Somewhere along the way I picked up a sealed plastic bag of 1000 primed USGI 223 brass. I finally got around to loading them and made up some test rounds. Ten in a row failed to fire. The primers all showed normal indentation and the rifle functioned normally with GI ammo immediately after the test round failure.
Normally I use a Lee punch and base plus a hammer to deprime GI brass with crimped primer pockets. Of course these are fired primers. Now I have a batch of 1000 seemingly dead but possibly not completely dead, crimped in primers to remove. Pounding away with a hammer and punch really doesn't seem like a good idea in this case!
Would anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks
Drue
Normally I use a Lee punch and base plus a hammer to deprime GI brass with crimped primer pockets. Of course these are fired primers. Now I have a batch of 1000 seemingly dead but possibly not completely dead, crimped in primers to remove. Pounding away with a hammer and punch really doesn't seem like a good idea in this case!
Would anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks
Drue