primer pockets

[bronson3304]

how many of you guys clean your primer pockets each time you reload your cases. i clean mine every time and i am wondering if it needs to be done.

 

[kwatters]

never

 

[shooter1054]

Only if it is filthy. With some I might do it more often, ie. hunting loads or accuracy loads. I'm not sure if it helps enough for me to notice. We might be talking !/8 or 1/4" at 100 yards. I'm not a bech rest shooter or competitve shooter, so that small difference doesn't show up to me.

 

[Broom_jm]

I used to actually clean primer pockets, but found it to be wholly unnecessary. Visually inspect to ensure the flash hole is clear and full, with no scale obstructing it in any way, then seat a new primer. Clean primer pockets are nice, I suppose, but serve no function whatsoever. Consider how turret and progressive presses work, and how great that ammo typically is, and you'll be forced to concede that cleaning the primer pocket is just pointless busy work.

For match ammo, the flash hole matters and the pocket should be uniform, but even there it doesn't have to be "clean". IMHO, YMMV, n' all that.

 

[AllenM]

Mine only get cleaned if I am wet tumbling something ( pretty much all my rifle brass) but it is only a side benefit of the wet tumbler.
I used to clean them when doing rifle but they way I clean now it is a non issue.
Pistol brass I never clean except the 357 sig, which gets wet tumbled so they are clean in those.

 

[ghitch75]

if the hole is open they'll go bang.....i don't worry about it....

 

[bronson3304]

ok thanks guys. i was thinking it was not needed

 

[teddy12b]

The last time I cleaned a primer pocket it was to show a guy what I used to do when I first started reloading. I couldn't begin to guess how many years its been since I did it for a round of reloading.

 

[Wolfe28]

Occasionally for my 308, but that is it. Never for the rest of the stuff.

 

[squirrelhntr]

I clean mine ever time does'nt take long and I'm sure the primer will be seated fully. I heard a long time ago it was'nt necessary, but it's an old habit now...

 

[shibumiseeker]

Pistol, never. Plinking rifle, never. Precision rifle, usually.

 

[Aszerigan]

Never, unless the primer breaks apart on decapping.

 

[shadow6492]

i usually try to clean them out with the RCBS primer pocket brush, just part of my brass prep process

 

[JeepinGunGuy]

Every one every time for me But I have been told im a little bit anal when it comes to reloading more than once.

 

[U.S. Patriot]

I do not clean my primer pockets on my 9mm brass. On my .223 brass I use a primer pocket and flash hole uniforming tool.

 

[Haymaker]

I do, its just part of my case inspection I guess.

 

[bronson3304]

thanks everybody!

 

[LongRangeBushy]

Every One Every Time also --- anal and ocd habits are very hard to deter.

 

[Electronrider]

I clean the primer pocket, uniform the primer pocket, and flashole debur on each and evry case I reload. It is all about how OCD you want o be when it comes to your reloads. Of course, after doing all that work, and some friend pops off ten rounds without seriously trying to do their best, I get all bent out of shape..all that work for nothin! lolz

 

[Broom_jm]

I watched a guy reload 6PPC rounds AT the shooting bench, never cleaning anything, and he was shooting groups that were 1/2" or less. Pretty brass is nice, but the gun doesn't know the difference.