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  • Deavis

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    Why so?

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    Because perfectly clean brass grabs the heck out of your dies. Go size a handful of super clean brass versus picked up OF brass with no cleaning. OF uncleaned will be easier to size and will not exhibit any sticking. Same with crimping, go put a real crimp on some super clean, ie like new brass, and a few hundred in your die will be sticking and you will have a beautiful brass ring to remove from your die. There will be a nice pop every piece as it struggles to release from your die.

    Carbon acts like a lubricant, remove it and things get sticky quick. Maybe you won't see it if you run 100 pieces but run a few thousand and you notice real quick.
     

    Mills

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    Came across? That would be proudly displayed in my loading room.
    I will load some 43 spanish cartridges and shoot the old Rem rolling block.
    And yes, the can has returned to the display location.
    The finest bp I ever used was some 100 year old English 3f, it produced very soft soot.
     

    rp-

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    Because perfectly clean brass grabs the heck out of your dies. Go size a handful of super clean brass versus picked up OF brass with no cleaning. OF uncleaned will be easier to size and will not exhibit any sticking. Same with crimping, go put a real crimp on some super clean, ie like new brass, and a few hundred in your die will be sticking and you will have a beautiful brass ring to remove from your die. There will be a nice pop every piece as it struggles to release from your die.

    Carbon acts like a lubricant, remove it and things get sticky quick. Maybe you won't see it if you run 100 pieces but run a few thousand and you notice real quick.
    Good info. I was mostly wanting something bigger. I have the small FA tumbler now and I only do about 200 223 at a time. Maybe 500 9mm at a time. Then there's all the sifting and dust. I figured the wet tumbler might be a little easier and no dust. I'm not worried about drying or draining if I can do more at once and do them in less time. Maybe I'll have to look into a quick dry tumble before sizing and then wet tumbler after to get rid of the lube and clean them up better.

    I've seen a couple people on Facebook talking about tumbling without pins, just soap and water. I've also seen some posts about using steel chips instead of pins. Anyone have input on either of those options?

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    TheMailMan

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    Because perfectly clean brass grabs the heck out of your dies. Go size a handful of super clean brass versus picked up OF brass with no cleaning. OF uncleaned will be easier to size and will not exhibit any sticking. Same with crimping, go put a real crimp on some super clean, ie like new brass, and a few hundred in your die will be sticking and you will have a beautiful brass ring to remove from your die. There will be a nice pop every piece as it struggles to release from your die.

    Carbon acts like a lubricant, remove it and things get sticky quick. Maybe you won't see it if you run 100 pieces but run a few thousand and you notice real quick.

    Yep. Super clean brass sticks to the powder funnels on my Dillon presses like it's got superglue on it.

    Brass that I run through the vibratory tumbler is much smoother running.
     

    orbitup

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    I like trying new techniques so for my 6BR I used a benchrest method. I clean out the primer pocket, wipe down the outside with a rag and Balistol, and size without the expander. Then I wipe it with a dry rag and run a brush though the neck before running a mandrel to expand. Ready to load!

    It works great for the low volume shooting I do with that single-shot.
     

    benenglish

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    for my 6BR I used a benchrest method
    Benchrest methods are a completely different and, to me, utterly fascinating world. The stuff done in that world is so different it deserves its own thread but I don't think we have enough benchresters here to sustain it.
     

    deemus

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    Because perfectly clean brass grabs the heck out of your dies. Go size a handful of super clean brass versus picked up OF brass with no cleaning. OF uncleaned will be easier to size and will not exhibit any sticking. Same with crimping, go put a real crimp on some super clean, ie like new brass, and a few hundred in your die will be sticking and you will have a beautiful brass ring to remove from your die. There will be a nice pop every piece as it struggles to release from your die.

    Carbon acts like a lubricant, remove it and things get sticky quick. Maybe you won't see it if you run 100 pieces but run a few thousand and you notice real quick.

    I always resize prior to cleaning. I did it because I like my loaded ammo to not have scratches on it, nice and shiny. Funny, yesterday I introduced a friend to reloading and he had polished his brass before resizing. It was harder to resize those rifle brass than what I usually encounter.
     
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