I've been reloading about 6 months on my Lee LCT, mostly 9mm, .40 and 38sp. Recently I bought a set of .223 dies, some once fired brass and some bullets. So far I've
1. Tumbled the brass
2. Lubed the brass
3. Decapped and sized the brass
4. Tumbled the brass again to remove the lube.
5. Measured each casing and put all that were too long into a stack.
6. Used the Lee zip trim and tool to trim the cases to length.
7. Used the chamfer tool to chamfer the inside and outside of the cases.
Now I'm not sure what to do next. The cases are smooth around the case ends but I'm don't know if I should tumble the cases again to make sure any remaining brass shavings are removed or can I go ahead and load the cases as is. Or is there some other step I need to do next.
Any suggestions are appreciated....thanks.
1. Tumbled the brass
2. Lubed the brass
3. Decapped and sized the brass
4. Tumbled the brass again to remove the lube.
5. Measured each casing and put all that were too long into a stack.
6. Used the Lee zip trim and tool to trim the cases to length.
7. Used the chamfer tool to chamfer the inside and outside of the cases.
Now I'm not sure what to do next. The cases are smooth around the case ends but I'm don't know if I should tumble the cases again to make sure any remaining brass shavings are removed or can I go ahead and load the cases as is. Or is there some other step I need to do next.
Any suggestions are appreciated....thanks.