I know what primer pocket cleaning is all about but why would some one want to ream a primer pocket ? to me reaming the primer pocket means to make it bigger, if you make it bigger your primer will fall out or is their something i am missing ?
primer pocket cleaning and reaming
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Re: primer pocket cleaning and reaming
Im guessing you are talking about uniforming, which is cutting out the pocket to the correct depth and shape, not touching the walls.
Unless you are talking about removing military crimps which involves basically chamfering the pocket.
Im guessing you are talking about uniforming, which is cutting out the pocket to the correct depth and shape, not touching the walls.
Unless you are talking about removing military crimps which involves basically chamfering the pocket.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jonaddis84</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Im guessing you are talking about uniforming, which is cutting out the pocket to the correct depth and shape, not touching the walls.
Unless you are talking about removing military crimps which involves basically chamfering the pocket.</div></div>
What he said.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jonaddis84</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Im guessing you are talking about uniforming, which is cutting out the pocket to the correct depth and shape, not touching the walls.
Unless you are talking about removing military crimps which involves basically chamfering the pocket.</div></div>
What he said.
Re: primer pocket cleaning and reaming
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jonaddis84</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Im guessing you are talking about uniforming, which is cutting out the pocket to the correct depth and shape, not touching the walls.
Unless you are talking about removing military crimps which involves basically chamfering the pocket. </div></div>
i seen this preping kit for brass it came with one handle 2 neck brushes, 2 primer pocket cleaners and two primer pocket reamers
I have been looking for a cleaner something to clean the carbon off the bottom of the primer pocket and square it up that would be the primer pocket cleaner, so what is the long shanked reamer for ? on the cleaner its like a 4 flute endmill with an adjustable stop so the cleaner cannot dig down any deeper
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: jonaddis84</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Im guessing you are talking about uniforming, which is cutting out the pocket to the correct depth and shape, not touching the walls.
Unless you are talking about removing military crimps which involves basically chamfering the pocket. </div></div>
i seen this preping kit for brass it came with one handle 2 neck brushes, 2 primer pocket cleaners and two primer pocket reamers
I have been looking for a cleaner something to clean the carbon off the bottom of the primer pocket and square it up that would be the primer pocket cleaner, so what is the long shanked reamer for ? on the cleaner its like a 4 flute endmill with an adjustable stop so the cleaner cannot dig down any deeper
Re: primer pocket cleaning and reaming
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: black_ump</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
I know what primer pocket cleaning is all about but why would some one want to ream a primer pocket ? to me reaming the primer pocket means to make it bigger, if you make it bigger your primer will fall out or is their something i am missing ? </div></div>
Crimped in primers. You ream or swage.
I clean every 3 cycles.
If it's target grade brass, I uniform the primer pockets and deburr the flash holes.
Chris
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: black_ump</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
I know what primer pocket cleaning is all about but why would some one want to ream a primer pocket ? to me reaming the primer pocket means to make it bigger, if you make it bigger your primer will fall out or is their something i am missing ? </div></div>
Crimped in primers. You ream or swage.
I clean every 3 cycles.
If it's target grade brass, I uniform the primer pockets and deburr the flash holes.
Chris
Re: primer pocket cleaning and reaming
your not talking about primer flash hole reaming are you? because that would be different than the primer pocket
your not talking about primer flash hole reaming are you? because that would be different than the primer pocket
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: black_ump</div><div class="ubbcode-body">so what is the long shanked reamer for ? on the cleaner its like a 4 flute endmill with an adjustable stop so the cleaner cannot dig down any deeper </div></div>
Mine is made by Lyman and the stop isn't supposed to be adjustable. Inside the primer pocket there is a small rounded corner on the outer edge where the vertical and horizontal surfaces transition. This tool cuts that rounded corner out so that it is square instead of rounded. That, and it provides a small degree of truing up the bottom of the primer pocket. It cuts nowhere else if used correctly. You can clean with it for a while until the carbon dulls the cutting edges. Forget about trying to sharpen the edges as the depth is preset by the factory with the stop. Unless you are a wizard with measuring devices it's best to just use as they direct.
For cleaning I use the brush that screws into a tool handle. You twist it a few times and it only brushes the bottom surface of the pocket and leaves the sides alone.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: black_ump</div><div class="ubbcode-body">so what is the long shanked reamer for ? on the cleaner its like a 4 flute endmill with an adjustable stop so the cleaner cannot dig down any deeper </div></div>
Mine is made by Lyman and the stop isn't supposed to be adjustable. Inside the primer pocket there is a small rounded corner on the outer edge where the vertical and horizontal surfaces transition. This tool cuts that rounded corner out so that it is square instead of rounded. That, and it provides a small degree of truing up the bottom of the primer pocket. It cuts nowhere else if used correctly. You can clean with it for a while until the carbon dulls the cutting edges. Forget about trying to sharpen the edges as the depth is preset by the factory with the stop. Unless you are a wizard with measuring devices it's best to just use as they direct.
