Thread: Resurgence of interest in the old "Three Oh"?

Originally Posted by bumblefoot

Re: digital calipers........ I've been looking at them gun shop sites. Is there any difference between a brand name set of digital calibres (Fuller etc) from Bunnings ($45)and one for $85 with the Hornady brand on it. I'd only be using it to check cartridge length when seating projectiles for the old 303. I have bought a Lee cartridge trimmer, bullet chamfer and primer pocket cleaner. Way cheaper for the Lee versions than the other brands. Some of the primer pocket cleaners were $35+ ! The Lee was $8........... And looked no different to what I used to have

Don't know about the Bunnings calipers, ive got Frankford Arsenal ones and older Lymans which are comparable to the Hornady. Personally I don't know that they are all that flash, hard to get two readings the same in a row but maybe thats cause they are so finely tuned lol

I will venture an opinion on the primer pocket cleaner, unless you are a bench rest shooter (and then only maybe) they are a waste of time and money and effort. I bet you can't tell the difference on POI at any distance across 100 cleaned pockets vs 100 uncleaned. Plenty of other things will bugger you up long before primer pocket cleaning comes into play. The only thing I check for is when I've tumbled deprimed brass is that there is no media stuck in the flash hole. If there is an issue with your primer pockets it will more likely be to do with primer crimping and then you either ream them, swage them or chuck them. Having spent the money on a swager and done 1000 9mm for my long gone Ruger PCC I now have a redundant swager. Thank you Aunty. Any new crimped pockets I now chuck.