Two questions

[18Echo]

1. what do you guys use to clean the crap out of your primer pockets? The lee scrapper doesn't work worth a crap and the RCBS steel brush jacks up the brass.

2. Using the VLD reamer I'm getting some scrape marks down on the inside of the necks. Not all the way around, and not on all the cases. Is this due to Non-uniformity on the inside of the neck? (I'm using redding S type competition neck sizing die.)

Thanks

 

[Mc85]

Re: Two questions

my lee works ok enough. um those little nylon brushes for Dremel tools are the perfect size for large pockets and wont hurt brass at all, but clean the carbon right out. Im too lay-z to do this, but I have tried it and it works perfect.

 

[Rafael]

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I quit cleaning pockets and have not noticed a difference in my loads.

Are you saying the VLD tool is scraping the brass, or that the bullets are?

 

[shadow4]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Rafael</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I quit cleaning pockets and have not noticed a difference in my loads.
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+1

 

[18Echo]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Rafael</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

Are you saying the VLD tool is scraping the brass, or that the bullets are? </div></div>

No, it's not the bullets. After I size the case I use the VLD tool and hit the inside of the case mouth. Now, I know just from looking at the tool that the only thing hitting the case should be at the mouth since the tool is angled.... but I have scrapes inside of the mouth that actually go down deep enough to show new brass through the carbon build up from the first firing.

Could it be brass shavings catching and doing this? It's weird thats for sure.

 

[FIREMEDIC27]

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Sounds like you have possibly a burr on the chamfering tool or the brass is curling off the cutting edge and scraping the neck. Try chamfering in two or three steps, light chamfering and releasing pressure until you obtain the desired chamfer.

I clean the primer pockets with the Stainless brush and the flash hole chamfer. Just touch them up. But there is rarely enough carbon in there to make a difference.

 

[McCrazy]

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Are you maybe not keeping the tool properly aligned as you twist it allowing it to make contact with the side?

 

[Rafael]

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I don't have or use a VLD tool so I don't have that experience to go on. My guess is that the inconsistencies are forced to the inside of the neck after passing through the bushing and stay there unless you use an expander. This may be what you are hitting. Unless the VLD tool is kept VERY straight in the case you are likely scraping the sides and revealing the neck inconsistencies.

Pics would help.

 

[former naval person]

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Are the scrapes there after sizing and before the VLD chamfer? If so, they may be cracking of the fired debris from the sizing process. If they are then try chamfering first, and then polish the inside of the neck with some 0000 steel wool on a nylon brush running on a drill motor. Then size and see if you see any scratches.

 

[Tcanupp]

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I use a sinclair primer pocket uniformer to clean out the primer pockets. I have mine in a power drill. The first time takes a little bit of brass out of the primer pocket to square it up. On the cleanings after that it just takes out the carbon. It only takes a few seconds per round and doesn't scratch up the brass like the RCBS wire brush.