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Agreed... Stuck media in your flash hole can be problematic. This is one situation that fiber will not cure.
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Tumble before depriming and do not worry about cleaning the flash hole. Best swager I have found is the Dillon super swager.
I have a RCBS unit which has been used one time I will sell you if you want.
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yes, but it just gets puched right out with the primer... Steel strong, corn/walnut soft.
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Tumble before decapping unless you are wet tumbling and want to clean out your primer pockets. You can either swag or cut the crimp out of your primer pockets with a reamer. I have a Dillon swager but have decided that it is a PITA to use with mixed headstamp brass. So, I typically just decrimp with one sort of reamer or another. It's faster.
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Won't cardon particles from the dirty pockets transfer and accumulate in and on the tool used and get pressed into the brass? I say clean after depriming. You are going to clean sometime in the process. Right? Tumble now or tumble later. How much time did you save?
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I tumble
Deprimed/ size Swage Trim Tumble Clear flash holes Prime Powder Seat bullet. Some lubes tarnish the brass and make it sticky like the rcbs case lube if you don't get it all off.
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What I do not understand is this a California gun forum and California has some of the strictest pollution laws in the country and many of you don't clean your primer pockets. I have this mental image of these people leaving the rest room without washing their hands. I'm going to call Nancy Pelosi and see about passing a clean primer pocket bill and force you polluting dirt balls to clean up your act. Below not one atom of hydrocarbon, nitrogen dioxide or lead on my Cal/EPA approved wet tumbled cartridge cases. (and I live in Pennsyltucky) Once you own firearms that throw perfectly good brass away, that lands ten feet from where your shooting in the mud and dirt. You appreciate "CLEAN" grit free brass that gives you a satisfying feeling and keeps your reloading dies scratch free. Brass Cleaning with Stainless Media http://www.accurateshooter.com/techn...ainless-media/ I have to go now and pour the dirty polluted tumbling water down my drain now. Last edited by bigedp51; 02-24-2014 at 5:01 PM.. |
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Wash my hands and get blue water all over them? Yea, right. Hell, there's no reason to wash my hands if I don't wipe, is there?
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I size/decap prior to tumbling. I do this for safety reasons and to extend the life of my tumbler media.
Most of the lead contamination/exposure to shooters and especially reloaders comes from the fired priming compounds. The main ingredients are leady styphnate and azide. If you decap first, there is less burnt priming compound/lead that coats your tumbler media, which makes it last longer and even more importantly reduces the amount of airborne lead. For those that are newer reloaders, the primary culprit for excessive lead exposure for reloaders is the tumbler. I use the fine walnut shell media with some Flitz media additive. It cleans and polishes at the same time. I don't end up with media in the primer flash hole due to the fact the walnut media is too small to get stuck. I used to use corn cob media, but as other posters stated, it always gets stuck in the primer flash hole, which makes you add an additional step of knocking the media out of the hole prior to priming. It is a real PITA if you are reloading 500 rounds or more. The safest way to clean/polish is the stainless steel media. One of these days I'll save enough money to go stainless. It is safer, since the water prevents the airborne lead particles that dry tumblers with corn cob or walnut shell media cause. As long as you wear some disposable latex gloves while handling the lead contaminated water, it is very safe. You can get a whole box of cheap latex gloves from Harbor Freight tools for about 5 bucks. I think the stainless media method is the way to go for efficiency, long term cost and safety. I can't wait to save up for a stainless set up. |
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rinse, deprime, water vinegar and soap bath, tumble dry, rinse then load Only ever need to do 100 or so at a time so it works for me, the first rinse keeps the press clean, deprime to to allow the bath to clean as much as possible to prevent harmful dust, rinse again to make sure all the dust is off the case before loading, let sit out to dry or throw in the oven at lowest setting tell dry
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I wash my hands even if I don't wipe. Slovenliness is no part in reloading.
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