Reloading 1x Shot S&B .308 Brass

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12 years 12 hours ago #16464 by Fausty0
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I bought 1000 rounds of Sellier & Bellot .308 ammo and and going to try and reload it. So far it seems that the primer pocket is a bit tight and sometimes distorts the primer after I hand prime it. Has anyone experienced this as well?

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12 years 12 hours ago #16466 by Siscowet
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Are you reaming the pocket?

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12 years 11 hours ago #16468 by Fausty0
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I sure am!

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12 years 9 hours ago #16475 by Sharkey
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You need to just throw all that ammo away buddy.

I'll PM you my address, you send it to me and I'll see it gets disposed of properly. Oh my goodness yes. Send that to me straight away before anything bad happens... :)

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12 years 9 hours ago - 12 years 9 hours ago #16476 by Siscowet
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I wonder if Seller and Bellot might be using a small rifle primer and proprietary brass rather then a large rifle primer and standard brass. Reaming probably would take care of it though, I would think. You might get a magnifying setup and a very small micrometer or some other way to measure the primer pocket. Other wise you may try varying the primer seating depth with your hand priming tool. I used to have some issues like that with Squires and Bingham Filipino Military brass in 5.56. I found a more steady gentle pressure with a hand priming tool was the solution. Hope that helps. Also is it a good fit on the shell holder in the hand priming tool? Any play or misalignment?
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12 years 9 hours ago #16477 by Siscowet
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Sharkey wrote: You need to just throw all that ammo away buddy.

I'll PM you my address, you send it to me and I'll see it gets disposed of properly. Oh my goodness yes. Send that to me straight away before anything bad happens... :)

They don't call you the shark for nothing. :rotfl:

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12 years 9 hours ago #16478 by Sharkey
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Siscowet wrote:

Sharkey wrote: You need to just throw all that ammo away buddy.

I'll PM you my address, you send it to me and I'll see it gets disposed of properly. Oh my goodness yes. Send that to me straight away before anything bad happens... :)

They don't call you the shark for nothing. :rotfl:



Watching out for our members' safety is all just part of the service buddy... ;)

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12 years 3 hours ago #16498 by LebbenB
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The primer pocket might have a military crimp that needs to be removed by a chamfer tool.

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12 years 3 hours ago #16501 by Siscowet
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That is actually what I met by reaming the pocket.

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11 years 11 months ago #16513 by jtallen83
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RCBS makes a swage for primer pockets as well. You don't have to remove metal that way and get a spec size primer pocket. Pain in the :censored: doing it though.

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