Centurian22
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Ok I've ordered all my equipment including an ultrasonic cleaner, I will be reloading for .308 mostly and a little for .32S&W long. I am trying to piece together my order of operations. I want to clean my cases in the ultrasonic after decapping so it will clean the primer pockets as well and avoid trapping water around the old primers; however, decapping is tied to resizing either neck or full length (unless I purchase a universal decapping die) and I'm concerned with dirtying or damaging my resizing die (over time) if the cases aren't clean.
My main question is do the lee neck and full length resizing dies for .308 contact the case ONLY on the outside or does some part (aside from the decapping pin) make any contact on the inside? My thought if they only contact the outside is to just wipe the outside with a rag, decap/resize, trim if needed, deburr flash hole if needed, deburr, chamfer, brush the inside of the neck, clean the primer pockets with a twist or two, then toss in the Ultrasonic cleaner. If the resizing dies contact the inside and the outside then thanks to being OCD I will be inclined to run a cycle in the ultrasonic cleaner, dry, decap/resize, go through all case prep mentioned above and then go through another cycle in the ultrasonic cleaner to make sure the primer pockets get clean and to wash all brass trimmings shavings etc. out of the cases.
Experienced reloaders (especially anyone using an ultrasonic) please help me out here.
My main question is do the lee neck and full length resizing dies for .308 contact the case ONLY on the outside or does some part (aside from the decapping pin) make any contact on the inside? My thought if they only contact the outside is to just wipe the outside with a rag, decap/resize, trim if needed, deburr flash hole if needed, deburr, chamfer, brush the inside of the neck, clean the primer pockets with a twist or two, then toss in the Ultrasonic cleaner. If the resizing dies contact the inside and the outside then thanks to being OCD I will be inclined to run a cycle in the ultrasonic cleaner, dry, decap/resize, go through all case prep mentioned above and then go through another cycle in the ultrasonic cleaner to make sure the primer pockets get clean and to wash all brass trimmings shavings etc. out of the cases.
Experienced reloaders (especially anyone using an ultrasonic) please help me out here.