Should i deprime before cleaning brass

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It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Be sure to read this post! Beware of scammers. Deprime before cleaning brass? Thread starter rabbitdave Start date Mar 9, Dec 12, 18 Zionsville, IN. I just picked up an ultrasonic cleaner from Harbor Freight and wanted to clean some brass I have. Do I need to de-prime the brass before cleaning it?

Can't find anything on this.. Seems like it would make it would be the right thing to do. Any help for a complete beginner would be welcome. Feb 15, 4, 48 Shelbyville. Only if you care about cleaning your flash hole and primer pocket. Otherwise, pop those soggy primers out after the fact. Feb 12, 5, 48 Vigo County. I use an ultrasonic cleaner. Joined Apr 17, Messages 3, Location Alabama. I resize then clean.

Seemed like the obvious sequence when I first started reloading. Never seen a reason to change from that way. Joined Apr 22, Messages Location E. I deprime, clean, then resize. I want the cleanest brass possible going into my dies. Joined Mar 31, Messages 3, I certainly want all the junk off my brass before it hits the dies and shiny clean brass runs a lot smoother.

Set the decap pin low so it just pops out the primers, then tumble. Joined Jun 8, Messages 7. I decapp , clean , check flash holes, resize. Use this to decap before cleaning and sizing. Lee Universal Depriming Decapping Die The Lee Universal Decapping and Depriming Die is made of steel and allows the reloader to take cases directly from the range and decap them without the Deprime, clean, resize.

You can use a separate depriming die, this keeps the carbon and crap out of your resizing dies which can either scratch the brass or even the die, it can also lead to stuck cases. Montana Slim Senior Member. Joined Aug 16, Messages Same as above HiMtnHntr Senior Member.

Joined May 13, Messages Location Wyoming. I use a universal decapping die to punch the primer. Then clean, then resize. Jan 31, 4, 40 70 Goldsboro, NC. Of course you could use a dedicated depriming die like this one Lee Universal Depriming Decapping Die and then perform your remaining functions of sizing and tumbling.

I never use my FL or NK dies for depriming. Oct 2, 61 1. So you tumble loaded ammunition? I'm sorry if I'm reading it wrong. I didn't know there was a primer in a case when I tumbled it. So, outside of the danger of tumbling loaded ammunition, I have read where tumbling the powder loaded ammo breaks up the actual shape and construction of the powder. Thus you have loads that are not Burning the way the powder was designed to burn.

Again, maybe I'm reading you wrong, if I am, I apologize. Rookie Sergeant Full Member. I'm not interested in picking tumbling media out of flash holes so I tumble first then decap. Ah yes, perpetuating the myth I wonder how the ammo producers get away with it Eastbay Sergeant Full Member. Oct 5, 1 Navarre, FL. I tumble after depriming to thoroughly clean the flash holes with my SS pin tumbler. Jun 15, 31 48 Northeast FL. I also deprime with a lee decapping die as I do not like using my good Reddings for that.

Follow up with a SS tumble and the primer pockets are clean as whistle. May 2, 1, 2 Gilbert, AZ. For rifle I use a SS tumbler. They come out bright and shiny, I see no reason for tumbling longer like some people do. I've tried it and it doesn't make a difference for me. For pistol I just tumble in corn cob or walnut if they are really filthy and then load. Last edited: Aug 16, Pinecone Gunny Sergeant Full Member. Feb 21, 1, 5. Yes, the ammunition manufacturers tumble loaded rounds.

I tumble loaded rounds also. However, tumbling is not necessary tumbling. From my research the prohibition against tumbling loaded rounds was before vibratory tumblers came on the market mids. I would not tumbler loaded rounds in a thumblers type rotary tumbler, but a vibratory tumbler is does not move the rounds with enough force to detonate one.

If it has been on the ground or otherwise not clean, I will tumble first, just enough to clean the brass 15 - 20 minutes. Feb 2, 0 47 Lake County, IN.

Quick Tumble when I get home from shooting to get the carbon off before FI sizing. Then size, sonic clean for the primer pockets, etc. Jul 12, 75 0 33 Westminster, Colorado www.

Pinecone said:. GhengisAhn Last known Full Member. Dec 29, 14 Last known. Just to add my two cents. I deprime with a universal deprimer, tumble brass with ss media and cleaner, resize and tumble again without ss media. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk. Ring Rifle Instructor Full Member. Re: Brass cleaning and depriming help by bigfellascott » Tue Nov 20, pm Kelsey Cooter wrote: All the answers are to deprime 1st, but is it ok to resize and deprime?

Re: Brass cleaning and depriming help by wanneroo » Tue Nov 20, pm Get yourself a Lee universal depriming die. Once set up you can pop out the primers fast. I have that die set up in a Lee Hand Press. The other thing I started using was the Frankford Arsenal hand de primer.

That works good too. Also I reload in bulk of thousands, so there is often months or years that goes by between steps for me.

So take 9mm for instance I will wet tumble a couple of thousand to just clean the grime off for resizing. And then later I would go back after bulk resizing all the brass and re-wet tumble again with stainless steel pins for the full clean. Now that I have a progressive press I am starting to hand deprime everything and then will wet tumble with stainless steel pins.

Re: Brass cleaning and depriming help by TheDude » Tue Nov 20, pm wanneroo wrote: Now that I have a progressive press I am starting to hand deprime everything and then will wet tumble with stainless steel pins. The universal de-capper doesnt get the crud in it like the FL die, and so less dirt dragged through the press and dies.

Decap, Tumble, Inspect for flaws, Re-size Neck or FL , length-check, trim if needed, chamfer, steel wool, inside brush, prime, charge, seat, coal check, weigh, label, shoot, and start again. In the past, I have occasionally tumbled them before de-priming, and you'll never get the primer pockets as clean, unless you run them through the tumbler again. It doesnt hurt them, but you wont get them as clean. Re: Brass cleaning and depriming help by ob1 » Wed Nov 21, am Leave the primers in if it is pistol brass.

Don't bother adding extra steps if you are preparing hundreds of cases each week. As long as you thoroughly dry the brass after tumbling you will have no problem leaving primers in. Use a cheap food dehydrator on high temp for an hour or so, to be sure. Also, skip the steel pins.

The pins work fine for primer pockets, otherwise the rubbing action of cases works almost as well for polishing pistol brass. The inside of the cases and primer pockets might not be as shiny, but who cares? Save yourself lots of messing around. My process in a Frankford Arsenal is - add brass, add water, add wash and wax, add a little citric acid or Lemishine. Tumble 45 minutes to an hour. Drain and rinse.

Quick roll back and forth in an old towel to get most of the water off. Place in a dehydrator for an hour or so. Good to go. Several years of using this process and no problems, as long as you dry with a dehydrator after washing.