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Best way of cleaning primer pockets ! #3151296 07/12/09 Joined: May 2003 Posts: 16,972 Likes: 1 Eastern KS S Spotshooter OP Campfire Ranger OP Spotshooter Campfire Ranger S Joined: May 2003 Posts: 16,972 Likes: 1 Eastern KS Brush ? Spot shooter www.prairiefireprecision.com

Re: Best way of cleaning primer pockets ! Spotshooter #3151494 07/12/09 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 2,762 1 hr north of Hell Ol` Joe Campfire Regular Ol` Joe Campfire Regular Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 2,762 1 hr north of Hell RCBS case master.... I must confess, I was born at a very early age. --Groucho Marx Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when they deserve it. --Mark Twain

Re: Best way of cleaning primer pockets ! Ol` Joe #3151507 07/12/09 Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 21,979 Likes: 1 H HawkI Campfire Ranger HawkI Campfire Ranger H Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 21,979 Likes: 1 ...and a brush(grins). I never bother.

Re: Best way of cleaning primer pockets ! HawkI #3151749 07/13/09 Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 3,943 Grand Bay, Alabama W War_Eagle Campfire Tracker War_Eagle Campfire Tracker W Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 3,943 Grand Bay, Alabama I put a primer pocket brush on a cordless drill and go to town.

Re: Best way of cleaning primer pockets ! War_Eagle #3151763 07/13/09 Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 543 Stevensville, Montana M Mauserkid Campfire Regular Mauserkid Campfire Regular M Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 543 Stevensville, Montana I cut a ten gauge copper wire, bend like a little crank, and twist it in the primer pocket. The cut edge of the wire is parallel with the handle.. Works for me..

Re: Best way of cleaning primer pockets ! Mauserkid #3151773 07/13/09 Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 23,139 Likes: 6 Annapolis, Md. G gnoahhh Campfire Ranger gnoahhh Campfire Ranger G Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 23,139 Likes: 6 Annapolis, Md. Small bladed screwdriver. "You can lead a man to logic, but you cannot make him think." Joe Harz "Always certain, often right." Keith McCafferty

Re: Best way of cleaning primer pockets ! gnoahhh #3151969 07/13/09 Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 265 NE Alabama Enios Campfire Member Enios Campfire Member Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 265 NE Alabama My Sinclair pocket uniformer in a cordless screwdriver. Last edited by Enios; 07/13/09. A veteran is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to "The United States of America" for an amount of "up to and including my life."

Re: Best way of cleaning primer pockets ! Enios #3152115 07/13/09 Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 543 Stevensville, Montana M Mauserkid Campfire Regular Mauserkid Campfire Regular M Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 543 Stevensville, Montana Another tool that I have used is a broken drill bit... Got to grind the flutes though.

Re: Best way of cleaning primer pockets ! Mauserkid #3152148 07/13/09 Joined: May 2005 Posts: 7,103 Likes: 4 A AussieGunWriter Campfire Tracker AussieGunWriter Campfire Tracker A Joined: May 2005 Posts: 7,103 Likes: 4 I have never cleaned a primer pocket in nearly 40 years of handloading. JW When truth is ignored, it does not change an untruth from remaining a lie.

Re: Best way of cleaning primer pockets ! Spotshooter #3152438 07/13/09 Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 1,418 Fairbanks, Ak. Bear_in_Fairbanks Campfire Regular Bear_in_Fairbanks Campfire Regular Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 1,418 Fairbanks, Ak. To clean primer pockets it's the primer pocket cleaner / uniformer sold by Sinclair. Made out of carbide (I think) and chucks into your electric drill. I use it every time even on new cases. It's the cat's meow. Bear in Fairbanks "Unless you're the lead dog, the scenery never changes." Amazingly, I've lived long enough to see a President who is worse than Carter. And finally, Gun control means using two hands.

