Federal NT .45 ACP cases

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I was going through my .45 ACP cases and while decapping them have found a few that were very hard to decap. I noticed that the ones that were hard were all Federal NT cases and they look as if they have crimped primers. Now I've only found about 4 of these in the last 1500 cases so its not a horrible loss if I just toss them. I do have a Dillon Swage that I could use on them but is it worth it?

 

[artbosco]

Federal makes excellent cases If you've got the time, rescue them. In a siege, 4 cases might make the difference. ;D

 

[navyrad8r]

IMHO, toss them brother. unless you are at the bottom of the resource bucket..
cheers,
Doc

 

[Cort]

Check the primer pockets, are they small primer instead of large primer? I think the Federal NT cases use a small primer in addition to having a crimped primer.

Cort

 

[stool]

i do keep all or most of the small primer pocket 45 acp brass i get..WITH THE EXCEPTION OF WIN NT..it all gets scraped.

small primers after 100 yrs of large was a joke, but then we have to deal with crimped small primers...never

just plain trash imho..

there are now at least SEVEN companies that MARKET small primer 45acp

 

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They are small primer pockets, I just separate them from the large and load each size all at one time so I don't have to worry about what primer to use.

I think I'll just toss the NT stuff since I only have a few of them.