SWAGGING ??

phill21 · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:19 pm Post subject: SWAGGING ??

Swagging in oz is putting some stuff in ya bed roll roll it up and of ya go.
Swagging i think its got something to do with reloading but whats the purpose? Confused

coyotehunter_1 · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:36 pm Post subject: Re: SWAGGING ??

Bullet swaging, maybe ?

www.corbins.com/howto.htm

GUTS · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:25 pm Post subject: Re: SWAGGING ??

That is what the process of removing the factory primer pocket crimp is called. And also the bullet forming process.

gelandangan · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:51 pm Post subject: Re: SWAGGING ??

basically swagging is squeezin the BEEP out of something and make it stay in the finished form.

Military cartridges have a ring around the primer pocket, thus make it quite impossible to put in a new primer easily. Swagging tools such as one beautifully made by Dillon use a ram to squeeze this ring back into the shell.

A common operation, to swage soft lead core into copper (or such) jacket thus enabling soft expand-able lead to be shot at high velocity without the risk of melting lead fouling the bore.

Swagging Matilda is nice provided that it is consensual.. Then again this is a subject of another topic. Love

Vince · Posted: Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:19 pm Post subject: Re: SWAGGING ??

Well done Guts...forgot about that, good pickup mate.

Phill, if you are using ex military brass, and some factory brass, you will find that the primer is most likely swaged in. You can tell this by the depressed ring around the primer pocket.

They can be a real bugger to decap and the primer pocket needs the crimp removed before repriming.

Cheers, Vince