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Was the fella telling me correct, that you can leave the crimps & use a certain primer that will fit them?
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No, he was not. Standard CCI, Winchester, Federal or any other primer will not fit in the primer pocket without the crimp being taken out. The trick is to not over swedge them that the new primers are lose and fall out.
Most swedging tools come with two size hubs, small rifle for 223 or 38 spl for pistol and large rifle for 308 or 45 ACP for pistol. (all military cases have crimped primers) You also need to decap the cases (remove the old primers) before swedging them and more force is required to remove the old primers since they are crimped.
You will only need to do this once to each case when you take the crimped primer out.
Even though you have carbide dies for the 223 you will need to lube the case to prevent it from getting stuck (bottle neck cases like to get stuck in the resizing dies, I know).
Jim