Makes it easy to spot serious problems before they happen. Keeps the gunk out of your dies. And looks awlful nice. Alot of positives IMO. I like to clean mine before resizing.
yeah i feel the same way, after reloading, handling at the range, and shooting, I like to tumble mine everytime, it just makes me feel better i dont know why. I guess its because since I spend so much time resizing, pocket cleaning, deburring, weighing, pressing, that I feel like its a hand crafted item, so why scrimp on a step that only take a few hours and no real work other than wiping them down when they come out of the tumbler. Now the process I absolutly hate doing is case trimming. I would pay someone to trim my cases for me, it is such a pain in the a$$!!!!
Its not a needed chore. Though it will make sure that there is no dirt/grit in the case to be blown down the barrel, and the clean case won't scratch your die like a dirty one will.
That being said I usually go through up to 15K reloads in rifle a year. I just flat can't take the time to polish it all. I've shot cases till they were toast without cleaning and had no negative issues with accuracy or reliability etc..... Just doesn't look as pretty and allows one to feed the brass gods a bit more often.
M33O-- there are a couple of power trimmers out there. With my volume I had a gracey trimmer in 223 but it was sold quickly once I found the Giraud power trimmer. Not so cheap, but sure is nice and quick when you have a few thousand to trim.....
Jeff
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Mossey the graceys are really nice. But really expensive. I got a friend outside houston that makes carbide cutters for them. Last forever. Takes the pain out of trimming
Told ya rost, you should put that 15K round thing in your signature. Be a big help to ya.
When I first started reloading I didn't clean all cases, because I did not yet have a tumbler. You can reload without tumbling, and if the brass is especially dirty, you can wipe with a cleaner and rag if you don't have a tumbler. It is not a deal breaker.
Since I got a tumbler I clean it all, but I don't reload as many rounds as some either.
Interesting that Bigcountry polishes before resizing. I clean the inside of the neck, neck size, deprime, clean primer pocket, trim before polishing.
Is there a concensus on when to tumble? I can see one reason to tumble before resizing is any deforming that may take place in the tumbler. One reason I chose after resizing is letting the tumbler help clean lube and cleaner from the necks and outside of case, guarding against primer contamination. May be an interesting topic.
No way. Just trying to help the guy out some. His hands are probably very tired from 15K of loading a year, and saving him an extra 20 key strokes will let load 20K this year.
The gracey ain't squat, the Giraud makes it look like a junker.
15K isn't that many rounds to me. I know folks that shoot and load more than that. I sure hope ya'll are laughing, cause I don't post it to brag, just to show that high volume this or that can be done. If ya don't mention what you are talking about ya get ripped on the net.
Jeff
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Get as close as you can, but use your skills as needed.
Ruger- stabs us in the back on gun control- why support him?
Clean, clean, clean...I clean all my brass in the tumbler before resizing. After resize/deprime and cleaning the primer socket...I tumble again until spotless. Yeah it's a pain......but cleanliness is next to Godliness! Trust me, it pays to clean....clean 'um boys...it pays off in the long run! regards, Rick.
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