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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blitzfike" data-source="post: 950155" data-attributes="member: 807"><p>Lots of good methodology here, mostly what you want to put into it. I use a Dillon 550, I have loaded about 30,000 rounds of 223 on it. I start with tumbling the brass to get the dirt and grit off of it, then I use an RCBS trimpro to trim all the brass before I start, and a dillon pocket swager to swage the pockets as needed. I use the imperial sizing die wax exclusively, the Hornady lube works OK, but the imperial is easier for me to use and clean. One shot results in too many stuck cases for me. I also use a flash hole uniformer on certain brands of case as they have a smaller flash hole and get stuck on the depriming pin in my sizing die. If I want primo looking finished loads, I may tumble them to remove the lube, if I am only doing small batches (a couple hundred at a time) I will spin the loaded rounds on a lee case trimmer arbor in a drill while wiping the case with a cloth. That removes all the lube and polishes the brass to a great extent. Blitz</p></blockquote><p></p>