Drilling Primer Pocket Holes?

[Strangely Brown]

When reloading .303 I drill the primer pocket holes with a 2.2mm drill for uniformity; it's surprising the difference in "feel" when the drill goes in as to the variation in primer hole size.

 

Does anybody else do it, and should I do it with quality 308 brass like Ruag & Lapua?

[ejg223]

Wouldn't a reamer be better....if one can get a 2.2mm reamer.

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[John MH]

0.080 reamer is what I use, don't know if it makes a difference with quality brass but it does with Winchester Brass.

[triggersqueezer]

christ if i drilled a hole in the center of this hornady brass i'm working on i would have 2 holes

[Swamp Donkey]

christ if i drilled a hole in the center of this hornady brass i'm working on i would have 2 holes

Lol. I had some real carp 'hornady' brass, headstamped 'frontier' in factory hornady .222 ammo, decapping after the first firing was a touch 'stiff' as the decap pin forced the flash hole open, they were worse quality than ppu, so I loaded them for a foxing load, and have been the only brass I've not at least tried to pick up after use.

[gbal]

christ if i drilled a hole in the center of this hornady brass i'm working on i would have 2 holes

Best to offset them equally if you want Berdan primed ! :-)

 

Gbal