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ghbucky · August 31, 2020, 06:54 PM

I've been struggling with crimp in 5.56 brass. I have the RCBS swager die, but I'm still dealing with hard to impossible to seat primers.

I adjusted the die per instructions, but when I went to lock the collar the screw stripped, so I'm stuck with the depth. I've tried moving the guide rod up and down, but no matter what I do I am still having crimp left.

It seems that this swager die is very popular, so what am I doing wrong?

August 31, 2020, 06:54 PM	#1
ghbucky Senior Member Join Date: June 12, 2020 Posts: 1,177	swaging out crimp I've been struggling with crimp in 5.56 brass. I have the RCBS swager die, but I'm still dealing with hard to impossible to seat primers. I adjusted the die per instructions, but when I went to lock the collar the screw stripped, so I'm stuck with the depth. I've tried moving the guide rod up and down, but no matter what I do I am still having crimp left. It seems that this swager die is very popular, so what am I doing wrong?