Do you deprime separately?

[done911]

My process has changed over the years.
I used to decap ( lee universal with hardened pin ) wet tumble, lube and FL size, wet tumble, neck size die, then load. I still do this for ARs and pistol rounds.

My precision rifles ( bolt action ) from fired brass ( I pick up each group, no laying on the ground ).
I lube and FL resize, wet tumble and leave on a towel to naturally dry, neck size die with no lube and then load. I use a single stage press and throw a lite charge and hand trickle up to desired weight.

My wet tumble is done in a double drum harbor freight rock tumbler. It has rubber drums and is very quiet compared to plastic drums. I use it with hot tap water, SS pins (0.255 x 0.047 only) dawn and some lemon shine.... I quit using the jet dry as I don't see any advantage. I let my cases tumble about 2.5 hours as I like the brightest cases possible without risking damage to the cases. They are clean enough in an hour, just not as much shine. I take each case from the drum, rinse in warm water and inspect it ( yes, one at a time ). I drop them into a kitchen strainer and when all cases are out of the drum I rinse in hot water, shake the strainer to remove excess water and dump the case onto a towel layed out In a cookie sheet to dry.

 

[GTN]

My process goes like this on fired brass

Deprime- Sinclair decapping die
Anneal- Amp annealer
Tumble -if needed (rarely)
Clean primer pockets (probably unnecessary)
Brush inside necks lightly
Lube - redding sizing wax and dry neck lube
Size
Clean lube off with rag and contact cleaner
Trim if needed - Wilson trimmer
Run mandrel in neck to set neck tension
Prime - Rcbs hand primer
Charge- V4 auto trickler
Seat bullets

I use a variety of different sizing and seating dies.

I usually do all my brass prep in batches to keep everything consistent. Pending on caliber either 50 or 100 piece batches. Meaning I prep all of that batch of brass but I only load what I need at the time or near future.

 

[greg vess]

1. Size and de-prime at the same time.
2. Throw in tumbler.
3. Wipe off polish residue.
4. Run them through the case prep station.
5. Sit them in shell holder and dry lube around mouth.
6. Powder charge ( weigh each throw exact ).
7. Seat bullet.
It's quick and simple and gets me well below 1 MOA.

If I was a comp shooter I would get more technical but for range and hunting it's more than adequate. Since my 6.5 PRC is a long action I'll probably get in to seating depth on that if I have a problem with achieving accuracy that I want.

 

[greg vess]

My process has changed over the years.
I used to decap ( lee universal with hardened pin ) wet tumble, lube and FL size, wet tumble, neck size die, then load. I still do this for ARs and pistol rounds.

My precision rifles ( bolt action ) from fired brass ( I pick up each group, no laying on the ground ).
I lube and FL resize, wet tumble and leave on a towel to naturally dry, neck size die with no lube and then load. I use a single stage press and throw a lite charge and hand trickle up to desired weight.

My wet tumble is done in a double drum harbor freight rock tumbler. It has rubber drums and is very quiet compared to plastic drums. I use it with hot tap water, SS pins (0.255 x 0.047 only) dawn and some lemon shine.... I quit using the jet dry as I don't see any advantage. I let my cases tumble about 2.5 hours as I like the brightest cases possible without risking damage to the cases. They are clean enough in an hour, just not as much shine. I take each case from the drum, rinse in warm water and inspect it ( yes, one at a time ). I drop them into a kitchen strainer and when all cases are out of the drum I rinse in hot water, shake the strainer to remove excess water and dump the case onto a towel layed out In a cookie sheet to dry.

I respect your dedication to the art and that's not a dis or poke at you in any way. I just don't have the patients for all that. If it required that all the time every time I wouldn't have done one cartridge. LOL

 

[done911]

Greg, I completely understand what you are saying. I have the time these days as I am older. 20 years ago while I was raising kids, I was pushing out rounds as simply and quickly as was safe.... and usually doing it at 2 in the morning while everyone was sleeping. I can still run a bunch of handgun or high volume ( AR15 ) rounds on my dillon pretty quickly. Today I want consistent and accurate rifle rounds and I'm lucky enough to have the time it takes to make my ammo as good as it can be ( or at least as good as my shooting skills can take advantage of ). I also have my own 200yard range, so I'm not wasting time and money running to a public range or private club. I still go to the public range from time to time, but it's more for the social aspect, as I find it difficult to do real load testing there.