After decrimping/cleaning several hundred 223/5.56 by hand, I was curious what's actually changing (my eyes ain't what they used to be). Here's some close up before/after pics for anyone else who's interested....
Good pics.
That is a job that gets monotonous fast.
That is a job that gets monotonous fast.
And I have 2 five gallon buckets of NATO brass to decrimp
OUCH! I hope you've moved on to a powered setup...
Thanks for the nice pictures, very well done!
I was fortunate enough to land a packed 5gal bucket of commercial Remington brass off of a police range. So the Dillon swager step can be skipped on my next batch!
My setup is pretty user friendly. I'll post some pics if I remember to in the morning.
Some is a McGiver type of deal.
Thanks for the compliments on the pics.
Here's my whole process..
Wash (lemi-shine + dawn)
Dry (lay them out on my truckbed for a few hours)
decap (lee hand press, universal decapper)
decrimp (hornady primer crimp remover - hand held)
clean pocket (small primer pocket brush - hand held)
lube (lee case lube, RCBS lube pad)
size (hand press or bench press, Lee full length sizer die)
trim (world's finest trimmer - chucked in a lathe)
de-burr (RCBS hand de-burr tool)
wash & dry (same as above to get the lube off and make them almost shiny)
tumble (walnut media + nu-finish) - makes 'em real shiny
prime, charge, press, crimp, fire, repeat….
I do most of the hand processing when I'm stuck in hotel rooms on business trips with the aid of some good movies…..
Are you going to tumble them now to get the carbon out of the inside of the cases?
Here's my whole process..
Wash (lemi-shine + dawn)
Dry (lay them out on my truckbed for a few hours)
decap (lee hand press, universal decapper)
decrimp (hornady primer crimp remover - hand held)
clean pocket (small primer pocket brush - hand held)
lube (lee case lube, RCBS lube pad)
size (hand press or bench press, Lee full length sizer die)
trim (world's finest trimmer - chucked in a lathe)
de-burr (RCBS hand de-burr tool)
wash & dry (same as above to get the lube off and make them almost shiny)
tumble (walnut media + nu-finish) - makes 'em real shiny
prime, charge, press, crimp, fire, repeat….
I do most of the hand processing when I'm stuck in hotel rooms on business trips with the aid of some good movies…..
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