Non-tumbled brass - deprime before washing or not?

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So Im cleaning my brass without a tumbler, using water, vinegar and soap. Details can be found here...

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/1101239-Can-I-clean-my-brass-for-too-long

So for those who also wash their brass rather than tumble it, do you deprime before or after washing? It didnt even occur to me that depriming before might be useful, because I haven't picked up my press/dies yet so it wasn't an option when I washed the brass...

Yesterday I read about there being water in the primer pockets when deprimed after washing, so I would have to let them sit and dry again (not a big deal, just something to consider I guess) so Im wondering how others feel about this topic.
 
Suther said:
which would involve getting a universal decapping die?
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Or punching the primers out using a decapping rod, a punch or something similar and a mallet...
I converted a surplus die I had lying around into a U D C by removing the expander...
 
667 said:
Or punching the primers out using a decapping rod, a punch or something similar and a mallet...
I converted a surplus die I had lying around into a U D C by removing the expander...
Click to expand...

My only problem with that is I dont even have regular dies, (Or a press... lol) so needing a universal decapping die doesn't help lol

If you didn't have a universal decapping die, and you had to run the brass through your sizing die (in this case, Lee collet die. reloading 303 british) would you still prefer to decap before washing? Or only decap before washing if you have a UDD?
 
For pistol I use a progressive press and reload buckets at a time. So no way I'm going to deprime and THEN wash only to have to run it through the sizer after all. So I wash with the primers in and just lay the brass out on sheets to dry for about 3 to 4 days before I go ahead and load.

For rifle brass I deprime and then clean so the primer pockets come out shiny.
 
Depends how many and how you do it. Usually for pistol i just toss the dirty brass in corncob then reload. If really dirty and i want a full clean then use separator in water to remove sand and debris then oven dry then run through depriming head then ss clean then oven dry then load... Just depends how crazy you get about it

My precision rifle rounds are already clean so they can just be deprimed then neck sized then loaded. Usually no cleaning. Or deprime then ss clean after a few cycles.

I clean much less than before. The brass doesnt care and they go boom anyway.
 
I dont have a tumbler, but...

I would make sure your necks are clean before running them through your deprimer/sizer for sure
 
The only time dirty brass touches any of my dies is the universal decapper. After that, before it touches any of the real reloading gear, it gets an ultrasonic bath and then a tumble. Clean brass is much nicer to work with, I've found.
 
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