Suleiman
Active Member
I'm pretty fresh into loading and I've been as cautious as possible with each step. From used brass to loaded, these are the steps I've been doing:
1) Sort cases by caliber
2) Tumble for a couple hours in crushed walnut from Petco
3) Sift media and lube clean cases
4) Run through sizing and depriming die.
5) Swage primer pockets if needed
6) Measure cases to make sure it's within specs
7) Trim if needed, chamfer and debur
8) Tumble again now that primer pocket is open
9) Sift and lube again
10) Run through the 550 to load the cartridges
11) Tumble again to get lube off.
Am I overdoing it? When I decided to reload, never did I think about the time spent prepping. I figured it would be shoot, run through the progressive press, shoot. I'm thinking about picking up a depriming die or a handheld deprimer so that I can have clean primer pockets after just one pass through the tumbler.
What is your process from dirty unprocessed brass sitting in a bucket to loaded ready to chamber.
Also, how do you track how many times you've used your brass? None of mine had been fired more than twice yet, most of it is still just once fired that I've collected over the years.
Thanks for letting me pick your brains again!
1) Sort cases by caliber
2) Tumble for a couple hours in crushed walnut from Petco
3) Sift media and lube clean cases
4) Run through sizing and depriming die.
5) Swage primer pockets if needed
6) Measure cases to make sure it's within specs
7) Trim if needed, chamfer and debur
8) Tumble again now that primer pocket is open
9) Sift and lube again
10) Run through the 550 to load the cartridges
11) Tumble again to get lube off.
Am I overdoing it? When I decided to reload, never did I think about the time spent prepping. I figured it would be shoot, run through the progressive press, shoot. I'm thinking about picking up a depriming die or a handheld deprimer so that I can have clean primer pockets after just one pass through the tumbler.
What is your process from dirty unprocessed brass sitting in a bucket to loaded ready to chamber.
Also, how do you track how many times you've used your brass? None of mine had been fired more than twice yet, most of it is still just once fired that I've collected over the years.
Thanks for letting me pick your brains again!