Cleaning Cases after resizing.....

[jagermeister]

Just curious....
How do you guys clean your resized cases before loading ?

I normally proceed this way, starting from fired cases :

1. Drop them in thumbling machine....
2. Scrolling off the media, wipe them off....
3. Unpriming
4. Lubing (inside neck also)
5. Resizing (full length - without inside rod)
6. Expanding neck (mandrel)
7. Wiping off (dry rag) + wet (alchol rag)
8. Retumbling
9. Same as step #2

Cases ready for reloading.

Awaiting for your comments.

Tx
:mrgreen:


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[hubcap]

After resizing with either one shot or RCBS lube I clean the cases with a solution of water and birchwood casey case cleaner. This solution removes any contamination from the case inside and out. No rag wipe necessary. Once they are clean I allow to dry in the sunshine or with the aid of a hair dryer. For the primer pockets I use a RCBS primer pocket clean brush. Once the cases are clean I polish them in the tumbler with walnut shell and polish for about an hour. It only takes three to five minutes to clean using the birchwood casey cleaner. Usually takes about ten minutes to dry 20 cases with a hair dryer. All done and ready to load. :grin:

 

[SJB358]

I tumble before sizing but I just wipe with a clean paper towel after sizing. I use Imperial Sizing Wax so it comes off real nice and maintains a great sheen.

 

[HeathSexton]

I wipe them off, lube, size, wipe off, trim.

I have a tumbler, I think I even used it once. LOL

 

[ScreaminEagle]

I tumble before sizing but I just wipe with a clean paper towel after sizing. I use Imperial Sizing Wax so it comes off real nice and maintains a great sheen.

This!

 

[muleman]

I use Hornady 1 shot, size, deprime and then into the sonic cleaner for 10 minutes. I dry them in the oven for 20 minutes at 140 degrees. I only polish if the brass is going to be stored or if it is tarnished. The sonic cleaner does an excellent job on cleaning the primer pockets.

Scott

 

[muleman]

Do you all think that not cleaning cases prior to sizing/depriming causes undo wear on the sizing die?

Scott

 

[SJB358]

I don't think it causes wear but I think the chances of stuffing grit into the die is higher.

 

[elkeater2]

1. Decap with Lee Universal decapper
2. Clean with sonic cleaner
3. Rinse with very hot water then blast out with compressed air.
4. Let dry, usually 1 hour or less
5. Resize, Imperial outside, graphite brush inside
6. Check for internal stretching, LED light shadows inside, bright ring outside?
7. Check length and trim, usually the whole batch or none need it yet. Chamfer if trimmed.
8. Ready to load

Shiny isn't real important to me. Sometimes I don't worry about sonic cleaning or tumbling if the brass has only been fired once since being worked over. In that case I just wipe down before lube and sizing.
EE2
ps
Sometime I'll post pics of my redneck vibratory cleaner made from a variable speed saber saw, large plastic coffee containers, and bungee cords. I can set the speed to really move the media and the brass just the way I want regardless of load, and the tumbling usually takes 1/2 hour or less when doing that!

7.

 

[DrMike]

I tumble before sizing but I just wipe with a clean paper towel after sizing. I use Imperial Sizing Wax so it comes off real nice and maintains a great sheen.

That's the procedure I generally use. Now, I do a lot more with the Thumler Tumbler after depriming with a universal deprimer before sizing. I still use Imperial Sizing Wax and Imperial Application Media.

 

[jimbires]

1 , tumble
2, wipe off media
3, lube outside with a pad and oil and mica inside neck
4, mostly I deprime and size together . some cases I use a lee collet neck die with a redding body die . others I use a full length die . I have a couple sets of bushing neck dies that are used with a body die , and a deprime die .
5, wipe case ,I use a rag and either carb cleaner or brake cleaner
6 , measure length and trim if needed , brush primer pockets
7, hand prime cases
8, add powder
9, seat bullet
10 , final wipe
11, if these are for something important I cycle them through the gun , just to be sure .

 

[CatskillCrawler]

1 , tumble
2, wipe off media
3, lube outside with a pad and oil and mica inside neck
4, mostly I deprime and size together . some cases I use a lee collet neck die with a redding body die . others I use a full length die . I have a couple sets of bushing neck dies that are used with a body die , and a deprime die .
5, wipe case ,I use a rag and either carb cleaner or brake cleaner
6 , measure length and trim if needed , brush primer pockets
7, hand prime cases
8, add powder
9, seat bullet
10 , final wipe
11, if these are for something important I cycle them through the gun , just to be sure .

Exactly!

 

[sask boy]

I full length resize using Imperial sizing wax. Then into the tumbler,
after that I then hand wipe each piece of brass & then trim, prime, powder & bullet :wink:.
PS. I use my Hornady case prep unit on every piece of brass as well.

Blessings,
Dan

 

[joelkdouglas]

Here we go...

1. Resize brass with either a Lee Collet Neck Die or a Redding Bushing Neck Die.
2. Reprime, charge, seat bullets. Go back to the range, or hunting.

I also check for SAAMI length, spin for concentricity check (really just because I have the gauge). Think about how many times the brass has been fired without being FL sized. If it needs FL, do that.

I wipe off the cases if they had lube on them from FL sizing.

Cleaning doesn't make the brass better. Or safer. Or anything except for shinier!

.

 

[Oldtrader3]

I would clean primer pockets before tumbling or wetting cases.

 

[Elkman]

I neck size every last case that I can. I full length resize using Imperial sizing wax, graphite, and a little synthetic oil, only when necessary. Wipe, clean the primer pocket then into the tumbler, after that I then hand wipe each piece of brass & then trim, prime, powder & bullet.
I just finished full length resizing 50, 7MM STW cases so that I could use them in my new barrel. Not a fun job at all.
Oh! about every so often I also anneal, prior to neck sizing.

 

[RiverRider]

I give my brass enough cleaning (a wipedown, essentially) to be confident I won't damage anything before resizing. After that I do everything I intend to do with the brass and then tumble it. I've gone with stainless media tumbling and am happy with the results. Some think the case mouths take too much of a beating during tumbling but I don't see a problem.

 

[Partisan]

A.) Tumble in Lyman corn-cob media with Flitz Brass polish added.
B.) Lube case body only with Hornady Unique Lube. Dip necks in Imperial Graphite.
C.) Partial full-Length resize.
D.) Wipe case off with paper towel.
E.) Clean primer pockets with brush.
D.) Trim if necessary.

 

[ccoker]

I am lazy
I spray with a lube with brass standing upright.
After loading I lay rounds on paper towels and spray with brake cleaner and then wipe off.

 

[big rifle man]

I decap and then run the cases through a sonic cleaner. This really gets the crud out of the primer pocket and the inside of the case. I then lube the outside, use a Q-tip for the inside neck, size, wipe off and then trim. After trimming an hour in the tumbler and their ready to go.