If I'm running stainless cleaned cases in the 1050 I toss them in some corn cob media first to get some dust on and inside them. They run a lot smoother.
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Cleaned brass is necessary only if you are trying to sell the stuff. I use to just take the brass from the range and toss it in the tumbler for a couple of hours then reload it. Never cleaned the primer pockets and never had any issues with reloading. Then I got into processing brass for others. My main customer is a guy that reloads and sells at the gun shows. He wants the stuff as clean as possible.
Now I wash with stainless steel pins, soap, lime shine and water. The stuff comes out looking like new. I then tumble it for several hours to shine it up an remove some of the scratches. As palmettomoon stated it also helps them run better through my presses.
I guess I have processed over a million pieces of brass in the last 2 years. All I do every night is sit in my man cave and crank on the presses for a few hours.
Now I wash with stainless steel pins, soap, lime shine and water. The stuff comes out looking like new. I then tumble it for several hours to shine it up an remove some of the scratches. As palmettomoon stated it also helps them run better through my presses.
I guess I have processed over a million pieces of brass in the last 2 years. All I do every night is sit in my man cave and crank on the presses for a few hours.
Speer has been using small primers in 45acp about as long as Federal has.....they are both ATK owned. Used to find em all the time when I reloaded for a living. They were usually in batches of brass acquired from LE departments/ranges.
I have more than once been reloading 45 colt and the primer wouldn't seat, checked brass and a 454 had slipped in there. Dang small rifle primer...
Pretty sure I don't press hard enough to set one off, but you never can tell. I do always wear safety glasses when handling primers, powder and reloading.
Pretty sure I don't press hard enough to set one off, but you never can tell. I do always wear safety glasses when handling primers, powder and reloading.
I clean all brass in a tumbler. Went ahead and bought 2. If brass is really dirty, I run in the walnut media then transfer to the corncob. I prep my rifle brass on a single stage and do clean the primer pocket since it is so easy with the Frankford Arsenal trim center. However on pistol brass, I just size it on the 550B while loading.
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I have a Giraud bench top trimmer but I'd go broke buying the collets and trimmer blades for all of the cartridges I reload. I use one of the FA Plat series trimmers for about 20 different cartridges and the Giraud for 10 (high vol).
It is universal. It has 3 different sized collets that fit most common cartridges. 1 trimmer blade does them all. And it will use accessories from other brands, they just screw in. So far I have trimmed everything from .223 to 300 win mag.
LOL, I meant that I use both. The Giraud uses caliber specific collets and trim heads.
The FA Platinum is what I use for odd ball calibers that I load infrequently. I recommend the FA unit to everyone that reloads. You cannot beat it when it's offered on sale at $149.
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