Is It Ok To Not Clean Out The Primer Pocket When Reloading Cartridges

• #1

I read this morning in some other thread, there is at to the lowest degree i person who feels that primer pocket cleaning is extraneous. He claims 1/two MOA accuracy without cleaning primer pockets, and suggests trying it. I like this thought, every bit primer pocket cleaning for me is a pain.
Are in that location others out there who have prove to support this? Is there whatever 1 who tin can give good reason why cleaning pockets is a MUST?

Thanks for the opinions,
Tim

• #2

Its non necessary. Just if you are concerned near it, it is a freebie with stainless tumbling

• #3

I but clean mine nearly every third firing equally I pretty much despise whatever type of case prep. Almost despise reloading in full general but its merely one of those things I take to do in order to shoot every bit much as I do without breaking the banking concern. I haven't noticed any difference in a clean pocket vs a dingy 1.

• #4

...in that location is at least 1 person who feels that primer pocket cleaning is extraneous. He claims 1/2 MOA accuracy without cleaning primer pockets, and suggests trying information technology.

Brand that "at least 2 people." I get one-half minute, and I don't make clean the primer pocket.

That said, I'm yet working my style thru a supply of brass, and I'm just on my second firing of each instance. Maybe as I get more than rounds on each example, I'll need to make clean the pocket.

• #12

Only exercise information technology when its extremely dirty with the build upward. Fifty-fifty if all theories are true, I personally can't shoot the accuracy of those differences. 1~i.5MOA result out to 800 yards satisfies me.

• #13

Every third cycle for me, but if there'southward some crud in a wink pigsty, I'll knock it out with a toothpick.

You don't want to go 20 cycles w/o cleaning, as that will prohibit one from seating a primer below affluent, but a single cycle, or three, won't add much build-upwardly, unless y'all're shooting some 3rd world 'dirty whore' primer.

Chris

Last edited: Mar ane, 2013

• #15

Thank you, Anybody. I was getting to the point where I was almost to adopt a policy of only cleaning the pockets on my 338LM and my 30.06, the two rifles I am trying to shoot very well with. I just got 1500 spent cases Military 5.56, and dreaded the task of pocket cleaning.
I shall look into the SS Media route, simply right now can't afford it, or rather, am concentrating my coin elsewhere.
I'll adopt a policy for my pistol and 5.56 ammo to watch the primer pockets, and make clean when I feel they are getting a little built upward with grime.
Really capeesh the suggestions and opinions offered hither.

• #17

When I take my cases out of my tumbler, I use compressed air to clear the flash holes. Normally, if the carbon in the primer pockets has congenital up, the compressed air will go underneath it and knock information technology loose. I haven't manually cleaned a primer pocket in a long time.

Groovy idea! Thanks alot!

• #18

I make clean every three loadings or and then.. I just chuck up a primer cleaning castor in my drill, mountain the drill to the tabular array and lock it on, then I just run the butts of the cases into the spinning brush. About 1-two seconds per case and the primer pockets are nice and clean.

I do the same process with the VLD trimmer head from the Lyman tool for the primer crimps and example mouths as well. Works like a charm and takes very little time.

• #21

Surely yous know that if y'all don't perfectly clean all that massive crud outta the primer pockets your sling swivels will rust?

• #22

Surely yous know that if you don't perfectly clean all that massive grime outta the primer pockets your sling swivels will rust?

Proficient i!!!!!

• #26

My Win94 shoots 1/2moa... simply sayin'.

I don't dubiety information technology. I was originally proverb it that way, as I don't know what the ramifications of not cleaning pockets is on accurateness, so I worded it that fashion while I waited for the responses. It seems that pocket cleaning is really not that essential to decent accurateness, which is what I wanted to find out.
Nice rifle there, by the mode....

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