How do you start to Process your cases?

[jlhog]

This is my plan. I am new to reloading and try to be a perfectionist. Always do more than needed. This list is fluid and work in progress (wip), and subject to change. Any comments and or suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Reloading Steps
1) Deprime & Clean Primer Pockets
2)Tumble (solution) to Clean (wet tumble with SS media)
Tumble (no solution) to Rinse
3)Resize
4)Inspect Cases (dents, primer pockets, inside)
5)Trim Cases to Length
Chamfer / Deburr
6) Bulge Buster Die
7) Expanding Die
8) Reprime Using Hand Primer Tool
9) Add Powder (Perfect Powder Measurer)
10) Add Bullet
11) Bullet Seating Die
12) Factory Crimp Die
13) Weigh & Check OAL Every Round (1.121” target)

[larryw]

Howdy hog, couple suggestions.
1-) Size & Deprime in the same stroke. Your sizing die should also contain you depriming rod.
2-) No need to clean primer pockets if your wet tumbling with SS pins. The tiny pins will clean
the pockets spick & span.
3-) Carefully with chamfer/debur. Don't make a razor blade out of the case mouth, just smooth out.
4-) Bulge buster only needed if case is bulged @ web beyond normal resizing fix.
5-) Weighing every finished round will set you nuts !!! There will be drastic differences in weight due
to differences in the brass.

Don't over think it !! Have fun with it !!
Take care & be safe..

[GasGuzzler]

I weighed finished rounds when I started. Not to make sure they all match but to find a squib or double. It's not a bad idea when starting off but when you gain confidence it is a waste of time for most situations.

De-priming and sizing in two steps is common. A lot of people don't want dirty cases in their sizing die, don't want to clean cases twice either...and want clean primer pockets. I have punched out primers without sizing to send to the wet tumbler many times when using bought range brass for 9X19 and 5.56X45.

This is also very common among us whom have bought into the APP. It's not good at being fast AND reliable when sizing AND de-priming rifle brass.

[sonic306090]

That's a nice list! What are you reloading?
I wash my picked up brass first then deprime and wash again.
I'm loading 9mm, I started about a year ago.

[sonic306090]

Howdy hog, couple suggestions.
1-) Size & Deprime in the same stroke. Your sizing die should also contain you depriming rod.
2-) No need to clean primer pockets if your wet tumbling with SS pins. The tiny pins will clean
the pockets spick & span.
3-) Carefully with chamfer/debur. Don't make a razor blade out of the case mouth, just smooth out.
4-) Bulge buster only needed if case is bulged @ web beyond normal resizing fix.
5-) Weighing every finished round will set you nuts !!! There will be drastic differences in weight due
to differences in the brass.

Don't over think it !! Have fun with it !!
Take care & be safe..

Great Advice!!

[larryw]

That's a nice list! What are you reloading?
I wash my picked up brass first then deprime and wash again.
I'm loading 9mm, I started about a year ago.

At present, not much of anything. Have a ton loaded up but, no components for testing, all outdoor open shooting areas are closed fue to fire restrictions, outdoor & indoor ranger are just jam packed now? Where they are getting all that ammo to burn I have no idea, & the screwy deal that's going on at them, I don't want any part of or anything to do with the people doing it !!!!!
Usually I load
9mm
38spec
.357 mag
45acp
45Colt