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Do you clean your brass?
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<blockquote data-quote="fnlights" data-source="post: 2942772" data-attributes="member: 117046"><p>I use to clean my brass until it was like new in tumblers and with ultrasonic cleaners until I realized that it was actually hurting accuracy and wasting time. After researching and seeing that people like Erik and Alex Wheeler do not clean their brass I realized that I should not be cleaning mine either. </p><p></p><p>I personally use Redding Type S Bushing Die's without the expander ball - so I only get lube on the outside of the case, which I just wipe off after sizing. No tumbling needed or anything. The only "cleaning" I do to my brass is the primer pockets. I take a primer pocket brush and just remove some of the fouling to get the primer to seat properly. I believe that Alex will tell you that this really isn't worth the time either as he has not seen any accuracy differences - but I still do it anyways. </p><p></p><p>I follow Alex's method of using a tight brush, like an Iosso, on the inside of the neck with a drill to warm up that carbon right before I seat my bullet. Warming up and leaving the carbon in the case has seem to make seating much more consistent and prevent's some cold weld. If I am using new brass without carbon, then I will use a dry neck lube.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fnlights, post: 2942772, member: 117046"] I use to clean my brass until it was like new in tumblers and with ultrasonic cleaners until I realized that it was actually hurting accuracy and wasting time. After researching and seeing that people like Erik and Alex Wheeler do not clean their brass I realized that I should not be cleaning mine either. I personally use Redding Type S Bushing Die's without the expander ball - so I only get lube on the outside of the case, which I just wipe off after sizing. No tumbling needed or anything. The only "cleaning" I do to my brass is the primer pockets. I take a primer pocket brush and just remove some of the fouling to get the primer to seat properly. I believe that Alex will tell you that this really isn't worth the time either as he has not seen any accuracy differences - but I still do it anyways. I follow Alex's method of using a tight brush, like an Iosso, on the inside of the neck with a drill to warm up that carbon right before I seat my bullet. Warming up and leaving the carbon in the case has seem to make seating much more consistent and prevent's some cold weld. If I am using new brass without carbon, then I will use a dry neck lube. [/QUOTE]
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