(Me: Accuracy conscious / neck size / .22-250)

Anyone care to list their work flow?

New brass ... do you size it? (neck or FL ... lube?) - Trim to consistent length? - De-burr the flash hole? - Weigh and separate? - Chamfer/de-burr the neck/mouth?

Then ... Prime - Charge - Bullet?

How about when once-fired?

Polish/Tumble first?

De-Cap (without sizing) then polish?

Polish, then Neck Size and De-Cap at the same operation?

Use any (dry) lube to neck size?

Brush Primer pocket?

Then ... Prime - Charge - Bullet?

TIA

Mike TBC

[ 08-10-2003, 12:45: Message edited by: The Birth Controller ]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by The Birth Controller:
[QB](Me: Accuracy conscious / neck size / .22-250)

Anyone care to list their work flow?

New brass

FLS, debur neck in and out (if the neck is not too squared off, I sometimes debur before the sizing die, and again afterwards), chamfer flash hole, uniform primer pocket, square up case mouth, if needed. I don't weigh cases for factory barrels. Lube is Imperial, sizing die stuff for the outside, dry lube for the inside of the neck. I'm assuming this is a factory gun and you're not turning necks. Load 'em and shoot 'em.

How about when once-fired?

I just wipe the necks off with a polishing rag or 0000 steel wool. Either bump the shoulder very slightly with the FLS die until you can feel minor bolt resistance, or neck size if the brass chambers easily. On a factory chamber, you may be better off bumping the shoulder very slightly. Very slight lube to do this, inside and out. Check neck length, uniform/clean primer pocket. I used to clean rifle brass every time I loaded, now I just wipe it off, can't see any difference. If they get REAL dirty, just dump them in the tumbler after you decap them, make sure you clean all the media out afterwards. Load 'em and shoot 'em.

Rich

New Brass - regardlsee of caliber

1 Full length resize

2 Trim to length

3 Deburr flashhole

4 Chamfer and deburr case mouth

5 Sort by weight

6 Load

Once fired - regardless of caliber

1 Tumble first

2 Check for split mouths, necks, or head seperation

3 Clean inside of case neck

4a Bolt actions and Contenders - Neck size and deprime (using Lee Collet dies if I have them in the specific caliber, helps cut down on brass stretching and no lube is needed). If I don't have collet dies, I lube with Hornady One Shot for lube, water soluble and doesn't need to be cleaned off after it evaporates. It also lubes the inside of the case mouth when you spray it on.

4b Auto's - Lube, full length resize, and deprime

5 Clean primer pockets

6 Reprime

7 Load

Just my way

New brass ... do you size it?

Uniform primer pockets. Then fire form without bullet. (Use fast pistol powder, cornmeal and toilet paper instead of bullet.)

How about when once-fired?

Trim, chamfer necks, uniform primer pockets, deburr flash holes, weight sort, prime, charge powder, seat bullets and shoot away.

RWS new brass - Prime and load. Anything extra is going to increase tolerances.

New Brass
I normally full length resize it. The necks usually need to be rounded, and the case is not yet fireformed, so very little brass is worked. I will uniform the primer pockets and inside/outside chamfer the case mouths. Load and shoot.

Fireformed Brass
I throw the brass in the tumbler for a couple of hours in crushed walnut media with the primers in (no media gets stuck there), and inspect it when done. I run the cases through a universal decapper and then neck size (or partial full length resize) the case. Then I'll trim all cases to minimum length, deburr the flash holes while the cases are all uniform length, and inside/outside chamfer again. Ready to prime and reload.

[ 08-13-2003, 03:32: Message edited by: SST ]