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Message: <blockquote data-quote="thor447" data-source="post: 3388226" data-attributes="member: 24867"><p>Quick question,  what's the consensus on decapping before cleaning?  With my long range rifle rounds, I always decap as my first step, then tumble, case prep, etc.  I do this for many reasons, mainly to have an opportunity to clean the primer pockets and to ensure that my sizing die never sees any dirty brass.  On run of the mill range ammo, I've been seeing a lot of people online say they really don't decap before they clean the rounds.  They only remove the spent primer during the FL sizing die while reloading.  What's everyone's thoughts on this?</p></blockquote><p></p>