Stupid brass question

[adamsredlines]

Do you tumble as needed, or tumble ASAP and store it "clean"?

 

[DRC458]

Nothin' 'stupid' about it. I tumbled as needed, when I'm getting ready to load. But, you bring up a good point. It might be more 'efficient' to tumble as soon as time permits, so you always have some clean brass waiting in the wings.

 

[adamsredlines]

I've been going through all my brass, sorting, tumbling and bagging it so its ready to roll.

I also find I have stuff that may be trade fodder for stuff I need...but it too will be shiney

 

[rickm]

I tumble and work my brass when i get free time and bored with nothing to do. But i always have brass cleaned and worked for when i get to the reloading stage so if i do need to load some on the spare of the moment i already have it done up and ready.

 

[Profreedomokie]

I keep a lot of my brass in what I call "ready" state. I tumble it ,sort out the bad, check the length, trim if needed , and full length size it. I'll anneal it about every third loading. I have tool heads for my 650 that are set up for brass needing full length sizing and for ready brass. It makes things quicker if I want to load something different from what I have on hand.

 

[Ignored Member]

I tumble and work my brass when i get free time and bored with nothing to do. But i always have brass cleaned and worked for when i get to the reloading stage so if i do need to load some on the spare of the moment i already have it done up and ready.

I second this.
For pistol brass, I have a 5 gallon bucket with clean brass ready to go in the progressive. When it gets low, i start cleaning more to replenish.
For rifle brass, I'll clean, size/deprime, and re-prime so all I have to do is add powder and a bullet. When that gets low I'll do another 5-700 round batch.

 

[Glock 40]

I normally always have brass ready to load in the common stuff I use 9mm, 38spc and .223 I will normally tumble when its a 150 or so pieces at minimum. On range brass for stuff I don't shoot like 40s&W, I have separate bins that once they fill up I tumble them. I will usually tumble all that stuff once in a while. Stuff I use I keep stuff sorted in different stages. So some ready to be loaded, some needs de-capping, some needs trimming, some need swagging. My son does 95% of all of it because he can't sit still and hates being bored. So I try to stay ahead of him.

 

[thor447]

I've been going through all my brass, sorting, tumbling and bagging it so its ready to roll.

I also find I have stuff that may be trade fodder for stuff I need...but it too will be shiney

same here!

 

[Mad Professor]

Do you tumble as needed, or tumble ASAP and store it "clean"?

I try to keep a pretty large quantity on hand ready to load. A few months ago, I became very concerned when I got down to my last bucket of 9mm and started getting after it before I ran out. I should be be good for a while, but hope to keep up with consumption here on out.

 

[Dumpstick]

Handgun brass I have deprime and put it in a container. When the container is full I tumble the batch, then sort by headstamp and put in my 'ready' container.

Rifle brass I deprime and clean the primer pocket within a few days of shooting. Much of my rifle brass I don't tumble, but wash and set out in the sun to dry.