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Ain’t nobody have time fah dat!Not to clean. Who has time for that nonsense?
Unless you clean with rice in a vibratory tumbler. Then the rice just gets stuck and you don’t barley touch the primer pockets.Decap the spent primers before you clean your brass...Then it cleans the primer pockets, too... 2 birds, 1 stone.
My order is this... Decap, ultrasonic cleaner, then I rinse, dry, resize, then polish.Unless you clean with rice in a vibratory tumbler. Then the rice just gets stuck and you don’t barley touch the primer pockets.
OP, I don’t touch primer pockets.
Am I a good shooter? Meh
Is my time worth more than what I would spend cleaning primer pockets. Absofuckinglutely
How many extra impacts do you get from polishing?My order is this... Decap, ultrasonic cleaner, then I rinse, dry, resize, then polish.
Honestly, I couldn't give less of a fuck about someone else's opinion of my process, and it's not up for debate. It works for me, and doesn't have to work for you. It has nothing to do with precision. It has to do with the fact that I'm not putting nasty carbon-coated (and other debris the carbon attracts) brass brass back in my precision rifle chambers. You can enjoy putting dirty brass back in your rifle if you want, but I'm not about to.How many extra impacts do you get from polishing?
Unless you clean with rice in a vibratory tumbler. Then the rice just gets stuck and you don’t barley touch the primer pockets.
OP, I don’t touch primer pockets.
Am I a good shooter? Meh
Is my time worth more than what I would spend cleaning primer pockets. Absofuckinglutely
I neither offered my opinion nor asked for a debate. I want to know what is gained from polishing your brass. You already said it was cleaned and rinsed so I don’t believe you that it’s about not introducing carbon into your precision system.Honestly, I couldn't give less of a fuck about someone else's opinion of my process, and it's not up for debate. It works for me, and doesn't have to work for you. It has nothing to do with precision. It has to do with the fact that I'm not putting nasty carbon-coated (and other debris the carbon attracts) brass brass back in my precision rifle chambers. You can enjoy putting dirty brass back in your rifle if you want, but I'm not about to.
You do your thing, I’ll do mine. Easy enough? I like my end product to look professional…Even if it’s just for my own benefit.I neither offered my opinion nor asked for a debate. I want to know what is gained from polishing your brass. You already said it was cleaned and rinsed so I don’t believe you that it’s about not introducing carbon into your precision system.
I read that cleaning brass saves wear on your dies, no idea if its BS or not but its the only reason I clean my brass.I don't even clean my brass each time I reload it.
I read that cleaning brass saves wear on your dies, no idea if its BS or not but its the only reason I clean my brass.
Brass prep of any sort is aids.
When wet tumbling you can ensure the primer pocket fully dries.I think there’s some value in having clean brass in my dies but clean to me means that the brass has spent a couple hours in Lyman Corncob media. I have no idea what the fascination with decapping is. That’s why there is a pin on the resizing die mandrel. FFS, why add any extra steps?
range
dry tumble
anneal (amp mate does this for me)
resize, mandrel, decap (one pull of the handle does all three, thanks SAC)
Trim, chamfer, deburr (one poke into the trimmer)
load
Reloading is aids.
Any tool that reduces the time or touches per piece is worth every cent.
You are assuming all dies have a decapping pin . Even with the ones that do, some folks don't use the sizing button/mandrel assembly at all . Decapping as a separate step is a must .I think there’s some value in having clean brass in my dies but clean to me means that the brass has spent a couple hours in Lyman Corncob media. I have no idea what the fascination with decapping is. That’s why there is a pin on the resizing die mandrel. FFS, why add any extra steps?
Oh I’m not making any assumptions. I know there are folks out there buying dies with no decapping pin or taking it out in the name of “concentricity“. I just think it’s dumb.You are assuming all dies have a decapping pin . Even with the ones that do, some folks don't use the sizing button/mandrel assembly at all . Decapping as a separate step is a must .