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<blockquote data-quote="rcoody" data-source="post: 1168869" data-attributes="member: 91090"><p>again I recommend that you search this website and read previous post. Lots of good information out there and lots of opinions.</p><p></p><p>I will walk you through what I do. I have it down to the essentials</p><p> </p><p>starting with fired brass. </p><p> </p><p>First thing I do is use a lee universal decapping die to remove the spent primers. I do this where during the cleaning process the primer pockets are cleaned.</p><p> </p><p>Next I put them in my ultrasonic cleaner. A regular tumbler is much cheaper but doesn't clean the inside of the brass well or the primer pocket. lots of the benchrest guys just use a neck brush to clean their necks and a little steel wool to polish up the outside of their brass.</p><p> </p><p>then I run them through a forster sizing die using imperial wax as my case lube. I use a co-ax press but the rockchucker will do the job.</p><p> </p><p>then I throw them in the tumbler to remove case lube. you pick they are pretty much the same.</p><p> </p><p>then I measure the overall length. (calipers) I don't trim brass until it needs it. At least 5 firings. I keep all the cases sorted by times fired and I trim all the cases in a group at the same time. That way they have uniform necks.</p><p> </p><p>chamfer the necks. lots of tools out there just a little hand chamferer will work just fine to learn with.</p><p> </p><p>then I clean the tumbling medium out of the primer pocket flash holes. If you notice residue in the primer pocket this is the time to clean them up. And prime them. any of the hand primers work fine to learn with.</p><p> </p><p>I then charge the cases with powder and seat bullets. I use a forster seating die. They all work. I would get a lee perfect powder measure and a quality scale. (beam or digital) weigh charges till you get the powder measure throwing consistent charges.</p><p> </p><p>a really simple process with tons of different tools to do the job.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rcoody, post: 1168869, member: 91090"] again I recommend that you search this website and read previous post. Lots of good information out there and lots of opinions. I will walk you through what I do. I have it down to the essentials starting with fired brass. First thing I do is use a lee universal decapping die to remove the spent primers. I do this where during the cleaning process the primer pockets are cleaned. Next I put them in my ultrasonic cleaner. A regular tumbler is much cheaper but doesn't clean the inside of the brass well or the primer pocket. lots of the benchrest guys just use a neck brush to clean their necks and a little steel wool to polish up the outside of their brass. then I run them through a forster sizing die using imperial wax as my case lube. I use a co-ax press but the rockchucker will do the job. then I throw them in the tumbler to remove case lube. you pick they are pretty much the same. then I measure the overall length. (calipers) I don't trim brass until it needs it. At least 5 firings. I keep all the cases sorted by times fired and I trim all the cases in a group at the same time. That way they have uniform necks. chamfer the necks. lots of tools out there just a little hand chamferer will work just fine to learn with. then I clean the tumbling medium out of the primer pocket flash holes. If you notice residue in the primer pocket this is the time to clean them up. And prime them. any of the hand primers work fine to learn with. I then charge the cases with powder and seat bullets. I use a forster seating die. They all work. I would get a lee perfect powder measure and a quality scale. (beam or digital) weigh charges till you get the powder measure throwing consistent charges. a really simple process with tons of different tools to do the job. [/QUOTE]
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