Size and Prime or Size then Prime

[entropy]

Size, then prime. I hand prime. Don't even know where the primer arm for my RCBS is.

 

[OilyPablo]

Does anyone know when the Lee bench primer will be out?

 

[wiiawiwb]

After shooting, I will sit down and deprime the brass using the Lee Decapping die. Then off it goes to the rock tumbler for a wet tumble with SS pins. I then store the cleaned and deprimed brass for when I'm ready to load.

When that time comes, I resize, flare, prime, bullet seat, and crimp all in separate steps on my CoAx press. I actually like the primer seating process with the CoAx and am no doubt in the minority in that regard. All these steps done separately is a very slow process but I'm never in a hurry to get things done.

 

[Paladin7]

I use the RCBS Hand priming tool exclusively for all of my reloading. This tool works great and there are no problems. I can prime 100 cases in a few minutes easily.

I have a Rockchucker and a Hornady Lock N Load AP Progressive Press.

For Handgun, I clean my brass first, then size and decap, clean the primer pockets, Chamfer/Debur, prime and my cases are then ready for loading.

On my progressive, because I've already sized and deprimed, prepped my cases and primed them, I can use the extra station for a Powder Checker Die, which provides an extra margin of safety when loading higher volumes. I also seat bullets and crimp in separate operations. I load about 200 rounds an hour going slowly and carefully, checking powder charges at regular intervals.

For Rifle, I do the same thing but load on my RockChucker single stage and seat with an LE Wilson Micrometer Seating Die. It is slower, but I never do high volumes with rifle ammunition. I'm loading for accuracy not volume.

Hope that helps.

 

[Sniper66]

I clean brass first, deprime and size, then prime with the RCBS Universal hand priming tool. I prime while watching TV. After reading some of these posts, I'm now intrigued by other methods. I am always open to other methods and tools.

 

[jmorris]

After reading some of these posts, I'm now intrigued by other methods. I am always open to other methods and tools.

Tumble brass until it's clean and do this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WTZ-_v6Mks

Then this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl63cR9Y_Y0

And repeat until you have all you need.

 

[mahansm]

Well, I started with tumble, sort, and then run through the progressive.
However, slip fit cases (9mm/40, 40/45) caused me to change to:
Sort, tumble, and then run through progressive.
The recent change to wet tumbling has caused another change in sequence.
Now it's sort, resize/decap, wet tumble (and dry), then prime as a part of the progressive operation.
It's taking longer to do, but the result is much prettier.

 

[fotheringill]

Decap and size, prime, powder and seat.

I use a RCBS priming die for certainly under $40.00

No "feel" needed as with a hand primer and once locked down after trial and error to get to appropriate seating depth, it never varies. Once you get into a rhythm, five or six per minute is easy to do.

 

[Hondo 60]

Depends on if it's rifle or handgun brass.
Rifle...
Tumble->Lube->Deprime & Sizing->Trim if needed->Tumble->Prime->Charge->Seat

Handgun
Tumble->Deprime & Sizing->Prime->Charge->Seat->Crimp

If they need extra cleaning
Deprime with Universal depriming die->Wet Tumble->Size->Prime->Charge->Seat->Crimp

 

[styles]

Universal decapper
Clean sonic/tumble
Size and deprime (verify clean flash hole post tumble)
Prime with ram prime
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Load always starts with clean, sized, primed brass.