"What would a $2,000 Geissele Super Duty do that a $500 PSA door buster on Black Friday couldn't do?" - Stopsign32v
"What would a $2,000 Geissele Super Duty do that a $500 PSA door buster on Black Friday couldn't do?" - Stopsign32v
I have an RCBS primer pocket swage that I've never used because it doesn't work in my Forester press.
But at the time I bought it it had the advantage of not removing metal from the base, but left a for sure properly sized primer pocket.
Most of what I've been dealing with lately is the opposite problem, loose primer pockets due to large rifle primers.
"What would a $2,000 Geissele Super Duty do that a $500 PSA door buster on Black Friday couldn't do?" - Stopsign32v
I use an upgraded aluminum Lee Auto prime, which gives you pretty good sensitivity when seating the primer.
If it seats with minimal pressure I mark the case and shoot it for plinking. But then discard afterwards.
I've never had primers fall out with this approach.
I forgot the name of it but supposedly there's a swager you can get that reworks the head of the case to tighten primer pockets. But it was pretty expensive and really didn't seem worth trying. But if you have unobtainium brass, that may be the path we have to go down.
With some Lapua being a dollar per case I've started giving my cases individual names and take care of them. :-)
In Grendel Lapua is small rifle primer and doesn't have near the issue of enlarging the primer pockets.
I do the exact same thing with a sharpie.
Powder lot changes are what kills me on blown primers. I used to almost never have issues with the above method. But lately it's been an annoying issue.I've never had primers fall out with this approach.
Yeah... for 5.56 brass it's neither worth the time or cost.I forgot the name of it but supposedly there's a swager you can get that reworks the head of the case to tighten primer pockets. But it was pretty expensive and really didn't seem worth trying. But if you have unobtainium brass, that may be the path we have to go down.
Yep. That's supposed to be the idea behind those.. in 6.5cm and 308 too. I think I roasted some 6.5cm FC small primer brass the other week though.... Again with hotter powder lot.In Grendel Lapua is small rifle primer and doesn't have near the issue of enlarging the primer pockets.
"What would a $2,000 Geissele Super Duty do that a $500 PSA door buster on Black Friday couldn't do?" - Stopsign32v
If you ever use this tool polish the swaging head. If you don't you will stop using this tool in less than 10 pieces of brass. The tool is excellent, but needs to be polished or removing the brass from the swaging bud takes excessive force. Try one case like it comes factory and then polish the swaging bud. The difference is so dramatic its like using a different tool.
What are your thoughts on Wolf vs CCI 450 (That's what I ordinarily use)
Why do the loudest do the least?
"What would a $2,000 Geissele Super Duty do that a $500 PSA door buster on Black Friday couldn't do?" - Stopsign32v
The anvil on the 41 are spaced just a tad farther but otherwise the same. The milspec calls for a farther distance. But I would guess that they just make them both to milspec and change the label.
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