Originally posted by mallc
In Batch:
1) Clean and tumble
2) Lightly spray lube and allow to dry
3) Decap and size, and then bell
4) Hand prime
Then complete one at a time
5) Charge
6) Seat
7) Crimp
That's close to what I do on my Lyman T-Mag Turret press.
I size/decap and flare/prime in large batches, doing both steps before I pick up another case. Most of the time I put them up in ziploc bags for later, labelling them with the primer I used.
Then anytime I want to load
pistol rounds, I first set up the powder measure and then charge the cases "off press" and place them in loading blocks. They get one last examination, plus along the way I occasionally double-check charge weights. If things seem "off" I start backing up by checking a few more charged cases on a digital electronic scale.
When I have 100 done to my satisfaction I then seat a bullet and factory crimp before picking up the next charged case.
I can do about 100 pistol rounds in under 30 minutes if the cases were previously flared and primed. I like the leisurely approach.
And for
rifle rounds with long extruded powders like Varget, I get out some primed cases and use a digital powder measure/scale to charge them and then bring them back to the turret press for bullet seating.
This works especially well when I want to ladder a new load, making ten before entering a new charge weight on the keypad.