This ^^^^you could clean the brass in ss pins..that cleans the pockets
This ^^^^you could clean the brass in ss pins..that cleans the pockets
I got mine several years ago. Right now they are $27.20 on K&M's site. Someone may have them for less. You should make sure anything you buy is carbide.I saw this tool last night after making this post. I was thinking that might not be a bad purchase. Where did you buy yours at and did you remember how much it cost? I know the RCBS wire brush is $13 and i was going to tey that, but then i saw that K&M tool and had thoughts about purchasing that.
Those RCBS brushes don’t last too long for me. The K&M tool works great chucked up in a cordless.I saw this tool last night after making this post. I was thinking that might not be a bad purchase. Where did you buy yours at and did you remember how much it cost? I know the RCBS wire brush is $13 and i was going to tey that, but then i saw that K&M tool and had thoughts about purchasing that.
you could clean the brass in ss pins..that cleans the pockets
Ha,its not like im a competitive shooter, I am just shooting for fun at the moment . No I dont think i could at least not make an effort to clean them out. You never noticed any difference shooting from whether they have been cleaned or not? I contemplated if it was even necessary to clean out primer pockets, to me it is the worst part of all the stages of reloading but I am not the type of person to cut corners on something as important and dangerous that this hobbie can be.
You can chuck it in a drill, save your fingers.You "could" use a Crockagator". More hands/fingers on but it gets the job done. And SSS pins will get the pockets clean. At least does for me. Come out looking like new. But that has it's drawbacks too.![]()
I saw this tool last night after making this post. I was thinking that might not be a bad purchase. Where did you buy yours at and did you remember how much it cost? I know the RCBS wire brush is $13 and i was going to tey that, but then i saw that K&M tool and had thoughts about purchasing that.
Stainless steel pins get mine about as clean as they will ever getEven cleaning SS pins won't always get every last scrap out stuff of the corners of primer pockets. However, they do a pretty good job. IMO - if you follow up tumbling with SS pins using a uniforming tool, the primer pockets should be about as clean as they're ever going to get. Certainly, they'll be "clean enough".
I've shot a lot of SR and LR comp's, 600 and 1K IBS-NBRSA stuff. Did some winning. I never cleaned primer pockets or the inside of necks. I don't understand this need for having sparkling shiny brass. Must some sexual issue they're compensating for. That's a joke.
I wipe the outside of the neck with steel wool, FL size.
I've never had FTF from dirty pockets. It's either I didn't put any powder in or decades ago I learned not seating primers forcefully to the bottom of the primer pocket can cause problems.