Thread: Reloading Range Brass

Originally Posted by zimmer

I do it a bit different. Assuming brass is range pickups (or aka road kills), I deprime first using a Harvey deprimer, then into the SS tumbler to get rid of any grot that could end up in my dies. Once clean you can choose a couple of paths.

For a newby reloader I wouldn't stress about annealing, it's a function that can come later in your reloading career. Unless it's done properly I rate it as a waste of time although stopping necks splitting has merit. Likewise meticulously uniforming primer pockets, although I use Lapua brass which generally doesn't need uniforming.

I would definitely sort into brands, but I load to get the very best result possible and this is one step that helps achieve optimum results.

My own experience is FC is shite, irregular weights, flash holes punched off centre.

Thanks Zimmer. What do you use on the primer pockets?