Re: Best way of cleaning primer pockets ! Spotshooter #3152574 07/13/09 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 28,420 Likes: 6 Idaho, USA Jim in Idaho Campfire Ranger Jim in Idaho Campfire Ranger Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 28,420 Likes: 6 Idaho, USA A child between 8 and 12 works well as a primer pocket cleaner. When one of those is not available I use a hand held RCBS brush. Used the Lee scraper type thing for 25 years then bought a brush. Seems to me the brush cleans the pocket more completely. Gunnery, gunnery, gunnery. Hit the target, all else is twaddle!

Re: Best way of cleaning primer pockets ! Ol` Joe #3152862 07/13/09 Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 407 Oilfields of the world POPGUN Campfire Member POPGUN Campfire Member Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 407 Oilfields of the world Originally Posted by Ol` Joe RCBS case master.... For sure! Load er up with the primer pocket uniformer heads and fly at it. Keep a little shop vac handy because the crud builds up pretty quick too. I like it here. They let me swear.

Re: Best way of cleaning primer pockets ! POPGUN #3152955 07/13/09 Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,474 Los Anchorage AK Idaho_Elk_Huntr Campfire Regular Idaho_Elk_Huntr Campfire Regular Joined: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,474 Los Anchorage AK I was using a brush but I bought some stainless steel media and a Thumler Model B. Dawn water and 2-3 hours in the tumbler and they look like new inside and out. I was ANTI-OBAMA before it was CooL

Re: Best way of cleaning primer pockets ! Bear_in_Fairbanks #3153018 07/13/09 Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 23,660 Likes: 1 MontanaMan Campfire Ranger MontanaMan Campfire Ranger Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 23,660 Likes: 1 Originally Posted by Bear_in_Fairbanks To clean primer pockets it's the primer pocket cleaner / uniformer sold by Sinclair. Made out of carbide (I think) and chucks into your electric drill. I use it every time even on new cases. It's the cat's meow. Bear in Fairbanks +1 really works well & fast too. MM

Re: Best way of cleaning primer pockets ! gnoahhh #3153451 07/13/09 Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,568 Clearfield County, Pa. D Dale K Campfire Tracker Dale K Campfire Tracker D Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,568 Clearfield County, Pa. Originally Posted by gnoahhh Small bladed screwdriver. +1 Dale This space for rent

Re: Best way of cleaning primer pockets ! AussieGunWriter #3153692 07/13/09 Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,579 The Boondock....... W wildswalker Campfire Outfitter wildswalker Campfire Outfitter W Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 7,579 The Boondock....... Originally Posted by AussieGunWriter I have never cleaned a primer pocket in nearly 40 years of handloading. JW You're supposed to clean 'em?!? Now that I think on it, my tumbler probably get's 'em cleaner than they were when I put them in it.........

Re: Best way of cleaning primer pockets ! Enios #3153849 07/13/09 Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 184 Coast Guard City, USA 757 Campfire Member 757 Campfire Member Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 184 Coast Guard City, USA +1 that's the way to go, cleans and forms primer pocket in one step. 757 Pursue Perfection Capture Excellence

Re: Best way of cleaning primer pockets ! War_Eagle #3153930 07/14/09 Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 13,436 Grayling, MI D DMB Campfire Outfitter DMB Campfire Outfitter D Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 13,436 Grayling, MI Originally Posted by War_Eagle I put a primer pocket brush on a cordless drill and go to town. Same here. With that set up, I can fly thru cases in short order. Don Buckbee JPFO NRA Benefactor Member NSSA Life Member

Re: Best way of cleaning primer pockets ! DMB #3154018 07/14/09 Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 609 Manitoba Canada R Rooney Campfire Regular Rooney Campfire Regular R Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 609 Manitoba Canada War_Eagle & DMB Best way to go!

Re: Best way of cleaning primer pockets ! DMB #3154274 07/14/09 Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,239 MN yukonal Campfire Tracker yukonal Campfire Tracker Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,239 MN Originally Posted by DMB Originally Posted by War_Eagle I put a primer pocket brush on a cordless drill and go to town. Same here. With that set up, I can fly thru cases in short order. Me too. I clamp a drill to the reloading bench, with the chuck pointing up, and lower the shell onto it while it's running. Same thing works for reaming the primer pocket, just switch from the brush to the reamer. Originally Posted by archie_james_c I should have just bought a [bleep] T3...