I have to admit (applies only to 45 ACP and 9mm)...
I don't sort the brass.
I don't clean or polish the cases.
I don't ream the primer pockets.
I keep new brass with range pickup brass.
I pull from the bucket. If it is too grungy, dented, burred, or the primer pocket is clogged, I just throw it in a second bucket and pick the next one.
I put them through a go-nogo template for length (20 at a time), but I don't suppose this is exact on the fraction of mm. I check OAL one at a time through a gonogo template.
Brass goes from the gun, to the floor, to the bucket, to the template, to the press and just gets a little finger wipe from me at the reloading bench if there is grime or sand. I use carbide dies.
I am pretty new to reloading, just a year. I shoot 100 pistol cartridges every week, sometimes 150.
Yep, they are not shiny pretty rounds, but I have only had one problem over those thousands because I compressed the case overseating the bullet (like a little ripple half way down the case).
They always go bang. What can go wrong in the long term from being such a lazy sob (about straight wall case prep - not other things) ?
(I am very careful about load and OAL)
I don't sort the brass.
I don't clean or polish the cases.
I don't ream the primer pockets.
I keep new brass with range pickup brass.
I pull from the bucket. If it is too grungy, dented, burred, or the primer pocket is clogged, I just throw it in a second bucket and pick the next one.
I put them through a go-nogo template for length (20 at a time), but I don't suppose this is exact on the fraction of mm. I check OAL one at a time through a gonogo template.
Brass goes from the gun, to the floor, to the bucket, to the template, to the press and just gets a little finger wipe from me at the reloading bench if there is grime or sand. I use carbide dies.
I am pretty new to reloading, just a year. I shoot 100 pistol cartridges every week, sometimes 150.
Yep, they are not shiny pretty rounds, but I have only had one problem over those thousands because I compressed the case overseating the bullet (like a little ripple half way down the case).
They always go bang. What can go wrong in the long term from being such a lazy sob (about straight wall case prep - not other things) ?
(I am very careful about load and OAL)