Once fired brass?

gethuntin

gethuntin

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I just purchased some winchester 223 once fired brass from BRASSMANBRASS. It looks like it was crimped the neck, but also theres a ring around the primer pocket im guessing for use through an ar15. My question is does the primer pocket need to be prepped in anyway. I resized and cleaned out the primer pocket and put a few new primers in and seemed fine they did go in a little tighter than my other casings. I will be shooting these through a bolt gun, and want to keep my accuracy that i have been getting. I have read that primer pockets and be fussy for accuracy. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused1.gif
 
Gethuntin,

GetShootin, You should not have any problem with this brass as long as you prep it properly. Ie. Trim to length if necessary. Prep primer pockets.

I have been reloading for nearly 50 years and have never heard anthing about primer pockets affecting accuracy. That is as long as the flash holes are deburred.

Dave
 
The only thing i have done to the primer pocket is clean it out with a brush to get the burnt stuff out. I seen there are tools to resize or reshape the flash hole. When would those be neccassary?
 
If the primers had been crimped in then you may need a tool to clean and remove those crimps other than that I have never resized a primer pocket.
 
Uniforming the primer pockets needs to be done especialyif it is mil surp. Many times military ammunition has a crimped pocket that has to be removed. the pockets cleaned ect. Flash hole deburring is for the anal retentive types that want every thing as close to the same as they can get. Fliash hole deburring simply uniforms each flash hole to the SAME diameter, usually slightly larger than what the factory punch did.
 
I'm with blinddog on this one.
On any military brass I get I will tumbe it, lube, FL re-size the brass. Then TTL, de-burr from the inside and lastly take the crimp out of the primer pocket. I actually end the process by twisting my de-burring tool in the primer pocket. This just makes re-seating primers so much easier. Good luck.
M
 
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Come on Mar kare you the anal retentive type or what? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif



That's an understatement!!
 
Unless you got Remington brass from John or the processed brass it will have the military primers. If you had gotten the 1K processed brass for a few cents under $100 shipped it would have been FL sized, trimmed and the primer pockets already uniformed.
 
Load your brass and shoot it. If primers seated ok and were a little tight that's good.....tighter is better and you DON'T want them loose. You also don't need to uniform the primer pockets, you'll never see any difference in how the gun shoots. The brass doesn't need trimming either, it's already much shorter than the chamber and you'll probably never have to trim them. Deburring does NOT increase the diameter of the flashhole, it just takes off that little raised edge inside the case that some of them have. Deburring is also something you needn't worry about. Just use the brass as is and don't mess with any of that stuff.
 
Thanks guys, i am going to use it like i never noticed that ring around the primer pocket it may be from the gun after firing but the primers go in and its the same head stamp as my other winchester casings so good to go. 17ACKleybee looking at the processed stuff might have been a god way to go very reasonable.
 
You do want to check your case length after every sizing. I process my own brass, and have yet to buy once-fired military or commercial brass that didn't need trimming. If you primer pockets need reaming or swaging, you'll discover this soon enough on your own. I only deburr flash holes for target loads, blasting ammo doesn't need it, and I doubt any production rifle would know the difference.
 
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Thanks guys, i am going to use it like i never noticed that ring around the primer pocket it may be from the gun after firing but the primers go in and its the same head stamp as my other winchester casings so good to go. 17ACKleybee looking at the processed stuff might have been a god way to go very reasonable.



That little ring was a crimp that's been removed. Nothing to worry about.
 
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