Primer Pocket Swager Tool-2

The least expensive tool for removing military crimps consistently. There are several ways to remove military crimps from fired brass but this one is easy, cheap and fast. I love this tool! Yes, you could spend a lot more money on Big Blue's swaging tool, but RCBS has created a system that is easy and familiar. As reloaders we are used to doing almost everything on the press including priming, this tool feels like another reloading step. Very simple to set up and use. If your press is made by Lee and you have trouble getting the case stripper to work, just call RCBS and they will send the correct part in a few days. As a power user of Lee reloading tools I've come to accept the fact that Lee stuff just works a little bit differently. No big deal. If you pick up range brass you'll be surprised how many brands of .233 are crimped. All federal brass is crimped, even the American Eagle stuff you buy at Wally World. For me this is the right tool for the job, and it works on my Lee Single stage press. Much more precise than trying to cut the crimps out with a pocket knife or other hand tool.

This tool works very well to wage military crimps, allowing primers to be seated.

If you buy and use Nato cartridges or attempt to reload military cartridges, you may notice they have a crimp that prevents installation of the new primer. Most Nato rifle cartridges come with a staked or crimped primer. While it’s possible to decap the spent primer with a little extra effort, the new primer will not seat until the crimp is removed or reshaped. While you can use a case prep tool or primer pocket cutting tool,.. the swaging dies do a much better and more consistent job of removing the crimp. This kit comes with everything you need to turn your single stage reloading press into a primer pocket swaging device. The kit comes with a single overhead die and locking ring. It also comes with two case guides and two swaging dies that will accommodate small or large primer pockets. RCBS has provided a case stripper that fits over the swaging die to prevent the die from getting stuck in the primer pocket. The lower swaging die installs where the shell holder would normally go. The case stripper slides over that and forces the case off the die during the downward stroke. This kit will swage and reshape the primer pocket on both staked and 360 crimps. The case guide also has a small locking nut so you can fine tune both the die and the case guide, then lock them both down for the most consistent results case after case. RCBS states the Swager-2 kit is made with stronger steel than their first version and back it up with a limited lifetime warranty. The kit threaded right into the reloading press and the locking ring for the die and locking nut for the case guide threaded smoothly too. If you only have a few cases to work with, a primer tool or case prep chamfer might work. If you have more than ten, or are focused on accuracy and standardized reloading,.. you’ll be much better off with this primer pocket swager from RCBS. Once you dial it in for the case you’re working with, every case you swage will be consistent and consistency is what you’re after when reloading for high accuracy. If you have a variety of cases from different brands or slightly different thicknesses of brass such as .223 and 5.56, you’ll want to sort them by brand or cartridge and dial in the die for that specific case for the best results. If you’re reloading for long range accuracy,.. you’re already sorting by brand and case weight, so no extra steps needed. All in all, another great product from RCBS. We have yet to receive a bad product from RCBS and this primer pocket swaging die is no exception. Rugged, durable, precise and easy to use. Writing out the description sounds a little complicated. Take a look at the pictures and you’ll see it’s a lot simpler than it sounds. If you’re in the market for an all in one, small primer, large primer swaging tool, we highly recommend you check out this one from RCBS. If you’re in the market for reloading dies, they also make very high quality reloading dies, presses and accessories. And lucky for you,.. most RCBS products are available right here on Amazon.

Love this swager. It took a little bit of experimenting to make this work with my Lee Turret press, but I finally got it. Some people recommended getting a 3/4 copper pipe connector, but that didn't work for my press. I'm assuming mine is newer and has different sized parts. What I did end up using is a little bit crude, but it works. I put two 1.5x1.75x 14 gauge bushings (washers) under the the device that pushes the rounds off after swaging. When I go down, this pushes up with the primer catch on one side, but leaves the other side crooked, so I put two 18 gauge washers on that side so the brass was pushed out evenly. It's not perfect, but works well. I haven't had any issues doing it this way. The swager itself is great because if I'm not sure if the brass needs to be swaged or not, just push it down onto the swager... If it goes all the way down with bot a lot of force, it's fine. If it doesn't, go ahead and swage it. I estimate I can do 5 to 8 pieces of brass per minute, but I'll get faster as I get used to guiding to .223 brass into the top rod. Great product!

The RCBS primer swaging tool does exactly what it's intended to do, it does it quickly, it does it well and it's cheap. It does have some issues though. First off, the small support rod which is intended solely for swaging 5.56/.223 brass is a very close fit for the case mouth and it has no taper on the leading edge, it's simply a flat faced steel rod slightly smaller than the case mouth. Add to this the fact that the support rod ends up slightly recessed in some presses and you've got a system which becomes exceedingly tedious to use for an extended session. A slight tapering, or even a rounding of the leading edge on the support rod would make swaging 5.56 brass far easier. The system is not easily compatability with the Lee aluminum framed single stage press. The ejection device consists of an inverted cupped object which fits over the press ram, under the case to be swaged. After swaging the handle is raised lowering the ram, the inverted cup contacts the base of the press and pries the case off of the swaging insert. The aluminum Lee press has two "fins" which act as part of the spent primer catch in this area which impedes the case ejector from working correctly and making the two devices incompatible without serious alterations. I understand the incompatibility issue, it's unreasonable to think that a company would alter a design to make it better compatible with a competitor's equipment, but I don't understand the extremely tight fit and flat leading edge on a part which is only intended to be used on 5.56 brass.

Works as it should, as always RCBS delivers a quality product.

The quality is excellent, and it works perfectly on primer pockets. It handles both large and small primer pockets with ease, making the process quick and consistent. A well-made tool that does exactly what it’s supposed to.

Works great with your press.

Conforme

Swaging my first-use brass has made priming them significantly easier. It does take a bit more time to process the brass but is well worth the effort, and you only need to do it once. If you're having problems inserting primers into your brass you likely need to swage the primer pockets. This tool has worked well for me.

Easy to setup and use

Quality RCBS product, have used this on my IVI 7.62 brass and other military 5.56 brass. Once you set her up properly with a couple cases you can fly through hundreds in no time.

Get this if you are processing any quantity of random 223/556 brass, but make sure to use case lube on the primer pocket component. Most of the 556 brass you find on the floor of the range is the crimped pocket military style of case, which can be processed and deprimed normally but is impossible to re-prime without further work. This swager is the answer to (comparatively) easily handling hundreds of rounds of this. Bottom it out to get a nice rounded primer pocket and easy priming. Problems I had included a slightly oversized swager "shell holder" unit which actually does most of the work, which would not fit into my press. One would fit, the other was oversized, confirmed with measuring calipers. I chucked it in a drill and held a loose Dremel cutting disc to it reduce the inside diameter, as nothing else I had was hard enough to remove this super hardened metal. Next was the unclear instructions about how far the swager was supposed to go into the pocket when compressed. The answer is "as far as it will go" otherwise you can still have difficulties priming. A slightly rounded edge seems to be the goal. Last, getting cases to pop off of the swager initially took what seemed like Herculean force, especially as my press didn't have a lot of leverage at that point in the stroke. The answer was to make sure the swager is lubricated with sizing lube wax, periodically cleaning it and re-applying. This made it tolerable but you still need a bit of force to knock the cases free. Hold on to the case with your other hand as it tends to fly onto the ground! Hope this helps someone spend less than a weekend messing around with this thing like I did! I've processed about 300 rounds now and they work way better than trying to cut out the crimp manually.