Best way to clean primer pockets??

[Rich Lee]

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.

when you fire your gun brass flows into the primer pocket , not much but after enough firings your primer may not seat below flush and I promise you that will cause problems. On a gas blowback weapon it will cause a hangfire and on a bolt gun it can cause you not being able to lock the bolt down. No longer than it takes to clean pockets I wont load any ammo without, in fact I use a primer pocket uniformer from 21st century. I measure the depth and get an average then measure the ave. thickness of my primers then I know what depth to0 uniform the pockets because I want every primer to bottom out and be very close to .005 thousands under flush.I don't shoot bench , just lots of prarie dogs but I don't like to miss and like anything else the more uniform everything is the more consistant your shots. just saying.

 

[Mikemci]

I use the K&M adjustable primer pocket uniformer, both before and after firing.
Keeps the pockets consistant, from reload to reload.

 

[D Coots]

Before and after firing??????????

 

[4xforfun]

Use a Sinclair carbide primer pocket uniformer - it makes your primer pockets meet spec, including squaring the corners, and removes crud at the same time. There are no adjustments an it effectively lasts forever (I've done tens of thousands of rounds with no signs of wear). It easily chucks in a drill and is quick (a couple of seconds per piece). Each time a round is fired there is brass movement, and I find that I remove a bit of brass each time; left uncorrected, that could eventually lead to problems.

This!!

Tod

 

[best defense]

I have been using a K&N primer pocket uniforming tool and have had no problems with it.