Do you decap before you tumble your cases?

Do you decap before you tumble your cases?

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NO! I don't want any crud in my dies.
I always tumble first.

If it helped clean primer pockets, I might think about tumbling after depriming, but it doesn't, so I don't.

But I don't use a sizinf die or any die to deprime.

I usually decap (because I'm going to clean the primer pockets), tumble (because I don't want grit in my dies), clean primer pockets (because I want to), then load. Not because it's the right way but because that's how I want to do it.

I usually decap (because I'm going to clean the primer pockets), tumble (because I don't want grit in my dies), clean primer pockets (because I want to), then load. Not because it's the right way but because that's how I want to do it.

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Surely you jest.

Because thats how you want to ? Pffft... Everyone knows what you want in reloading is for naught....you must do as the gods instruct

Now that I always use wet method with SS media I always remove primers with a universal decapper to aid in the cleaning of primer pockets at the time of cleaning. When I used a vibratory cleaner and coarse media I would not bother decap until after the casings were polished so I didn't have to pick the stuck media out of the pockets. Rather than get fine media I got the SS rig for a deal and never looked back. I now use my vibratory setup with NU Finish to coat the brass to keep it from tarnishing my new looking brass that I store for any length of time.

I have a Dillon 550. I use an extra toolhead with only a universal decapping die installed. I just put in the shell plate and run the cases through, collecting the deprimed cases from the bin.