For cleaning I use the brush that screws into a tool handle. You twist it a few times and it only brushes the bottom surface of the pocket and leaves the sides alone.
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"krosgl57" makes a tool that he sell on ebay which I bought and use.
Adjustable depth cutter to clean and uniform the primer pocket. Why just clean when you can uniform at the same time? Attach it to any variable speed drill.
http://cgi.ebay.com/PRIMER-POCKET-CLEANE...=item4aa8432f17
"krosgl57" makes a tool that he sell on ebay which I bought and use.
Adjustable depth cutter to clean and uniform the primer pocket. Why just clean when you can uniform at the same time? Attach it to any variable speed drill.
http://cgi.ebay.com/PRIMER-POCKET-CLEANE...=item4aa8432f17
Re: primer pocket cleaning and reaming
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: dpreston</div><div class="ubbcode-body">your not talking about primer flash hole reaming are you? because that would be different than the primer pocket </div></div>
no...
this is what iam talking about
http://www.natchezss.com/product.cfm?con...se%20Care%20Kit
read the description
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: dpreston</div><div class="ubbcode-body">your not talking about primer flash hole reaming are you? because that would be different than the primer pocket </div></div>
no...
this is what iam talking about
http://www.natchezss.com/product.cfm?con...se%20Care%20Kit
read the description
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Nice kit. The reams are used to cut out crimps in primer pockets. The plastic handle looks comfortable, too. My cutter have knurled metal, not so comfortable. I'm suprised it doesn't have a flash hole trimmer.
Nice kit. The reams are used to cut out crimps in primer pockets. The plastic handle looks comfortable, too. My cutter have knurled metal, not so comfortable. I'm suprised it doesn't have a flash hole trimmer.
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Hand tools like that are OK for some uses IMO, but frankly all those operations -- Primer pocket uniforming, chamfering, deburring, neck brushing -- show better results when performed under power. I would look at buying a uniformer like the link to Krogsl provided, or a Sinclair, and perform these operations with a power screwdriver or a small cordless drill.
I bought a couple of cheap cordless screwdrivers from Amazon, (Black and Decker 2.4 volt) and keep a chamfer side tool in one, and the deburr tool in another, uniform primer pockets with a small cordless drill. If I brush necks, I use a bronze caliber size brush chucked up in the drill.
good luck
Hand tools like that are OK for some uses IMO, but frankly all those operations -- Primer pocket uniforming, chamfering, deburring, neck brushing -- show better results when performed under power. I would look at buying a uniformer like the link to Krogsl provided, or a Sinclair, and perform these operations with a power screwdriver or a small cordless drill.
I bought a couple of cheap cordless screwdrivers from Amazon, (Black and Decker 2.4 volt) and keep a chamfer side tool in one, and the deburr tool in another, uniform primer pockets with a small cordless drill. If I brush necks, I use a bronze caliber size brush chucked up in the drill.
good luck
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: fish301</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Hand tools like that are OK for some uses IMO, but frankly all those operations -- Primer pocket uniforming, chamfering, deburring, neck brushing -- show better results when performed under power. I would look at buying a uniformer like the link to Krogsl provided, or a Sinclair, and perform these operations with a power screwdriver or a small cordless drill.
I bought a couple of cheap cordless screwdrivers from Amazon, (Black and Decker 2.4 volt) and keep a chamfer side tool in one, and the deburr tool in another, uniform primer pockets with a small cordless drill. If I brush necks, I use a bronze caliber size brush chucked up in the drill.
good luck </div></div>
thanks, i just wanted to know why people where reaming primer pockets, i dont need to do that now that i know what its all about.
thanks for the heads up
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: fish301</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Hand tools like that are OK for some uses IMO, but frankly all those operations -- Primer pocket uniforming, chamfering, deburring, neck brushing -- show better results when performed under power. I would look at buying a uniformer like the link to Krogsl provided, or a Sinclair, and perform these operations with a power screwdriver or a small cordless drill.
I bought a couple of cheap cordless screwdrivers from Amazon, (Black and Decker 2.4 volt) and keep a chamfer side tool in one, and the deburr tool in another, uniform primer pockets with a small cordless drill. If I brush necks, I use a bronze caliber size brush chucked up in the drill.
good luck </div></div>
thanks, i just wanted to know why people where reaming primer pockets, i dont need to do that now that i know what its all about.
thanks for the heads up
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