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I have close to the same process. I like to do all my brass prep work first. Then the brass is as clean as can be when you load it, there isn't even any finger prints on it when I'm done loading. Although I am extremely anal retentive. -I dry tumble first just for about an hour. Just to...

Surprised no one has mentioned The Hornady Case Prep Center. I have one and love it. Works very well, I processed about 3000 .223 and 200 .308 over the weekend. It's expensive but it comes with all the pilots and shell holders to do most common cartridges.

I pick up a lot of Federal at my local police range. All the FC once fired is short. I don't even bother using a case gauge on it anymore. I figure the Federal wont need to be trimmed till the second or third firing. Almost all my federal brass needs to be swaged..

yeah I usually have to swage my S&B brass..

Also if you are having problems seating non-boattail bullets, just make sure you chamfer the inside of the case mouth. Yeah if bullets are easy to push into the case you do not have proper neck tension. This will cause you problems, such as setback.. Be careful and make sure you are properly...

make sure you are Chamfering the inside of the case mouth. Then just hold the bullet in the correct position until it enters the seating die..

Widners has Wolf Small Rifle primers http://www.wideners.com/itemdetail.cfm?item_id=8975&dir=278|284|737 Hornady ZMax .224 in 40gr and 55gr. http://www.wideners.com/itemdetail.cfm?item_id=100000478&dir=278|281|1079|1166|1508...

If you prep your brass first.. ie. size/decap and or trim also, the wet tumbling will clean out the primer pocked and make it look like new. It will also polish the lip and take any burs off of the case mouth. And of course remove lube and almost all spots/stains and what have you. I...

If your not going to deprime before tumbling, you probably don't want to "Wet Tumble" The brass takes a good amount of time to dry, especially with primers still in em.. I own the Thumblers Tumbler and it makes amazing clean brass... Good as new.. Inside and out. But I size/deprime and do...

ali9cg8: as I said in post #15 I'm doing it right now, without too much hassle. It really doesn't take too long per case and it only needs to be done once. Not sure how hard it would be using a dremel though, as I mentioned I'm using a drill press.. Shoot me a PM if you want any extra info on...

I just print out mailing lables with the appropriate info on them. I can get my entire load recipe on the box front..

This is for .223 brass or .308. Try doing your case prep before you reload. Like months before. It helps spread it out and makes it so it's not so tedious. My process - Tumble range brass (Hour or so to get the mud off) - Sort by headstamp - Hornady One-Shot spray lube (about 300 cases at...

Man o Man what a bunch of Nay sayers. It can be done. There is info on the internet. I am doing it right now with 7.62x54r. Yeah it's time consuming, but it only has to be done once. And it works fine. I concider this a hobby anyway so so what if it "Wastes my time". If thats the case I...

I just got shipping notification on a 10 Pack of pmags i ordered from Brownells back before Christmas.. They'll be here monday.. YAY.. So just get on the list.. They will come eventually. It seems right now that products are starting to ship, and crazy prices are starting to soften a little.

Try doing your case prep before you reload. Like months before. It helps spread it out and makes it so it's not so tedious. My process - Tumble range brass - Sort by headstamp - Hornady One-Shot spray lube (about 300 cases at a time) - RCBS Full length resize and decap (Rockchucker) - Sort by...