RCBS - Primer Pocket Swager Combo-2

After receiving my swagger, I look at all my presses and couldn't find any that i could use with it, Went on You Tube and found a solution using an electrical copper coupling that I was able to adapt to my Lee turret press. Now I'm happy and it works very well. Bob

I've re-primed cases in the past with slight difficulty due to being staked, now and then a damaged primer. I'm already uniforming the pocket and flash hole for more consistency. I've been working on increased accuracy and figured the extra step really isn't going to take that much time, compared to the other processes.

This thing is a life saver. When you get those pesky military brass pieces that have the crimped primers and you don't want to ream them out by hand, this comes in handy like there is no tomorrow. It takes the standard die threads, and mounts on to the press. You need to adjust the stem to adjust the pressure according to the brass. You will need to do this for each headstamp because each company has different thickness. Run them through and you have to slam it down on the downstroke, but that kicks the shell off and you mount the next one. The one complaint is that this is not made for presses other than RCBS that I can tell. I don't have an RCBS press (Lyman and Lee) and this does work, but it's a little off for the Lyman, and the Lee (breechlock) needed modification for it to work. The reason for the modification is because the sleeve that slides over the ram (ejects the shell on the downstroke) has to have a flat surface to be on to work properly. My Lyman has a small hump (casting seam?) and it throws it a bit off balance. It still works, but can be a pain sometimes. However, the concept is excellent and works great.

The RCBS swage die is an affordable solution to swaging the primer pocket of crimped brass using your existing single stage press. The metal finish on this tool by RCBS seems low quality but the parts feel solid and are functional in their purpose. In order for the complete tool to work as designed, your press must have a ram smaller than 1" in diameter within 0.75" of the top of a shellholder. There is an upside down cup for case removal which is made to fit between the swager and case. If your ram is larger, you will have to use a screwdriver to remove the case from the swager which slows down the process.

First you have to mount this on a single stage press and it works well with little effort. To pry the case off I took the largest oversized screw driver I had and cut a v into it. Im rating this poorly only becausse the smaller rod Diameter is too big. If you size & depriime your 223/556 cases on a Dillion progressive press the smaller rod may not work. After I contacted rcbs 2x with a promise of a call back of which I never received. I am told you have to not size the case before you use the product. Which will then work so dont try to use this on a case with a smaller opening than a sized 223 think they should consider combo 3 with a smaller rod