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Posted: 7/8/2012 8:28:13 AM EDT
| So far, I've found two companies that make swagers that remove the primer crimp in military ammo, Dillon and RCBS. Any opinions on which of these is better? Any other companies make good swagers? Thanks for any help you can give me. |
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I just bought the Dillon super swage 600 yesterday. So far I've already done about 1400 lake city cases with no issue. It's a pretty tedious process so I did it while watching a movie. I have no experience with the rcbs though. If you think it's tedious using a Super Swage, try it with an RCBS rig... I have both, and I only use the RCBS swage button to gage whether or not I have the Dillon properly adjusted. Edit to add that I'm referring to the old, press mounted RCBS swager... |
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Have and use Dillon 600 swager.
To my knowledge there is only one better method to swaging and it's an integral part of loading on Dillon 1050. The RCBS swager I have not seen and based on reports is every bit as good as Dillon. Can't say one is better than the other. I do have RCBS swager that fits press ram and press tool head. That's what the Dillon 600 replaced. |
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I find the Dillon to work very quick and smooth http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e219/angus6/Untitled-3.jpg LOL. I have the Dillon Super Swage 600. It's awesome and makes removing military crimps easy. I've used it for 9mm, 308 and 223. |
 Far drill has a PP uniformer in it. Hornady reamer is about $12, most people already have a drill.  The Dillon is a great tool for a large batch, I use the drill for small batches.
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Bought this RCBS Bench Mounted Primer Pocket Swager when they first came out and I love it...
http://media.midwayusa.com/productimages/large/319/319662.jpg |
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Far drill has a PP uniformer in it. Hornady reamer is about $12, most people already have a drill. The Dillon is a great tool for a large batch, I use the drill for small batches. I have both. I just wait untl I have a "large" batch in the brass bucket and go to town with the Dillon. I use the uniformed a bit, but the Hornady reamer has been mostly unused since I grabbed the Dillon. |
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Reamers in a drill are cheap options that work well
But the bench mounted swagers are best, hands down. I bought my Dillon 600 before RCBS was even making their bench mounted unit. I can say with absolute certainty that the Dillon Swager (and possibly the RCBS bench mounted swager) are much quicker and less "tedious" than any other method. I have a challenge that I offer to anybody that refutes that claim in any thread I've seen here. It is very simple. Count how many cases you can remove the crimp on in 15 minutes. I did just that with the Dillon when I first got it because I was so amazed how how quick and easy it made the task. I swaged the crimp out of 275 cases in 15 minutes. That is a rate of 1100 cases/hr. After doing that rate for about 45 minutes (I had just shy of 1k rounds to swage) I didn't feel fatigued in any way and I sat down and started priming cases with my trusty Lee priming tool (I did feel fatigued after that). |
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Quoted: Dryflash - I was wondering what is it that you are screwing the Hornady primer pocket crimp reamer into to use it in the drill? I've been using the reamer with the handle and it is tedious to say the least. http://www.midwayusa.com/product/314848/redding-primer-pocket-uniformer-tool-power-adapter $3.49 |
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