5.56 brass from MFLR

[Fixxah]

Well, I have sized all 4k, swaged 4k, cleaned flash holes of 4k and have trimmed 40lbs. by hand with Wilson trimmer. My effin hands are blistered and I swear I am going to buy the best electric trimmer next time. After trimming I have to de-burr inside and out. Grrrrrrrr!

Man this is fun. At least I didn't try it all in one session.

 

[Finalygotabeltfed]

You wasted your time swaging that brass, it reprimes just fine without that step.

I've done a couple of K myself and only had to touch a couple of them with a reamer giving them a twist or two.

Did you try priming some before you got into swaging?

 

[richc]

You wasted your time swaging that brass, it reprimes just fine without that step.

I've done a couple of K myself and only had to touch a couple of them with a reamer giving them a twist or two.

Did you try priming some before you got into swaging?

Tom... Thanks for the tip... you just saved me LOTS of time!

Rich

 

[Fixxah]

The swaging was no big deal compared to trimming. I use the drill press and it only took a couple of hours. I didn't want to do just a few since I use progressive press and hate it when the process is stalled due to a crushed primer. Thankfully I only need to do this once.

 

[Finalygotabeltfed]

Tom... Thanks for the tip... you just saved me LOTS of time!

Rich

 

[Snapshot]

You wasted your time swaging that brass, it reprimes just fine without that step.

I thought I read in the other thread that some batches were crimped more then others.
http://northeastshooters.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=59986&page=5

 

[Finalygotabeltfed]

I thought I read in the other thread that some batches were crimped more then others.
http://northeastshooters.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=59986&page=5

As I posted, I did about 2K and only had to touch a few with a reamer.
Maybe I lucked out, but my brass came from the same first lot that all the other's here did.

 

[suitableperson]

As I posted, I did about 2K and only had to touch a few with a reamer.
Maybe I lucked out, but my brass came from the same first lot that all the other's here did.

I didn't find I had to trim either..Did you?

 

[Underwhere]

Would you guys recommend the RCBS case prep center for a job like this?

 

[Finalygotabeltfed]

I didn't find I had to trim either..Did you?

Using a Dillon case guage, Yes, I did find that they had to be trimmed. I trim all my bottleneck rifle cases all the time using a Dillon power trimmer. It full length resizes and trims in one stroke. That gives you consistant length and the case won't get hung up in the chamber throat.

 

[Fixxah]

De,

Save your pennies for one of these. I plan on getting one soon. It does three steps while only handling the brass once. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGYLmHvKVd0

 

[RKG]

The Giraud cannot reference case length directly (since it has no access to the case head). I'm guessing it references some point on the case shoulder to gauge case length, and while this is OK in theory, it means that the cases should be resized to whatever spec Giraud was using when it designed its tool, before trimming.