.50 cal surplus brass

[JRose]

I have a friend wanting to give me couple hundred spent .50 cases. They have crimped primers, and I have no experience with such. Will it be a royal pain in the arse to straighten up these primer pockets?

At almost $2 a case .50 brass, I'm willing to put some work into it...

 

[rsracer65]

Re: .50 cal surplus brass

Get a Wilson trimmer and this guy from Sinclair and it is a breeze:

http://www.sinclairintl.com/product/11066/Primer-Pocket-Tools

Trimmer:

http://www.sinclairintl.com/product/5502/Case-Trimmers

 

[JRose]

Re: .50 cal surplus brass

Awesome, thanks Adam....

I already have a Wilson trimmer, I guess I can just order up the trimmer and collet for the .50 case and call it good!

 

[The Mechanic]

Re: .50 cal surplus brass

If you are going to do that many and they are crimped
step 1.
http://www.hamiltonfirearms.com/geoaz.html
primer punch set.
step 2.
http://www.ch4d.com/ go to the .50BMG menu
priming and swage kit. Swage primer pocket.
step 3. as above with sinclair or talk to Dave or Charles at CH4D he has a nice primer pocket uniformer, flash hole uniformer.
step 4. prime away as all you will need to do after that is knock and clean the pocket.

 

[desertHK]

Re: .50 cal surplus brass

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: JRose</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I have a friend wanting to give me couple hundred spent .50 cases. They have crimped primers, and I have no experience with such. Will it be a royal pain in the arse to straighten up these primer pockets?

At almost $2 a case .50 brass, I'm willing to put some work into it...

</div></div>


JRose
That's too much for you my man. I think you should give them to me so you don't have to sweat over them. Hell, I'll even pay for the shipping.

 

[Suasponte]

Re: .50 cal surplus brass

Get a 5/16" diameter four flute end mill with a depth stop and a chamfering bit! The 5/16 end mill will uniform your pockets and the chamfer will remove your crimp and make your primers slide right in! Done thousands this way. I used the C&H tool for awhile but switched back.

Hope this helps.

Terry