New Brass??

What do you do to new brass?

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not a complete poll. i can't chose one. for win or rem i full lenth resize, ream primer pockets, uniform flash holes, trim inside and outside neck debur. lapua or norma i resize and use.
 
New rifle brass has to be checked for length, trimmed as required, then chamfered and deburred, then full length resized.
New handgun brass needs to be checked for length, trimmed as required, and resized.
 
After a couple of years of using once fired federal brass, I finally took the plunge on some new lapua.

I tried just loading it up straight out of the box and didn't get the results I was expecting.

So I'm doing the whole routine now: neck size, check for length and uniform trim, debur in and out, sort for weigth, sort for neck concentricty, uniform flash hole etc.
 
GSoD said:
After a couple of years of using once fired federal brass, I finally took the plunge on some new lapua.

I tried just loading it up straight out of the box and didn't get the results I was expecting.

So I'm doing the whole routine now: neck size, check for length and uniform trim, debur in and out, sort for weigth, sort for neck concentricty, uniform flash hole etc.
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I thought that if you bought Lapua brass you didn't have to do any sorting or case uniforming, for the cost you shouldn't have to I think.
 
ANY brass not fired by me gets the full treatment. FL resize, primer pocket ream, flash hole gets de-burred and uniformed, trimmed and chamferred.
 
All new brass gets the full treatment from me as well.

FL size, trim (to make them all the same length), de-burr & chamfer, clean out the primer pockets (more of a visual inspection than anything else), Clean & then finally I tumble them.

I then Prime and load as per usual.

After firing once I will neck size from there on, I really don't see the need to fireform brass..... Fireing it the first time will do the same thing.

Cheers!
 
Why anyone would trim new brass before firing it, I cannot comprehend. As soon as you fire it, the length changes in most cases. I might consider measuring it for length to make sure no overlength cases are hiding in the batch, but have virtually never found any of such cases. Once fired, then I will trim all to minimum length [usually .010" under max length] With new brass, I makes sure necks are round, usually by running the case far enough into the neck sizer to assure this, then chamfer the inside of the neck, prime, load and shoot. Eagleye.
 
Eagleye said:
Why anyone would trim new brass before firing it, I cannot comprehend. As soon as you fire it, the length changes in most cases. I might consider measuring it for length to make sure no overlength cases are hiding in the batch, but have virtually never found any of such cases. Once fired, then I will trim all to minimum length [usually .010" under max length] With new brass, I makes sure necks are round, usually by running the case far enough into the neck sizer to assure this, then chamfer the inside of the neck, prime, load and shoot. Eagleye.
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X2. Been doing it this way for 50 years+ without a problem. Even did it like this when buying 300H&H brass and loading it straight into a 300 Wby. chamber. Once upon a time this was a good way to save scarce dollars.:D
 
Why anyone would trim new brass before firing it, I cannot comprehend. As soon as you fire it, the length changes in most cases. I might consider measuring it for length to make sure no overlength cases are hiding in the batch, but have virtually never found any of such cases. Once fired, then I will trim all to minimum length [usually .010" under max length] With new brass, I makes sure necks are round, usually by running the case far enough into the neck sizer to assure this, then chamfer the inside of the neck, prime, load and shoot. Eagleye.
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X5 with Eagleye i have been doing this for 30 too many years and i can't see changing now:)
 
New brass gets FL sized here (for uniformity) - and chamfered and deburred.

Flash hole never gets touched - don't even have flash hole tools - never had a problem in 10 years of reloading. However, primer pocket gets scraped out after first+ firing to remove residue, but that's it.

The single flash hole incident came from a piece of new R-P brass that had the web intact - ie) the flash hole wasn't punched-out at the factory. Broke my decapping rod.

Trimming happens when it's needed and subsequent sizings are either FL or NS depending on rifle/application...

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