On the Cleaning of Brass

[silverfoxdj]

Other than for serious long-range competition, cleaning primer pockets is more of a "feel-good" exercise than a "necessary" exercise.

I have been loading for near 50 years now, and I don't bother cleaning the pockets on hunting or plinking ammo. For 1000 yard competition, I still do.

I tumble my brass, lube [Imperial sizing wax] size, wipe dry, and load up.

Regards, Dave.

Cleaning primer pockets for me means the SS Tumbler and not much more plus some lube lightly before loading that's it

 

[Grawfr]

Thanks again everyone. Good information, I'll use it.

 

[thechineseguy]

for my pistol ammo (9mm on a dillion SDB & 45acp on single stage) i decap dirty casings on a single stage press with universal decapping die then wet tumble with SS pins then i load.

for rifle ammo (223 on single stage) i decap dirty casings on single stage with universal decapping die followed by wet tumble.. then lube & resize... then i give them a quick wash in a bucket filled with water and some dawn soap & rag and swish them around (i find that having a rag in the bucket helps remove the lanolin lube) then i trim, swage and load.