Bulged at Neck 223 Case

[Pinecone]

I continue to use these 1970 era implements to remove crimped primers.
No modern day mechanization here.

I used a Lyman hand tool like that for many years. I got the blisters too.

Dillon Super Swage is MUCH easier for primer pockets.

And WFT is MUCH easier to trim with.

But the Lyman trimmer is not bad. Just a bit slower to insert the case, latch, trim, unlatch, remove.

 

[kalister1]

Remember that the WFT bases off of the shoulder, not the case length. If you try to use the crimp of the seating die, you need to use a full length trimmer instead of the WFT.

Either factory crimp with separate die and WFT
Or full length trim and setup seating die to apply desired crimp.

You replied to this statement above.

Read the entire thread, the issue is a bulge in the case neck caused by crimping.

 

[85MikeTPI]

I sped my Drill Press up from 600 to 1900 and it throws the swarf pretty good now. I wear a face shield over the safety glasses now. It goes up to 3100, I don't want to put too much stress on that little bearing. If it starts to load up more I'll speed it up.

Thanks Smdub and Outrider58

And all the rest too!

I drilled a 1/2” hole in the bottom of a clear (lg) laundry or fab soften cup and wedge it between the WFT and press chuck. It cuts a lot of the sling

 

[85MikeTPI]

Did you read the post I was replying to?

Did you really read the post you were replying to, or did you interpret something that wasn’t there?

 

[kalister1]

Why would your case be crimped when you trim it?????

You crimp after or during bullet seating. You trim BEFORE loading.

One thing with the WFT, you need to size your brass before trimming. Otherwise brass from different chambers will end up with different lengths.

This implies trimming BEFORE sizing is OK if you do not use a WFT.

 

[kalister1]

I drilled a 1/2” hole in the bottom of a clear (lg) laundry or fab soften cup and wedge it between the WFT and press chuck. It cuts a lot of the sling

Good idea, i use a paper cup when drilling into dry wall to catch the dust.

 

[Pinecone]

You replied to this statement above.

Read the entire thread, the issue is a bulge in the case neck caused by crimping.

If you set you WFT properly and trim AFTER sizing, the cases will crimp fine.

 

[Pinecone]

This implies trimming BEFORE sizing is OK if you do not use a WFT.

Which it is not, as cases can stretch when sizing. Mainly caused by expander ball drag.

Unless you use a bushing die.

 

[kalister1]

If you set you WFT properly and trim AFTER sizing, the cases will crimp fine.

You truly are a genius! How did you figure that out?

Maybe After it was concluded that the case being too long was the problem? Thank you for your wisdom!

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