Case prep question

[duncan61]

Depriming resizes.I worked with a few blokes up north who just kept reloading with a hand kit and they started to get stuck cases

[Sarco]

To me all reloading is about consistency.

That is regardless of if I am target shooting or hunting, I want my rounds to perform consistently. Over 20 years of reloading, I have found case preparation gives consistency.

Therefore, I start out with new cases and full length resize. trim to length which also squares of the case mouth for consistent neck tension. De-burr flash holes, prime, load, shoot, clean (wet tumble in pins).

Shot cases, I neck size only (I only load for my rifles). Nearly always, I find that new cases rarely fire form with an even case mouth, so I trim to square the mouth again, prime, load shoot clean. Same process again, less squaring mouths as it not usually required, though it is with some types of cases..

[duncan61]

I have a primer pocket cleaner too.prep is everything

[Granting]

OMG
Are you impressed by shiny objects or trying to be a jeweller?

So what if he is?

[duncan61]

I cycle every round I reload through the relevant rifle to make sure they all chamber correctly before putting them away

[Gwion]

Umm... I can't see why, but if it floats your boat....

[vmaxaust]

I cycle every round I reload through the relevant rifle to make sure they all chamber correctly before putting them away

Case gauge will do the same thing for you.

[brett1868]

full length resize. trim to length which also squares of the case mouth for consistent neck tension

Trimming to length has zero impact on overall neck tension....Neck wall thickness has a much greater influence which can be made consistent by neck turning and varied by the use of a bushing neck sizing die.

[duncan61]

I have had friends have trouble closing the bolt before so I check all,my reloads work in my rifles

[brett1868]

I have had friends have trouble closing the bolt before so I check all,my reloads work in my rifles

A good practise to get into the habit of, depending on the cartridge you can buy case gauges to do this sort of test. I have a 20 hole 1 for 9mm that I use along with many other singles. If test chambering a batch of loaded rifle rounds at home I'll remove the firing pin just in case

[duncan61]

Its mainly.243 as I share with 3 other rifles and my mates 1978 BRNO has a slightly looser chamber than my 2006 HOWA.The other 2 are brand new Rugers with tighter chambers and they use factory but I reload them

[TheDude]

Depriming resizes.I worked with a few blokes up north who just kept reloading with a hand kit and they started to get stuck cases

Get yourself a Lee universal decapping die. Deprimes without touching the case.

I deprime, then put them through a wet tumbler before neck sizing and bumping shoulder back a thou.

Every 5th reload they get annealed between the deprime and tumble steps.

[zobster]

Thank you everyone for your combined wisdom!

[Oldbloke]

Thank you everyone for your combined wisdom!

Lots of complex answers to a simple question.