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<blockquote data-quote="Mad Professor" data-source="post: 3005657" data-attributes="member: 5316">Everyone has their favorite method so you&#039;ll get many different answers.&nbsp; I&#039;m a bit OCD about my brass. I tumble with wet pins so I deprime before final cleaning. I&#039;ve actually started pre-cleaning some of the brass to keep the dirt out of my progressive press that I deprime on.So with brass picked up from an outdoor range my usually procedure is:Sort for caliber, while doing so remove aluminum, steel, damaged, and live rounds.Wet Tumble 30 minutes, rinse, and dehydrate/dry.Run them through my sorting trays (to catch an odd .40 case that snuck in 9mm that might jam my press) Deprime with a universal die, no sizing, swageWet Tumble 2 hours, rinse, and dehydrate/dry.Sort by headstamp into groups. This also allows for inspection of cracked or excessively bulged cases and catch the .380s, 9x21, 38 Super, .45 GAP, etcThen it gets bagged in 1 gallon ziplocks util I&#039;m ready to load.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mad Professor, post: 3005657, member: 5316"] Everyone has their favorite method so you'll get many different answers. I'm a bit OCD about my brass. I tumble with wet pins so I deprime before final cleaning. I've actually started pre-cleaning some of the brass to keep the dirt out of my progressive press that I deprime on. So with brass picked up from an outdoor range my usually procedure is: Sort for caliber, while doing so remove aluminum, steel, damaged, and live rounds. Wet Tumble 30 minutes, rinse, and dehydrate/dry. Run them through my sorting trays (to catch an odd .40 case that snuck in 9mm that might jam my press) Deprime with a universal die, no sizing, swage Wet Tumble 2 hours, rinse, and dehydrate/dry. Sort by headstamp into groups. This also allows for inspection of cracked or excessively bulged cases and catch the .380s, 9x21, 38 Super, .45 GAP, etc Then it gets bagged in 1 gallon ziplocks util I'm ready to load. [/QUOTE]

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