Taking out military crimp
 

Whats the best tool out there that affordable for reloading XM193 brass? Talking about the primer crimp. I guess RCBS swaging tool is one option. I saw some aweful expensive sinclair crimp removal tools.

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RE: Taking out military crimp
 

I agree. I have done it with the deburring tool but thats a slow process.

RE: Taking out military crimp
 

assuming you sucessfully deprimed them, I use a nice sharp 1/4" drill bit and with my drill ever so lightly pressing the trigger I carefully shave the crimp away.

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So from the looks of it, the RCBS swager does not cut the crimp away, but presses it? So its not like a reamer? You just put in your press and push the ram up?


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RE: Taking out military crimp
 

Here i justchuck the de-burring tool inmy slow drill press and hold the cases in my hand while the drill press does the work. Takes aboutthree seconds to do the job on each case. Have had good luck with my M193 cases. Bestcases i have found areLC and TW.

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RE: Taking out military crimp
 

A deburring tool works great and is cheap. Buy a cheap Lee and find a way to chuck it in a drill and go to town. I have a RCBS Trim Mate Case Prep Centerhttp://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpag...eitemid=565099that has the debur, chamfer, primer pocket cleaner attachments on it that I use, but before then, the Lee tool worked fine.

RE: Taking out military crimp
 

#40, deburring is different than removing a crimp I believe.

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Yes, you are correct. But the deburring tool will remove the primer crimp.

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just got a batch of 200 once fired PMC brass with military primer crimps. I played around with a couple ideas for inexpensive alternatives to remove the crimp last night. I figured out that a counter sink bit works great I fixed up 30 cases last night this way and loaded them up and gonna hit the range in a few hours with them. I dont think im gonna bother trying anything else aswell as the counter sink worked. dont waste your money on anything else a counter sink is just few bucks compared to 20 for that rcbs deal.

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Has anybody tried seating primer with the crimp? I just bought up like 1500 rounds of XM193, and last night took apart one, wieghted the charge and removed the primer. Primer came out easy enough. And I was able to put another primer in. the edge of the primer cup is rather sharp and not rounded. I wonder what problems it will cause.

I didn't think I would be able to seat the primer with the sharp edge there.

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A few will seat OK, but most will cock the primer and mess it up.

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Re-priming without moving the crimp could lead to a blownprimer. It takes about five seconds to remove the crimpwith a case neck chamfering tool. Do not even need a drill, just turn it by hand. Been doing it for 30 years, works for me.

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yep thats what happened to me