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Newbe concerning using new un-fired brass
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<blockquote data-quote="FrogFire7" data-source="post: 2089717" data-attributes="member: 101482"><p>I'd say you should always resize new brass. If you are concerned about over working your brass, maybe take one piece at your starting charge and fire it. Should give you a good reference for how to set your sizing die. However, it's always a good idea to size new brass and get a consistent starting platform. </p><p></p><p>As far as deburring/trimming, uniforming, etc... that's up to you and what your end goal is. You may benefit from trimming the necks (if needed) after sizing. Just another step towards consistency. </p><p></p><p>Reloading is a rabbit hole. You can make it as simple as seat primer, dump powder and seat a bullet. Or, you can cull brass by weight or volume, uniform primer pockets, deburr flash holes, anneal every X number of firings, turn your case necks, weigh and measure ogive on bullets and sort by length, get special powder scales to measure fractions of grains, etc. I personally could drive myself crazy with that stuff. But for the informal shooting I do mostly, a lot of that is irrelevant since I'm not at the level of precision as a shooter (or probably with my equipment).</p><p></p><p>Good luck and happy shooting!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FrogFire7, post: 2089717, member: 101482"] I'd say you should always resize new brass. If you are concerned about over working your brass, maybe take one piece at your starting charge and fire it. Should give you a good reference for how to set your sizing die. However, it's always a good idea to size new brass and get a consistent starting platform. As far as deburring/trimming, uniforming, etc... that's up to you and what your end goal is. You may benefit from trimming the necks (if needed) after sizing. Just another step towards consistency. Reloading is a rabbit hole. You can make it as simple as seat primer, dump powder and seat a bullet. Or, you can cull brass by weight or volume, uniform primer pockets, deburr flash holes, anneal every X number of firings, turn your case necks, weigh and measure ogive on bullets and sort by length, get special powder scales to measure fractions of grains, etc. I personally could drive myself crazy with that stuff. But for the informal shooting I do mostly, a lot of that is irrelevant since I'm not at the level of precision as a shooter (or probably with my equipment). Good luck and happy shooting! [/QUOTE]
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