How many of you guys tumble after resizing?

[nedro]

I'm looking at a few options on the cleaning and sizing of brass.
I tumble, dry, resize (can/mostly does include trimming and deburring/chamfering).
Then I'll sit there and wipe them all clean and dry. It's a tough gig.
Some guys are tumbling them clean after resizing and prepping the brass.
My concern would be that all that time spent bumping back the shoulder just right and opening up the mouth just right with a nice chamfer, that tumbling would somehow change or distort the brass in some way.
As a note, this is for 6.8 SPC and 308 loaded for precision.
What are you, "precision guys" doing?

[the_tunaman]

The second tumble makes no sense to me. Get the brass clean, trim, resize and load... That's my workflow. Shoot, rinse, repeat.

[LeadFarmer74]

The second tumble makes no sense to me. Get the brass clean, trim, resize and load... That's my workflow. Shoot, rinse, repeat.

Shouldn't you trim after resizing?

[Dave626]

Wet SS tumble
Dry
Lube
Resize
Trim (if necessary)
Chamfer
Deburr flash hole (if new brass)
Primer uniformer (if new brass)
Load
shoot

[nedro]

The reason this came up was because I got a little lazy and just started loading after the prep with little wiping down of the brass. When I poured the powder into the shell, it would stick to the insides of the throat.
I ended up stopping production to wipe them all down including using a Q-tip to clean the inside throat.

[Red9]

Sort, bucket wash, deprime, lube, resize, trim. Then wet tumble stainless pins. Dry. Reload.

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[krzgoat]

I dry tumble to clean, lube, resize then dry tumble the lube off before trimming. Second tumble is only about 15-20 minutes to remove lube.


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[Red9]

Shoulders look fine on 223.



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[Divernhunter]

I tumble(dry media) after resizing(and trim/chamfer, etc) to remove lube from case and inside neck. Never had a problem with damage to brass in any way.

Then I check and remove any media in primer pockets/flash holes. Hand prime and load.

[robert101]

I will tumble for 15 minutes after reloading to get the lube off my rounds. Keeps them much cleaner and easier to handle.

[Michael in California]

I wet tumble twice for rifle, but not pistol.

Pistol I size dirty and tumble after.

Rifle I tumble pre-sizing, then lube, size, etc. Tumble after to remove lube and load.

[arrowshooter]

Pistol - Tumble to clean then size and load.
Rifle - Tumble to clean, lube and resize, then tumble to remove lube, trim and load.

I keep a separate batch of walnut for lube removal to keep from contaminating the walnut I use for cleaning.

[bigdawg86]

I tumble again after all brass prep is complete. The lube over time gets pretty tacky so I tumble to remove lube and get a nice shine.

[cavemanlrrp]

One more for tumble after size and trim.
Just have to check flash holes after.

Best
caveman

[bsumoba]

Wet tumble dirty brass
Dry tumble lubed brass