Brass Tools

do you need any special tools to take primers out of brass?

How do you take the primers out after you have shot it? they are .223, do i need a special tool or can i just punch them out or something? Not looking to re-prime or reload.

also got any tips for getting the gunk off the neck of the case. thanks in advance
ok, would i punch it out from the bottom, or from the inside?
This is lake city brass, which i am pretty sure is reloadable

Using fine steel wool will clean them up pretty well, and take off the annealing, too. Then you can use a rag and cleaner and get a really good polish to them.

As far as depriming goes, look down into the bottom of the case. If you can see a round hole, then it's a Boxer primer, and all you have to do is push it out from the inside. If you don't see a hole, or there's a bar going across it, or more than one hole, you have Berdan primed cases, and you'll have to pull them out from the bottom. You can do this by drilling a wood screw into them slightly.

If you were interested to reload these, you'd have to drill the primer flash hole and primer pocket out a little bit in order to fit a Boxer primer in them.

Good luck, hope these turn out nice for you!

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