Reload Federal .223 and Other Staked (Crimped) Primer Pocketed Brass
This is what comes in the Swager Combo Kit
You may have heard a myth that Federal .223 brass as well as other brands and military cases that have a staked (crimped) primer pocket are not able to be reloaded. This is not true. In fact if you have brass that is military brass or has had the primer pocket crimped (like Federal .223Rem brass) you can easily swage the primer pocket with the RCBS Primer Pocket Swager Combo die.
It comes with a small and large primer pocket swager, a body die, and two swager rods.
The Swager set up and ready to swage
This is how easy it is to do once you have set up your primer pocket swager die:
1) Resize your brass (or at least decap it)
2) Remove sizer die from your press
3) Put the swager die into your press.
4) Place your case into the body die and work the press
5) Lift up the press’ arm and pop the case off by pushing the arm forward until the washer pops the case off.
Do those simple things and you now have reloadable brass.
Left to Right: Primer pocket without a crimp, Federal .223 brass with a crimp and finally Federal .223 brass with primer pocket swaged
It really is that easy. The set costs approximately $40-$50aud and is distributed by Nioa Trading. So if you have a lot of Federal .223 or other brass with a crimped primer pocket this is a very worthwhile investment.
You can swage large and small primer pockets with this set.
I was going to make a video about this but there is a great video on it already so I will show you that one:
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I have used heaps of Federal brass. They are excellent. This method of removing the crimp seems to be a very good one. I have always used a Lee hand crimp remover in the chuck of an electric drill. It works a treat and I have done several thousands of cases in 223 and 308 and 30/06. I have found the Lee case trimmer to be far better than any other method too. I have lots of file trim dies, two “Forstar” case trimmers and lots of other gadgets but the Lee trimmer is the best in my book for trimming cases which some handloaders seam to neglect. We used to get fired cases from scrap metal dealers buying big drums at a time. The best way to get new brass is to use Federal Ammunition it is cheaper than buying the components including the cases. If you shop around the price is cheaper than buying the cases and the bullets! That means you get the powder and primers free and save time reloading.However if you use once fired brass purchased in Qld they usually are very cheap and many of them are not crimped. For the 223 they come in ADI, Winchester, Federal, PMC and some military brand which I do not recognize. The 308′s are mostly Winchester with some ADI. All of the brass is excellent but needs sorting out into piles of each brand. Weighing a small selection of the deprimed cases gives you a good idea of the capacity and if you need to make allowances for this when reloading. I have found it makes little difference unless your loads are hot.