Ok guys help me out here. I have a bunch of 5.56 NATO brass that has the crimped in primer. Does this die pop the crimp out with the primer or what? If it does its quicker than my Dillon super seated. And since I'm about to go progressive with 5.56 it would make things easier. Thanks in advance.
The one I purchased does not remove the crimp well enough to seat a new primer. Still had to ream out every primer pocket. Unless I'm misunderstanding the tool your using.
If it's just the universal decapping die, all it does is remove the primer. Won't touch the crimp at all.
What they said. Used one for years. Always had to swag the pocket of crimped brass.
Kind of figured as much. Didn't want waste my time or money on a tool that doesn't work. Oh well a little extra time is no big thing.
The only thing the universal deprimer does is help from having to change a die out everytime you change caliber, i like it cause you can use it on unclean brass without the worry of scratching the die or brass since the die body is bigger than your case
You might ask @Neckbeard but I think the Lee App might be a quicker way to swage than using a dillon super swage. If you are looking for a quicker method.
I've mostly used a reamer in a drill. If you have soft hands it might not be the method for you unless you can use some sort of gloves
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As far as the primer pocket i have done the reamer both by hand and with a drill it was hell to my arthritic hands,, tried two different swagging kits first was the CH4D it was a no go due to pulling the ream off the cases second was the RCBS kits and it worked good with very little problems but i wanted more so i got the lyman prep center and it works great and can do more with it.
