Anyone resize before tumbling?

[Quinc]

Trying to shave more time off my .223 prep process and am looking for any cons to deprimming and re-sizing prior to wet tumbling with SS?

[joelogic]

Sizing dirty brass can scratch your dies. They at least need to be cleaned first.

[chris]

i tumble my brass first. seems to work better. i don't reload .223 though.

[adrenalinejunkie]

Sizing dirty brass can scratch your dies. They at least need to be cleaned first.

This. Not removing the dirt and debris first can mess with your dies. Better safe than sorry I always say. Also, I tumble my finished rounds to remove the lube vs tumbling only the cases after they've been rezised. It's safe and just my personal preference.

[thomashoward]

This. Not removing the dirt and debris first can mess with your dies. Better safe than sorry I always say. Also, I tumble my finished rounds to remove the lube vs tumbling only the cases after they've been rezised. It's safe and just my personal preference.

If the brass is halfway clean, I size before to get the primer pockets cleaned with the pins.

[adrenalinejunkie]

If the brass is halfway clean, I size before to get the primer pockets cleaned with the pins.

Hm good point. My brass is usually pretty dirty haha I don't chance it. I usually don't worry about the flash holes honestly. Haven't seen lack on performance yet

[ejhc11]

My brass is always dirty - rather have them tumbled clean then resize. After resizing w/lube then trim if needed then another tumble to remove lube.

Its a lengthy process but that's the process. It gets me 1/2 moa so I'm not gonna complain.

[CGT80]

You could use a universal decaping die to remove primers and then tumble in stainless to clean the pockets. The universal die doesn't touch the outside of the case.

I tumble in corn cob, lube, size and deprime, tumble, trim, swage, then run the universal decapper to get any corn cob that may be stuck in the flash hole, prime, etc.

Any way you do it, it takes a bit of time.

[damndave]

Sizing dirty brass can scratch your dies. They at least need to be cleaned first.

This

[DanD]

Most of my rifle and the wheel gun rounds stay very clean compared to the semi-autos, so that brass tends to get re-sized, then tumbled. All the semi auto stuff gets tumbled, re-sized then re-tumbled.

[csburtch]

I was thinking of doing that, however, I found that its just better to decap with a lee universal decapping die, then clean with the wet ss media, somewhat dry (mostly), lube and resize. In order to save a lot of time, I bought a Wilson chamber checking tool. This I use to check resizing and case length. If it sticks out the end, it gets trimmed, if not its good to go. After trimming my batch, they all go back in the ss media to remove the lube and brass from trimming. Once done they are beautiful and ready to load. Just my process, but the finished product looks brand new.

[LexLuther]

I use the SS method. I clean using the SS, then lube and load on my 650, the remove the lube with corncob. Wet method twice is way too much work, and the uber clean primer pocket is irrelevant at .223 ranges. I only check case length / trim after 2 or 3 loadings.

[Ken Woodford]

I tumble first. I also decap and reprime in a seperate step too and to make sure nothing is in the flash hole. I know it takes longer but I am retired...what else am I gonna do

[Whiterabbit]

I own a universal decap die. They are cheap.

[lpspinner]

I own a universal decap die. They are cheap.

+2 as I have 2.