im new to reloading please explain case prep

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Alright im new to reloading.my case prep has been clean by using a tumbler then i wipe them down check primer pockets and flash holes size cases by using my lee die then trim by using overall lenght of case and prime i see info on neck sizing and weighing brass is it worth it all im loading. Is hunting loads nothing for target shooting.
 
in time you will add alot more tools and accesories, should be golden w/ what you stated, i would just add a primer pocket and flashhole uniformer to that.....
 
Are you cleaning the primer pockets? I tumble, size, tumble to get case lube off, trim, chamfer outside of neck and inside, clean primer pockets, inspect, prime.
 
Buy Laupua brass... Load shoot.. Clean primer pockets and tumble.. Load shoot.. Clean primer pockets and tumble.. Load shoot.. Clean primer pockets and tumble... Etc etc etc etc.. Maybe trim then chamfer and deburr.. Then repeat above. Yes the brass is more expensive but the time you save fooling with it and gettin it all uniform is worth every penny to me.
 
Quote:Yes the brass is more expensive but the time you save fooling with it and gettin it all uniform is worth every penny to me....Not really an argument, but I bought 500 rounds of New Lake City brass for roughly what I would have paid for 100 rounds of Lapua .223...

I guess with the reloads I get out of it, the little prep involved is still a money saver in my mind...If shooting in a semi-auto, they all have to be FL sized anyway...
Quote:Is hunting loads nothing for target shooting...As long as you are producing ammo that will shoot within one inch at 100 yards, you're good to go...
 
I clean necks then resize, debut flash holes, uniform primer pockets which also cleans them out, then debut necks inside and out,prime
 
You should only need to trim to length once in a bolt gun, mabey twice over the life of the cgt in an AR. I always shoot new brass prior to trim to length. Gets it all streached out to my chamber. For once fired brass, I will full length resize, shoot and then trim. I tend to only neck size after that. Even in my AR I only full length resize every 4th or so shooting. The necks last longer, and of course annealing helps, but that is another story.

Tom
 


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