hard work wipeing the lube

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Just curious to as what every ones doing to wipe the lube off the sized and de-primed cases? iv been useing the old rag, which works fine for my bigger caliber firearms but i just wiped down 100, .223 cases and wow hand cramps!

iv seen guys throwing them back in the tumbler for a bit to de-lube then running threw the de-capper die again. this almost seems counter productive if doing a large amount of cases..

is there any other option or am i stuck with rag or tumbler?
 
I retumble them for a while, quick inspection of the flash holes to make sure they are not blocked. If there is a little piece of media stuck just poke it out with a pick or straightened paperclip. What lube are you using? if water soluable use a damp rag will help remove quicker.
 
I use a new rag. It has less dirt in it than an old one. Therefore, it is more aerodynamic and doesn't cause as many cramps.;)

Seriously, imperial sizing wax seems to wipe off easily, likely because you use so little.:)
 
My procedure is to toss my resized lubed cases back into the tumbler in order to remove the sizing lube. Lyman sells a handy wooden handled 'media remover tool' that makes quick work of removing media from a deprimed flash hole. If the above is disagreeable, I have found a rag moistened with a bit of lighter fluid will remove any type of case lube quite nicely.
 
I usually just throw them back into the cleaner again, the fine walnut I use doesn't plug flash-holes. Since you don't have to watch the vibrator, does the time count?
There are times when I'm in a hurry to use the same brass, or running back and forth from the reloading bench to the range trying new loads. Then I'll use electrical contact cleaner on a paper towel. They are squeaky dry in a second, and doing 3 or 4 at a time speeds it up a little more.
 
I use water soluable lube. Get a 200 or more done, put them in a bucket of hot soapy water (dish soap works best for me), dump it out and then, rinse them in the bucket by running REAL hot water over them. Drain and then pour them onto cookie pans, put in oven at 150 and let dry. No rubbing and no taking media out of the primer.

Since I neck size only once the brass has been fired in my guns, only have to do this when I buy large quantities of once fired.
 
I use the RCBS lube tray and after resizing and trimming I fill the sink with hot water and dump in some "simple green" cleaner and leave them there for 1/2 -1hr swishing them around occasionally then rinse them off with more hot water and I dry them by placing them in my reloading trays and set them on the registers all over the house to dry them out. I find this a lot easier on the hands than doing it with a rag.
 
Like many reloaders here I toss them back in the tumbler- max 10 minutes to take off the lube. I stopped using rags because it seemed they got dirty in a hurry and I wasn't always happy with the results. The water thing is just too iffy for me as I am paranoid about contaminating primers. The only thing I do different, it appears, is I use a separate media from what I use for cleaning. I don't want a bunch of lube on the media I use to clean. I am assuming it would build up after awhile so I just use separate media. Just double check that you got any media out of the flash hole.

Question: I have always wondered what would happen if you forgot some media in the flash hole. Would it be disastrous or unnoticed? Screw up accuracy? Not trying to hijack the thread- just wondering out loud? Anybody know?
 
For anything but the most match-grade of ammo, a lot of guys just toss the LOADED round back into the tumbler for 5-10 minutes.

Any longer and you may start powdering the propellant grains... but I've never seen problems with mid-power (e.g. plinking) loads tossed back in the tumbler for 5 minutes.

-M
 
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