I run with the pin all the way down until it interferes with the bottom if the shell.
I wet tumble (no pins) all my brass as it has mud, sand and fine gravel in/on it. I then FL size and decap on the press cursing all the way. Then they get s wet tumble with pins to clean the pockets and then dry thoroughly. Then into the Dillion and watch them load themselves at 900 per hour.
By New Year's Day I hope to have my copy of the Dillon pistol spring loaded die ready to a trial run on .223
Wet tumbling or ultrasonic cleaning can cause the drawback in my experience. Dedicated decapper die then wet tumbling resolved my issues. Problem is you add a step, but to avoid the aggravation, totally worth it.


















































