What did you do in the reloading room today?

[49ereric]

Trying something new that I read about in here. I normally deprime, wash brass in a sonic cleaner, dry in dehydrator, anneal, chamfer, debur and then size.

I am going to skip sonic cleaning and drying. Just deprime, brush necks, brush primer pockets etc….

Any of you have experience with not tumbling or washing your brass? I think I am going to run my same old process for my gas guns but try this for the bolt guns.

People still clean primer pockets? no tumbler either

 

[Darren_8167]

People still clean primer pockets? no tumbler either

I do. Have an RCBS brass boss and out of habit more than anything, I debur, chamfer, brush primer pockets and brush necks. I have a tumbler but I don’t use it. I have a sonic cleaner I normally use. What is your process for brass prep?

 

[Sdvldog1371]

Trying something new that I read about in here. I normally deprime, wash brass in a sonic cleaner, dry in dehydrator, anneal, chamfer, debur and then size.

I am going to skip sonic cleaning and drying. Just deprime, brush necks, brush primer pockets etc….

Any of you have experience with not tumbling or washing your brass? I think I am going to run my same old process for my gas guns but try this for the bolt guns.

I used to have a very similar process.

I skip the initial clean unless the brass is dirty from actual dirt and debris.

I used to deprime, tumble, clean the pockets, steel wool the carbon from the outside of the neck...just a quick twist or two, not thorough. Then I anneal, lube, Resize and if it needs it, I will wipe the case and do the trim, chamfer, debur before tossing it in the tumbler with cob to get the lube off.

I did the whole, wipe the case and skip cleaning altogether thing for a bit. I just noticed cases were a little slick after firing. The Loaded cases felt fine, but the warm cases obviously had lube still on them. I started making it a point to tumble after sizing to keep my chambers cleaner.

I should add, I only clean pockets on precision reloads, not plinking ammo.

 

[49ereric]

I do. Have an RCBS brass boss and out of habit more than anything, I debur, chamfer, brush primer pockets and brush necks. I have a tumbler but I don’t use it. I have a sonic cleaner I normally use. What is your process for brass prep?

Stop cleaning primer pockets decades ago as well as brushing necks but I don’t own a cleaning station.
I don’t shoot long distances cuz I live in the woods.

 

[Mike D Texas]

I deprime, resize, tumble in rice to remove case lube, set final size necks with mandrel, inside chamfer, anneal, reprise, charge and seat bullets.


I only wet tumble or sonic clean if cases are extremely dirty.


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[Harvey_NW]

Unboxed and setup the burstfire annealer. Did a few test runs with some old brass before running a larger batch. Seems great for the price!

Love my Burstfire! Only used the annealer setup twice and it was okay with medium sized cartridges, but the case prep station is by far my favorite addition of tools!

Trying something new that I read about in here. I normally deprime, wash brass in a sonic cleaner, dry in dehydrator, anneal, chamfer, debur and then size.

I am going to skip sonic cleaning and drying. Just deprime, brush necks, brush primer pockets etc….

Any of you have experience with not tumbling or washing your brass? I think I am going to run my same old process for my gas guns but try this for the bolt guns.

Skip cleaning pockets too, makes zero measurable difference. The only reason I tumble brass is to get lube off after sizing. I use lanolin/alcohol spray for sizing lube, tumble in white rice, run through a cheap rotating media separator, and onto priming. Most streamlined way I've found to size and clean brass.

 

[Darren_8167]

Thank you all for sharing the good info. I am always looking for ways to streamline my process and pick up new tips and tricks.

What are your thoughts on annealing?

 

[Darren_8167]

I deprime, resize, tumble in rice to remove case lube, set final size necks with mandrel, inside chamfer, anneal, reprise, charge and seat bullets.


I only wet tumble or sonic clean if cases are extremely dirty.


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Is there a benefit to annealing after you size?

 

[waspocrew]

Is there a benefit to annealing after you size?

I’m no expert, but I wouldn’t think so other than maybe helping with seating pressure. I prefer to anneal before sizing.

 

[waspocrew]

Todays project: 99 rounds of 338 RUM loaded with 250gr Norma GTX and RL-23. Had to sacrifice a case to anneal with the AMP - and yes, it drives my OCD crazy haha.

 

[bober90]

Love my Burstfire! Only used the annealer setup twice and it was okay with medium sized cartridges, but the case prep station is by far my favorite addition of tools!

Do you use something else for annealing? Or just found it difficult to use? I’ll be using it for creedmoor sized cases. The prep center is a major upgrade over my hand tools!


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[Harvey_NW]

Do you use something else for annealing? Or just found it difficult to use? I’ll be using it for creedmoor sized cases. The prep center is a major upgrade over my hand tools!


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No, I just don't shoot a huge volume of precision reloaded brass, and I don't anneal every firing. I've got a couple of lots of brass I'm tracking where I intend to anneal every 3rd firing or so.

 

[drphodges]

Read this - https://rokslide.com/forums/threads/painless-load-development-mine.238400/ and also Hornady Podcast has a couple good episodes worth listening. I also liked Panhandle Precision on YouTube. Just be careful with some of the other YouTube channels, they have good content but many of them are still using statistically invalid traditional methods of testing that are essentially a waste of components.

Thank you for the info and advice!

 

[Mike D Texas]

Is there a benefit to annealing after you size?

I go back and forth. If I have trouble getting shoulder bump I’ll anneal before sizing. Otherwise I do it after. I do find it make my seating pressure more consistent when I anneal right before seating the bullet.

 

[Athens]

Loaded some cast bullet loads in 22TCM once I got the set-up right it isn't too bad using an old Spar T Lyman that isn't used any more. Now I need to get to the range and see if they will cycle the Rock Island before I do anymore.

 

[Darren_8167]

More 223 brass prep today. I got about 300 rds complete and another 200 that just needs sized.

 

[Hunter14]

Got my 6.5 PRC dies and brass setup.

 

[pender1]

Finally got my reloading table set up and ready. Since I moved houses a couple of years ago I've been here and there cobbling things together and haven't done much loading. My wife was cool with me setting up in the back bedroom as long as it was organized, so this is what I came up with. The drawers are even lockable when the family with kids come into town. Getting ready to start working up loads for my wife's .223

 

[Tahoe1305]

I had about 10,000 rounds of ammo (I’m guessing 20 different rifle/pistol cartridges) sitting in a massive 2’x2’x2’ pelican case. I hate getting in there for stuff and it must weigh 150lbs to move.

Broke it down in ammo boxes by cartridge and feel much more organized now. I did loose some flood protection though!

 

[49ereric]

Got some cb1138-12 wads and now ready for more pull down of S&B 2 3/4 9 Pellet 00 and get rid of the fiber wad and insert cb wad with 6 pellets add buffer. Saves @5/8 lb of buck per box of pulled down. Extraction from my Stevens 311 was easy and much better pattern at 25 yards. Cheap buck made better…