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I am at the end of the 500 pieces of Starline brass I got for Christmas, down to 99 cases to be exact.
I am going to be needing a case cleaner pretty soon, but I also have some general questions about case prep.
One question I do have is regarding leaving spent primers in or taking them out.
Right now I do not have a separate depriming station, as there is one on my Square Deal B press.
On pistol cases, it is really necessary to remove the primer before cleaning the case?
Do I need to get primer pocket cleaners right off the bat if this will only be the second time these cases are loaded? On pistol cases is getting case lube necessary for sizing them on the press I am using?
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I also load on 3 SDB's. 9mm, 357, 45 ACP.
You want to clean cases before loading, any of these,
1) Old school, wipe grime off case with a clean rag. No worries about the discoloration. This is what we did before we had tumblers.
2) Dry tumbler, tumble cases in walnut to clean. No deprimming necessary.
3) Wet tumbler. Makes cases sparkle better than new. To get the best results you should deprime before tumbling and the primer pockets will also be cleaned.
Cleaning primer pockets is a choice. Only when they impede primer seating do they need cleaning, which is not often. You can wait on this tool.
But do ensure that all primers are seated .002 below flush. High primers cause misfires or you need to do a double strike to get round to fire.
I differ from most as I don't use any lube with carbide dies (SD dies are carbide). It's not needed. Read the SD manual, it's not called out.
Others claim lubing make sizing easier, well I don't have any issues sizing without lube.
If you do lube, then it adds the step of removing the lube.
Notice when I quoted your post I double spaced it as it makes it much easier to read. It's a format thing on this site.
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