Oh now peeps be shy! There is no right or wrong here just your process for getting that LR load! Y'all have showed your very personal reloading setups and equipment now show a little of your process!
Yes sir correct and yes either type of die u preferQ for Remmy 700 I missed some of the thread so just to be clear in step #3 unfired and step #4 fired brass you are using a Full Length resizing die with the button removed ? Could one use a Type S type die instead ?
I personally don't like ripping an expander mandrel from bottom to top of case mouth undoing all I just did sizing the neck. It is common physics that the case is much stronger because of the shoulder angle taking pressure pushing down on case vs pulling up in case much like the roof of a house. With a mandrel I can pick what neck tension vs what Forster or Redding etc decided they think it should be. I have talked to many, many experienced reloaders and experienced myself where expander buttons induce runout rather than help to eliminate it.
Looks solid brother just becareful with that cleaning after u size as u can introduce all kinds of crud to the inside of your die. That is typically why I deprime and clean as first two steps on fired brass.Here's my process. I've only been reloading for 4 months, so if I need to change something I'm doing, let me have it.
New Brass
1. Debur flash hole
2. Uniform primer pocket
3. Neck size with Redding bushing die
4. SS tumble to remove lube
5. Measure case length
6. Trim to the shortest length I find
7. Prime
8. Charge
9. Seat bullet
Fired brass
1. Lube
2. Deprime and neck size with Redding bushing die. After 3 to 4 firings, I will full length size as well
3. Stainless steel tumble
4. Trim if needed
5. Anneal if needed
6. Prime
7. Charge
8. Seat bullet
Why do you dry lube right before you charge and seat? I am just curious as my process is same except that step.My full process is as follows
New brass (Norma, ADG, Lapua)
1. Debur flash holes
2. Clean primer pockets
3. Measure primer pockets if needed drill out. (I can't see gains from this honestly but would love for someone to tell me they have I might do it more with qualitative data to back it up)
4. Debur and chamfer before running them in die (don't want to scratch die)
5. Fl size Forster
6. Expander mandrel Sinclair
7. Trim, if needed (neck turn if needed)
8. Chamfer and debur again
9. Prime
10. Redding Dry lube case for seating
11. Charge
11. Seat
I do steps 1-8 when I get new brass all brass prep is done at once.
Fired brass
1. Deprime
2. Tumble vibratory
3. Anneal
4. Fl size .0015-.002 bump
5. Mandrel to set neck tension
6. Trim if needed
7. Chamfer debur all cases to clean up
8. Prime
9. Dry lube
10. Charge
11. Seat