Lyman brass station and a question?
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Lyman brass station and a question?
Because I've had some trouble with range pick up brass when it comes to priming and usually end up with a few military surplus rounds that have crimped primer pockets I felt it was necessary to do some Case Prep Beyond just cleaning. I know this can all be done with hand tools but with my old beat up joints and because I can I wanted something faster and easier. I purchased the Lyman brass conditioning Station below but I have a question because I only do pistol brass.
Do you believe it is beneficial to chamfer the inside and outside of straight walled brass?
Do you believe it is beneficial to chamfer the inside and outside of straight walled brass?
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Re: Lyman brass station and a question?
Yes, I believe there is a benefit. Easier bullet seating and chambering. I have the Lyman Prep Center and using if for both rifle and pistol; 25 Auto through 480 Ruger.Shooterrick2020 wrote:Do you believe it is beneficial to chamfer the inside and outside of straight walled brass?
The itty bitty 25 Auto working its way around the tools. Even the 25 Auto needs trimming once in a while and is always chamfered in and out.
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I agree, I see a benefit. I don't go crazy with it, basically just knock off the burrs.
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Re: Lyman brass station and a question?
Basically as larryw says knock off the burrs and dull the edge. If you load cast it helps with seating without shaving or excessive flaring.
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Re: Lyman brass station and a question?
I would only chamfer pistol brass if I trimmed it ... which I don't. Beneficial? Sure it is. Worth it? Not for me but maybe for others.
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Re: Lyman brass station and a question?
Hope you don't have to much trouble with the Lyman primer pocket crimp removal bit. I had a fair amount of difficulty with it as very few cases were once and done for me. Many ended up having to be reprocessed because of priming difficulty. I even ended up ruining several pieces because the primer just ended up going in to easy and I feared a blown out primer. I ended up giving the RCBS bit a try after looking at the options and I am totally happy with it. Although it is a bit pricey at $20 each I now have them for small and large.
If you look at the picture that RD posted of trimming a piece of .25 acp brass. I lock a small pair of vise grips onto the shellholder and that makes it easier for me to tighten the shellholder to the lock stud which is easier on the hands and fingers.
If you look at the picture that RD posted of trimming a piece of .25 acp brass. I lock a small pair of vise grips onto the shellholder and that makes it easier for me to tighten the shellholder to the lock stud which is easier on the hands and fingers.
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Re: Lyman brass station and a question?
Ah, the additional fun and aggravation of working with the extra small .25 and .32 auto's! I seldom find a need to trim straight walled cases, thus I normally do not need to chamfer the mouth of the cases; the "flare" given by the Lee "charging" die is sufficient to allow easier seating of bullets, even for the small "fellows". I do use the Lyman primer cutter on military brass, but most of that action is reserved for "bottle necked" cases that have had the primers crimped in.
Because of the small size of the cases that take small primers, both rifle and pistol, I reserve these loading tasks for days when there is is nothing more productive to accomplish. In other words, they are my last choice in the reloading process. (Me thinks RD has solved most of the aggravation, to me, of loading for the .25 auto with his new APP press and use of his "progressive".
Because of the small size of the cases that take small primers, both rifle and pistol, I reserve these loading tasks for days when there is is nothing more productive to accomplish. In other words, they are my last choice in the reloading process. (Me thinks RD has solved most of the aggravation, to me, of loading for the .25 auto with his new APP press and use of his "progressive".
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Re: Lyman brass station and a question?
My Lyman case prep center finally made it to me last Monday. My hands and wrists are asking why I waited so long. So far I've only used it to work on the back log of 223 brass but it's been great. I'm not real crazy about the primer pocket cleaning bit. It doesn't seem to scrape all the crude off the bottom of the pocket and to save wear on the uniformer I like to get them clean before I do the uniforming. So I'm looking for a better solution.
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Well I have a manual flash hole tool coming Monday and more than 3K 9X19 to do so...
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Re: Lyman brass station and a question?
Yea, I sure would hate to be without my case prep center, real slick machine.Ohio3Wheels wrote:My Lyman case prep center finally made it to me last Monday. My hands and wrists are asking why I waited so long. So far I've only used it to work on the back log of 223 brass but it's been great. I'm not real crazy about the primer pocket cleaning bit. It doesn't seem to scrape all the crude off the bottom of the pocket and to save wear on the uniformer I like to get them clean before I do the uniforming. So I'm looking for a better solution.
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What I do is, for " new to me " brass, I deprime & size then wet tumble.
This cleans the pocket spotless. Then I uniform the pockets. After that,
Load, shoot, then toss them in walnut shell & buzz bucket.
That's the nice thing about pocket prep, only needs done once, & boy oh boy
is it worth it, priming problems are a bad memorie..
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