love my case prep center. I run all my new brass across the stations. I uniform all my primer pockets then hit the primer pocket brush, then uniform and deburr my flash hole. After trimming I chamfer and deburr the case mouth. Fired brass gets the primer pockets cleaned. Then trim, chamfer, and deburr as needed. Makes for nice uniform loads. | |||
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Tumbling with SS pins! 2min. of manual work for hundreds of super clean cases. | |||
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Can you clarify "SS pins"? | |||
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SS = stainless steel. | |||
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Wet roll tumbling in soapy/citric acid water and short proprietary pins made of stainless steel ________________________________________________ Maker of The Frankenstud Sling Keeper Proudly made in the USA Acepting all forms of payment | |||
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SS media is why I deprime and then reprime off the press. It's more work but I'm not doing thousands per month either. | |||
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a small rounded screwdriver works as well as anything. I say rounded shaft as it doesn't work on the sides of a case..I use a S&W screwdriver..keep the edge flat and sharp. I know, Im a curmudgeon!! Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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I use the carbide cutter on a drill from Sinclair. Still on the same cutter about 20 years later. Mac | |||
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Pocket depth uniforming tool. | |||
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I've run probably 20,000 cases, rifle & pistol through this system & the pluses far outweigh the negatives. Cases, both inside & out & including primer pockets come out looking like new. I'll not go back to walnut media & vibratory tumblers. | |||
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