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TIGHTEN PRIMER POCKETS, here's how.
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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 1079151" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>That was my experience with the Hart primer pocket salvage tool. I could tell by the feel when seating a new primer as it moved past the snug portion of the primer pocket at the edge of the case head. Not a very satisfactory result. I never torched a bolt face with escaping gas, because I wasn't able to use it on too many casings before it no longer tightened up the primer pockets at all. </p><p></p><p>My plan is to hammer on a casing or two and purposely overdue it in the effort to compress more than just the case head edge of the primer pocket. Them come back in with my Dillon primer pocket swage tool to enlarge the primer pocket back to the correct size. Maybe I'll be able to recover more of the primer pocket a little further down from the case head. Maybe not...</p><p></p><p>Ball bearings and bolts are cheap. A handful of .300 Win Mag Lapua cases aren't any good the way they are, and they aren't available for purchase any longer at any price because Lapua stopped making them ~6yrs ago. It won't cost much to try this out. I like the approach better than the Hart tool that sits on my shelf. Just need to order a few ball bearings.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 1079151, member: 4191"] That was my experience with the Hart primer pocket salvage tool. I could tell by the feel when seating a new primer as it moved past the snug portion of the primer pocket at the edge of the case head. Not a very satisfactory result. I never torched a bolt face with escaping gas, because I wasn't able to use it on too many casings before it no longer tightened up the primer pockets at all. My plan is to hammer on a casing or two and purposely overdue it in the effort to compress more than just the case head edge of the primer pocket. Them come back in with my Dillon primer pocket swage tool to enlarge the primer pocket back to the correct size. Maybe I'll be able to recover more of the primer pocket a little further down from the case head. Maybe not... Ball bearings and bolts are cheap. A handful of .300 Win Mag Lapua cases aren't any good the way they are, and they aren't available for purchase any longer at any price because Lapua stopped making them ~6yrs ago. It won't cost much to try this out. I like the approach better than the Hart tool that sits on my shelf. Just need to order a few ball bearings. [/QUOTE]
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