«
»

Poll: Do you ever clean primer pockets?

Do you ever clean primer pockets?

View Results

Loading ... Loading ...

Tags: , , , , , ,

This entry was posted on Wednesday, October 19th, 2011 at 8:09 pm and is filed under Polls, Reloading Blog, Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

18 Responses to “Poll: Do you ever clean primer pockets?”

  1. Justin says:
    October 20, 2011 at 5:00 am

    I de-cap my brass and then clean with stainless steel media, so the primer pockets get cleaned during the tumbling. Makes for a very nice looking case, inside and out. You should try it!

    Reply
  2. Scott Preston says:
    October 20, 2011 at 5:16 am

    Hello Gavin,
    Hey just a thought, you have a good following and always seem to come-up with interesting projects, so I think it’s time for a “Wet Tumbling” with stainless media project. I went that route few months back…very addicting, all that shiny brass, clean primer pockets and clean insides too!

    Reply
  3. Ron M says:
    October 20, 2011 at 8:14 am

    You might want to differentiate (or specify) what type of brass.

    I don’t know many who clean primer pockets for pistol.
    Know many who do for rifle.

    So your results might be misleading.

    Reply
    • Jim says:
      October 20, 2011 at 8:43 am

      Actually, like Justin says, if you de-cap first, and use stainless steel media in a wet tumbler, it all comes out like new..

      Reply
      • Ron M says:
        November 1, 2011 at 9:15 am

        De-cap, tumble… THEN start loading?

        No thanks. For pistol, you’re really not gaining anything. I”ll just tumble and then sit down in front of my press. I *am* using a progressive, no way I want to add that extra step for NO benefit.

        Reply
  4. John Wilson says:
    October 20, 2011 at 8:23 am

    I fire my rifle round 8 to 10 times and neck size only. I fire 223, 308 and 300 Win, I deprime my rounds and then clean in my vibratory cleaner, primer pocket are always clean at completion. Pistol I don’t clean.

    Reply
  5. David says:
    October 20, 2011 at 8:26 am

    I do not clean for pistol but do sometimes for rifle and always for black powder. Keep up the good work!

    Reply
  6. Gary says:
    October 20, 2011 at 9:54 am

    Pistol virtually never, except when playing with the Chronograph to see how uniform can get test loads to perform. Also ream flash-holes think may “enhance” results ?

    Rifle for bench, yes but no for “bulk” 5.56 used in various “gun games”, etc.

    Reply
  7. daniel says:
    October 20, 2011 at 2:23 pm

    I clean my primer pockets for my 22k hornet pistol . but not for my other pistols

    Reply
  8. Mike says:
    October 20, 2011 at 2:45 pm

    I don’t load on a progressive or turret press. I do everything on a single stage – I feel more in control that way. I’m not out to make large amounts of ammo at one sitting. I actually enjoy my time at the reloading bench, so I do all the detail things that many people don’t. I’m well aware of the fact that some of them haven’t been proven to actually do any good, but I do them anyway. I’ve been handloading since 1984 and that’s the way I’ve always done it.

    Reply
    • Chuck says:
      January 10, 2012 at 11:24 am

      I finally found that other person in this world thatuses a single stage! I’m with you 100%. I have not been reloading as long as you, I’ve been doing it only for 6yrs.

      Reply
  9. Jon says:
    October 20, 2011 at 5:10 pm

    So far I’ve only loaded pistol ammo (.45acp, 40s&w, 9mm, and .380). I don’t clean primer pockets because I’m going for volume. Rifle would be different.

    Reply
  10. Sorzy says:
    October 23, 2011 at 5:52 pm

    I’ve only been reloading for about a year. And I use the tumble method and when I tumble I use a 50/50 mix of Walnut and Corn cob media and add 4 capfuls of Dillon’s polish. As for the primer, I don’t remove it until after I’ve tumbled because the primer hole tends to end up getting media stuck in it. then after tumbling I de-cap and then clean the primer pocket. And I clean the primer pocket for both pistol and rifle because I think it’s a good habit to have.

    And it might not be the best or easiest way, but it works. However, I’m more then willing to try something new providing it works better without costing more. I mean, if it costs more but you don’t need to replace it as often, then it’d be worth it. And in reading about it here, I’m curious to know more about it and where those of you who use it, get the stainless steel media you’ve mentioned and use? And does stainless steel media play hell with the tumbler? Does using stainless steel media require a specific tumbler?

    And does anyone use, or has anyone tried the ceramic ball media? And does it play hell with your tumbler?

    Thanks in advance

    Reply
  11. Ron says:
    November 10, 2011 at 5:03 am

    I find it interesting that many of you say NO to clean primer pockets on handgun brass but YES to rifle brass. Having spent time on both handgun & rifle competitions, and having been an avid reloader for quite a few years, I gotta ask why to the NO on handgun? I realize some (like me) are willing to donate more time to produce quality ammo,,,,and then some just want to pump out volume to go bang.

    In my opinion, it’s a good idea to clean primer pockets on ANY brass, as crud tends to build up in the pocket often causing a real issue with proper primer seating. Considering the tolerances between primer pocket and primer are pretty much non existent (exact fit) why would anybody close their eyes to a crud build up?

    Justin, thanks for posting the link to the stainless steel media,,,,,I am seriously going to ask Santa for that one!

    Reply

Leave a Reply