Reloading sequences

[Simplereloader81]

Hi you all.....im just looking to see what youre secrets are to reloading for a bolt gun. Ill list mine and please correct me if im wrong, i dont know it all and am willing to learn.
1) knock out old old primers with universal decapper
2) tumble brass in media
3) lube and knock back shoulder .002 avg
4) tumble to dry out brass
5) trim cases/ deburr / fine tune with 0000 steel wool
6) primers
7) dump in powder
8) set bullet
9) load n shoot

 

[nettlle]

I tumble first becuase I don't like dirty brass in my sizing dies.
I tumble again after sizing /deprime to remove the lube.
This is for rifle I reload on a T7

For pistol I tumble, lube, and load on Dillon 550. I only tumble once for pistol.

 

[stillquietvoice]

Depending on the cases and how any firings I anneal first, makes sizing/depriming easier. I tend to weigh every charge cor consistency and measure finished rds.

 

[barnfrog]

1) inspect for splits, other defects
2) knock out old primers with universal decapper
3) tumble brass in vibratory tumbler
4) clean primer pockets
5) lube, size, bump shoulder .002", wipe off lube
6) inspect for splits and case head separation signs
7) measure; trim/deburr if necessary
8) prime, checking to make sure all are fully seated
9) charge with powder
10) seat bullet
11) final inspection for anything I might have missed
12) empty cases (shoot)

 

[JFrank]

Wipe down a spent case with a shop rag and give a quick inspection, then dab some lube on the case body prior to sizing and decapping then another wipe down. Larger cases may need trimming followed by the normal chamfering /de burring etc. smaller br cases don’t grow very fast so those get trimmed once in a blue moon. I do not anneal or tumble brass rather lightly brush the carbon left in the necks and don’t remove the carbon as this is excellent lube for seating bullets. Primer pockets get cleaned with a uniformer followed by priming by hand to an exact depth. These cases are ready for powder weighed to the kernel and bullets seated to the thousandths.

 

[Hugger-4641]

Depends on what I'm loading for. You mentioned bolt guns and I'm usually loading those for testing or hunting, not plinking. So every charge is funneled in from my Intellidropper. I usually deprime using universal depriming die, wet tumble, sort, then lube with "one-shot".
I'm usually using my 4 hole turret, so I have the pin backed out of my sizing die. Size, funnel powder, seat, then factory crimp if I'm crimping at all.

 

[film495]

I clean the cases and inspect them again as a last step before priming. Why do you clean them again before trimming? and not after?

 

[lightman]

Your sequence looks fine to me. If I'm working with dirty range brass I might lightly tumble or wash them first.

 

[styles]

I clean the cases and inspect them again as a last step before priming. Why do you clean them again before trimming? and not after?

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[kalielkslayer]

I’ll tumble rifle brass twice, before and after sizing. I measure all my rifle brass.

Handgun only gets tumbled once. But add crimp to the handgun process.