RCBS Swager - 556, should have done it earlier

[tabascoz28]

For the past 10 years I've been reloading 556 cases with extreme care and only using enough force to load a primer in without popping them. 2 in 10 years is not bad but still. And now I am shooting my AR more, did the research and got the RCBS and it fit into my Lee turret just fine. I have to use a flathead to pop them out but loading a new primer into the pockets is now heaven. Productivity increased, stress down.

I would use them for my 7.62 but the magtech ones don't seem to be crimped that much and goes in easily. Always an option if I get a batch that's tight.

[Divernhunter]

If you like the RCBS swager you will love the Dillon and it does 30 cal also.
I had the RCBS unit and sold it after getting the Dillon Super Swager

[JackEllis]

I have the RCBS swager and it gets the job done. Actually I suppose I could sell mine since I now have a lifetime's worth of .223 brass swaged.

[hambam105]

CH4d Primer Pocket Swager

https://youtu.be/oFD3jJ9AEXk

Vid uses a Coaxial, but th CH4D will work with the 'O' frame presses just fine.

[anyracoon]

Had the RCBS swager. Went with the Dillon 600, got rid of the RCBS, no looking back.

[bigdawg86]

Glad you like it, but there is much better out there. My biggest gripe with RCBS is that the brass sticks to the swager like crazy. I had one and couldn't get used to it. Dillon doesn't have that. Supposedly the Mighty Armory swager doesn't either.

[tabascoz28]

If I had to start over I guess I would with Dillon but I almost always go super cheap first. Got stuck with the Lee 4 Turret and like 10 turrets.

[MarikinaMan]

I have the RCBS and the Dillon. The RCBS unit sticks and I have to exert a lot of energy to release the case. The Dillon is ok, but still takes a lot of time to do 1000 cases.

This is what I use now. Works mas bueno.

https://usa-shop.armanov.com/product/swager-pro-for-dillon-xl650/

[ar15robert]

Been using a reamer for over 20 years adapted to a drill only takes a quick hit.Every shooting trip i end up with once fired brass from our group so i just separate it and i have alot of twice fired that i will reload about 4 times.

[hambam105]

I can not understand why Reloaders ream the primer pocket, maybe once
in a while one or two so as not to upset production.

There is no way those primer pockets come out with any uniformity by reaming alone.