Removing military crimp

I bought a used RCBS primer pocked swager at a gun show for 10 bucks. I found out the small primer backup rod was bent. The guy stiffed me . I e- mailed RCBS AND explained, they sent me a new rod NO CHARGE !!!, how's that for customer service !!! I hope the guy that stiffed me reads this, I got the last laugh hdbiker
 
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There's a "correct way"
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Yes, the correct way, is any available method that works.
That includes buying LC brass with processed (swaged) primer pockets, counter sink/cordless drill, or any of various purchased swaging devices, although not all work equally well. I have an RCBS press mounted set I do not ever plan to use again. Your method does not need to be Blue to work.
 
Another vote for the countersink chucked in a cordless drill. Granted, I've only removed the crimp from a few thousand rounds, but I have never removed too much metal. I usually process brass to the point the crimp needs to be removed, then do batches at once.
 
Like most of O'Hiers posts, I completely disagree. The brass used, by Lake City for example, (cartridge brass) is stronger than Federal and Remington (softer Low brass), the brass is thicker, thoroughly tested to before acceptance. It is also typically around 1/2 the cost. Not only do I use military brass as much as possible, I only buy rifles that shoot military or equivalent cartridges, so that I do not need commercial brass.
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+1 Military brass is heavier. Try running commercial brass for any length of time in something like an M1a, with it's violent extraction cycle, and see how long it lasts.

I have two questions..
#1, where are you getting berdan primers for those cases??

#2 WHY are you bothering???
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As was mentioned, there was a lot of Berdan primers around for a while, they have just about dried up as far as I can tell. If you shoot a lot of foreign Berdan-primed surplus, it leaves you with what is very good brass with that funky primer... if you have the time to process the primer, which can be quite tedious, it's not a bad deal. I have about 5K Berdan 7.62mm cases stashed upstairs... but, honestly, it will probably be there, still, when I go to that big powder hopper in the sky... speaking personally, I don't have the time to process all that brass.
 
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