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 Cleaning Brass...
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03/23/15 12:10 AM
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Guys,
Do you clean your brass before you resize/deprime it or after you resize it?
Thanks,
Mel
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03/23/15 12:19 AM
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Decap
Clean
Anneal
FL size
Trim
Prime
Charge
Load
Last edited by FiremanJG; 03/23/15 02:03 AM. Reason: forgot one
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03/23/15 12:23 AM
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Always before. After as well, if I applied lube.
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03/23/15 12:28 AM
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Decap
Clean
Anneal
Trim
Prime
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Load Resize?
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03/23/15 12:58 AM
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before and for about an hour after, gotta get ALL lube out of neck
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03/23/15 01:14 AM
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For rifle both
De prime
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03/23/15 01:14 AM
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Before. I soak brass in a bucket of acetone to remove the lube if necessary.
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03/23/15 02:01 AM
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Decap
Clean
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Trim
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Charge
Load Resize? Fixed. Thank you
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03/23/15 02:49 AM
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If you do not clean the brass before you size, you will scratch the die, which will scratch every single case after that.
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03/23/15 01:49 PM
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If you do not clean the brass before you size, you will scratch the die, which will scratch every single case after that. Good words of wisdom from a man that does it for a living! I do it to have them cleaned and see imperfections and insure identity before going further, bad eyes and nothing bugs me like having a 10mm in the bunch of 40s&w.
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03/23/15 02:52 PM
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Clean
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03/23/15 04:56 PM
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I've always cleaned first but never cleaned after that...
What do you use...how long the first time and how long the second?
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03/23/15 04:57 PM
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Start to finish how many days does it cover between the first cleaning and complete bullet?
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03/23/15 10:18 PM
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I am not quite sure what your question is. I typically tumble my brass 4-7hrs. After the brass is clean it takes me around 60-90 minutes per 100 to prep and load rifle ammunition with a single stage press and weighing each powder charge. I load all of my pistol ammo on a Dillon 550B progressive at a rate of 400-500 rounds per hour.
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03/24/15 06:15 AM
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I only reload for bolt action rifles. I just clean the brass with some steel wool, I don't know if this is bad or not but I haven't had any problems. I don't own a tumbler, might buy one when I start reloading more ammo.
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03/24/15 12:48 PM
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I am not quite sure what your question is. I typically tumble my brass 4-7hrs. After the brass is clean it takes me around 60-90 minutes per 100 to prep and load rifle ammunition with a single stage press and weighing each powder charge. I load all of my pistol ammo on a Dillon 550B progressive at a rate of 400-500 rounds per hour. Wow...I am slow! I clean my brass over night, then I resize, bump the shoulder, clean the primer pocket, prime and then I charge them and then seat the bullet. Generally I do anywhere from 100-400 rounds over 3-4 days and spend an 1-2 hours a day.
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03/26/15 12:53 PM
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I clean brass first right after going to the range. I prefer the brass to be clean before decapping. I don't want to scratch or get the dies dirty. I currently only reload 44 magnum, 44 special, 357 magnum, and 38 special. I prefer the brass to be cleaned as the first step. I can use a primer pocket tool on a nasty primer pocket.
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I decap mine before the first tumble, but I use a universal decapping die.
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