Reloading Process Question

[Radarsonwheels]

The decapper in the sizing die will clear out the flash hole. I tumble, resize and decap, then prime charge and seat. I don't lube pistol cases except 500 S&W and 50ae- thats what carbide rings in the die are for.

Rifle calibers take more work and get lube etc.

[JoshIronshaft]

Tumble once, deprime/size, trim, load.

[knight0334]

I typically clean first, then deprime.

I then clean the primer pockets by hand to inspect the cases. ..then they get loaded.

[Remington788]

I deprime, then tumble.
I think I read somewhere that the primers contain nasty stuff so I figure it is better to remove them intact rather than muck up my tumbling media.

[Sshuker]

Stuff I'm gonna run thru my Dillon get cleaned first. Most rifle ammo I do on my single stage. So I clean , resize/deprime/check/trim OAL/deburr/ retumble , then prime & load.

No sense in pressing the dirt into the brass. Clean brass seems to go thru the sizer die smoother too.

I use fine grit walnut which doesn't clog flash holes or pack up the primer pockets. Kinda cleans the primer pockets anyway.

Exactly what I do.

[nitro570]

I deprime off line with a harvey deprimer, wet tumble with ss pins lemishine and dawn dish detergent and store till I`m ready to load.

[Orlov556]

I have a single stage press so this advice may not be applicable to you if your using a multi stage. I wouldn't resize dirty brass, and since most dies are set up to decap and resize at the same time, I would suggest cleaning first for multi stage operations.

What i do, however, is use a lee decapper die on my brass first. Once it is deprimed, I run it thought the ultrasonic cleaner. Brass comes out mighty shiny, including inside the primer pocket. Allow to air dry or use a hairdryer, I wouldn't suggest putting them in the oven (see some of my other threads).

[wanneroo]

Typically I don't worry about decapping separately as it adds another step. I just do my pre clean with dawn and lemishine and that gets the grit off so I can resize, deprime and expand easily. Before going to the next step of priming, I'll ultrasonic clean if need be.

[Orlov556]

Typically I don't worry about decapping separately as it adds another step. I just do my pre clean with dawn and lemishine and that gets the grit off so I can resize, deprime and expand easily. Before going to the next step of priming, I'll ultrasonic clean if need be.

Maybe its just the OCD in me put i love clean primer pockets. That, and when i ultrasonic clean with the old primers in place the water gets really yucky really quick.

[wanneroo]

Maybe its just the OCD in me put i love clean primer pockets. That, and when i ultrasonic clean with the old primers in place the water gets really yucky really quick.

That's why I do my pre clean in the plastic bucket with lemishine and dawn. Plenty of garbage leaks out of the flash holes. By the time I get to the ultrasonic clean, it's not too bad. I have my hand tool to clean primer pockets if all that doesn't work. I prefer clean pockets as well.