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Posted: 1/25/2014 9:42:23 PM EDT
[#1]
yes.
unless you feel like gunking up and ruining your dies rather quickly. the secondary polish isn't needed though if your trying to save time. |
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Posted: 1/25/2014 10:30:19 PM EDT
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No but it keeps the dies clean.
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Posted: 1/26/2014 12:53:02 AM EDT
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I do...
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Posted: 1/26/2014 2:03:17 AM EDT
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No. In fact, we tend to put in much more effort than is necessary. I knew a guy that would simply brush-out the case neck, and mainly neck-size (and pop-out the spent primer) with one of those cheapie Lee hand-held presses, which was probably his second set-up after the hammer-the-die set-up. His gun shot nicely, for a hunting rifle.
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Posted: 1/26/2014 2:54:29 AM EDT
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no, not necessary every time.
debris won't ruin dies unless your dies are made of aluminum or copper or something. mine are made of hardened steel and carbide. just a bit of lube is all you need. |
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Posted: 1/26/2014 5:09:51 AM EDT
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If you have sand or dirt then you should clean the brass. But if it just has some soot you can load away.
Personally I like pretty brass  So I tumble before and after loading.
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Posted: 1/26/2014 5:39:32 AM EDT
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You don't have to, but it's not a bad idea. I just throw my fired brass in the tumbler with walnut for 30 mins or more just to get the sand and any other crap off. I'd think repeatedly putting dirty/sandy brass in your sizing die will scratch it, and certainly having debris on your brass will cause dents during sizing.
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Posted: 1/26/2014 6:26:36 AM EDT
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It's so easy to do, why wouldn't you?
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Posted: 1/26/2014 6:28:58 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:
It's so easy to do, why wouldn't you? This |
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Posted: 1/26/2014 6:45:52 AM EDT
[#10]
Yes you need to clean your brass before sizing.
Just enough to get the grit off.
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Posted: 1/26/2014 6:52:11 AM EDT
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My thoughts are, get yourself enough brass on hand that you always have clean brass around to load with.
That way when you get done shooting you don't feel like you have to clean brass right away so it can be loaded again. I clean and inspect brass in batches and then store it in Ziploc bags. |
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Posted: 1/26/2014 7:59:36 AM EDT
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I have a homemade brass catcher and it funnels brass into a bucket.
Those go directly to loading. If it touches the ground it gets cleaned. |
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Posted: 1/26/2014 8:47:02 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My thoughts are, get yourself enough brass on hand that you always have clean brass around to load with. That way when you get done shooting you don't feel like you have to clean brass right away so it can be loaded again. I clean and inspect brass in batches and then store it in Ziploc bags. Quote HistoryQuoted: My thoughts are, get yourself enough brass on hand that you always have clean brass around to load with. That way when you get done shooting you don't feel like you have to clean brass right away so it can be loaded again. I clean and inspect brass in batches and then store it in Ziploc bags. This, although my new procedure since I got a Lee universal recapping die is to decap them at the first available free time- you can do a couple hundred in no time at all, then throw them in the tumbler before going to work. Wife will shut off tumbler after about four hours. Then they go into the appropriate storage can. This way I never have to store dirty brass. |
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Posted: 1/26/2014 9:24:40 AM EDT
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Before I had a case cleaner I just wiped them off with paper towels. Now I run them through case cleaner before sizing, if for no other reason that just to remove some powder residue so my hands stay a little cleaner while handling the brass.
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Posted: 1/26/2014 9:32:16 AM EDT
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Yes
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Posted: 1/26/2014 10:02:16 AM EDT
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I wouldn't worry about the dirt eating the die, but the dies forcing the dirt into the brass. |
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Posted: 1/26/2014 4:09:01 PM EDT
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No, it is not required. With steel dies you risk scratching them if the brass has grit or dirt on it. For carbide dies it is less of an issue.
Re-loaders use to wipe their brass off instead, some still do. Vibratory tumblers save time over wiping and allow you to make it shiner. |
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