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This may have been brought up before, for gophers, p. dogs etc. where high volume shooting is involved, do you clean the primer pockets of your rifle ammo? I always have since that is how my mentor taught me it should be done.. But that teaching was over 50 years ago.. What do you say?
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I used to uniform them and also de-burr the flash holes. Didn't see any advantage for me after loading a batch where I skipped these steps.
My .25-06 shoots 1/4" all day long and I don't even have to do my part...
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No. Gave up cleaning primer pockets many years ago.
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Thanks guys, this will save me a bunch of extra work!!
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me either...only remove media from cleaning of course otherwise a waste of time.....p/dog...gopher..coyote... will never know the difference......
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If you call pin tumbeling cleaning primer pockets then yes I do on occasion for personal satisfaction. Would not sweat it to much either way.
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This^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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No. Gave up cleaning primer pockets many years ago. and this ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Only if I am extremely bored.
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Yep. Always. I do it with my pistol ammo, too.
(I know, there's one in every crowd. :))
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I used to uniform them. Now I just use the Holland tool in a drill. Takes no time at all.
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I tried shooting some groups with my .222 & .223 without cleaning the primer pockets.. As most know, the groups were excellent! Thanks for the help!
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I'm in the camp that quit the time killing habit years ago also. Haven't seen any reason to start doing it again.
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i uniform the pocket and flash hole after first firing, then leave them alone
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making everything as uniform as possible is a waste !! but most don't have gun or skill to take advantage of such 
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making everything as uniform as possible is a waste !! but most don't have gun or skill to take advantage of such tell me more about that the only waste i can see is the wasted time, when i could be drinking beer
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yes I clean them everytime I load
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The way I shoot, it would be like putting premium gas in a 85 Chevy Pickup. Might make me feel better, but aint gonna help a bit!
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