Mr. Longbeard

What do you guys do to your brass as far as Do you clean them with or with out primers. Do you use your resising die to pop out primers or do you use something else.

driftrider

My brass goes straight from the ammo case to the tumbler (50/50 mix of fine walnut/corncob from the pet store with Iosso polish). After they are tumbled to a like-new shine (2-6 hours, depending on how grungy they are), I size and deprime each piece. Then I clean each primer pocket, being careful to check each flash hole for media and cleaning then out with an extra decapping rod as needed. Then I being priming and loading.

Now if you want to know what I do for case prep with new brass, than a whole different story.

Mike

thndrchiken

My brass also hits the tumbler before sizing, just got tired of my hands getting filthy while lubing and handling. It also prevents your dies from getting scratched/dirty.

charlie brown

I put all the dirty brass right into the tumbler, for about an hour or so, then size, and clean the primer pockets, as well as all the neck prep, then place them back into the tumbler until they are nice and shiny. Then I prime, charge, and seat the bullet.

mossy33oak

As usual Im the weirdo here, I resize, deprimer, trim, debur, primer pocket clean, and finally tumble.

BigBob .30-06

Mr Longbeard,

One of the least expensive tools you can spend money on is a universal decapping die. One die does all. I use mine to remove all primers, and then clean the primer pockets. Cases then go into the case cleaner. With the burnt carbon already gone, the cleaning media stays cleaner, useable, longer. The cases are resized and trim for length after being removed ftom the cleaner. Once the cases have been sizeded and trimed, they go back into the cleaner to remove all lube. When removed from the cleaner the second time, I either load them or put them into ammo boxes to be stored until they will be loaded. I hope that this is of some help. Good luck.
Bob

handloader1

Tumbling is my last step before priming. Good luck.

Briman

I wipe my brass off with a rag before I lube and resize them.
Never found a reason to tumble them, though some day I might get a tumbler.

Highpower

My routine is pretty much like Charlie Brown's. A quick run in the tumbler first to get the worst off the brass and to keep from scratching the dies, resize/deprime, then back in the tumbler for a final cleaning. I think this is a 'to each their own', but this works for me.

USSR

The Universal Depriming die is your friend.

Don