Yes I inspect all cases. The reason for my question was I have not quite mastered identifying crimped primers. I tend to second guess myself when telling the difference on some of them. I was asking if it was ok to swage a uncrimped primer pocket. So I could just swage them all to be safe.I have swaged zero primer pockets. I have no problem glancing at the headstamp to determine if a case needs a primer pocket crimp needs to be removed, and since case inspection is a must, a glance at the rear end is no big deal (you do inspect all your brass, don't you?). As a lifelong machinist/mechanic when I first encountered primer pocket crimps (pre-web) I just got a countersink from my tool box and have used this method for over 20 years and a few thousand assorted military crimped primer pockets trouble free...
Not trying to cut corners. As I stated above I am not the best at telling the difference between a crimped primer pocket vs a non crimped primer pocket. I was just making sure that swaging a non crimped casing would not damage it. I will be sorting all brass by headstamp. I should have been more specific in my post sorry for the misunderstanding." I didn't want to have
To sort them. Any input on this would be "
It's pretty early in your reloading career to start "cutting corners"