Depends... some times I shake the cut grass and dirt out my hulls.
My MEC presses resize the brass at the first station. In my shotguns (11-87, 870 and M12 Winchester) that seems to be enough. I have a gage (MEC sells a plate with holes in it that checkes hull diameter)... I double check my finished shells with that before I box them up.
You can get some tools that re-condition the crimp area.... but most of my reloading is AA Winchesters... when they split - I toss em. After all... when you can get 7 or 8 reloads out of a hull ... it's time to pitch em anyway
My MEC presses resize the brass at the first station. In my shotguns (11-87, 870 and M12 Winchester) that seems to be enough. I have a gage (MEC sells a plate with holes in it that checkes hull diameter)... I double check my finished shells with that before I box them up.
You can get some tools that re-condition the crimp area.... but most of my reloading is AA Winchesters... when they split - I toss em. After all... when you can get 7 or 8 reloads out of a hull ... it's time to pitch em anyway
NO.
first station pushes out old primer and resizes the brass.
second station pushes in new primer and drops the powder.
i do not do any prep. shotgun reloading is pretty easy.
never have any problems with shell going into my guns.
first station pushes out old primer and resizes the brass.
second station pushes in new primer and drops the powder.
i do not do any prep. shotgun reloading is pretty easy.
never have any problems with shell going into my guns.
Scrape some mud off the outside, and run em thru the RCBS Grand.
