Patriot007
Well-Known Member
I agree with the Good Doctor and You. My only hick up with,, Not cleaning the primer pocket comes from my Racing and motor building back ground. It's not a good idea to put a brand new piston and rings in a cylinder sleeve with out horning and cleaning the cylinder. Plus you can't justify, that the carbon left in the primer pocket, "it's a hard substance" isn't some how deforming the primer when inserted under pressure, from being forced in to the primmer cup. So, that leads to the question of.,, Where did all that Carbon Go??? I assure you that it is still there.,,, I know, My OCD brain has a way of really over thing it. LOL. I might as well, "Not",, ever bother with De burring the flash hole either for that matter.. It's kind of like using Graphite to lube your expanding mandrels,, and can't quite figure out why you have extra spring back or not enough. Also, it takes about seven seconds to clean the pocket and that's worth the peace of mind, knowing that variable has been eliminated.I'll respectfully disagree with your comment concerning rifle primer pockets. I have cleaned pockets and not cleaned pockets in high precision long range comp rifle loads. I quit cleaning pockets after thorough and repeated testing did not show a difference on paper or in the function of the rifle. I shoot against the best in North America and am competitive against the best. Neither my load precision nor my scores have suffered from lack of primer pocket cleaning. I won't disagree with your comment as it relates to pistol loading; I do not load for my pistols.
As far as on target down range, I can't say that I have notice a difference on POI. If I had to load 500 rounds on a moments notice, Well That's a different story. To each his own, and good luck to you Sir, in competition.