Thread: Prepping new brass ?

Originally Posted by grandpamac

Greetings,
Chamfer the inside and outside of the mouths to remove any roughness. If there are any dings in the mouths run your expander button in and out of the case mouth BUT DO NOT REPEAT NOT FULL LENGTH SIZE THE CASES. With unfired cases this can cause case neck alignment issues. That is about it. Because you have asked I assume that you are somewhat new to the game and you will refine your technique over time.
One thing I suggest is to divide your new cases into batches and load the whole batch at one time. This lets you keep track of the load count on each case. Also keep decent records of what you load and when and what the components were. Keep these records in a separate folder and mark each box with the load cross referenced to your records. This will save a lot of head scratching in the future. Feel free to ask questions.
Regards and good luck Grandpamac.

Yes im new to this hobby but enjoying it (gives me a reason to get away from noisy house ). i have been keeping records of how many times i have reloaded all my old brass and keeping different brand brass separate . thanks for the tips