RK1717
NES Member
Hello,
I'm trying to understand progressive reloading.
If I take 1 once fired brass let's say lake city. Wouldn't I still have to trim the cases and swag them outside of the machine. Now if I trim to the recommended size for 223. Now each time I fire that round it will expand a little in length. Now I know that most reloaders don't trim every time. Just as long as it's under 1.76in, seems to be the general consensus online.
But in theory wouldn't the first round of brass have to be processed the slow way. Basically after firing a factory round I still would have to do all the things I really don't want to do, such as trim, chamfer, swag the primer pocket?
Now I believe there is a case trimmer for dillon? But then my concern would be the lube. After resizing the brass I like to wet tumble my brass since tiny brass shavings get stuck in the cuter when trimming and screw with even cutting.
Is there any way to avoid my petty concerns? Because I feel like even those it's a multi stage device I would really only be using 2 stages at a time.
Example.
1st stage
1. Resize and deprime
2. Trim
Wet tumble
2nd stage
1. Primer
2. Powder
3. Seating bullet.
Thank you
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I'm trying to understand progressive reloading.
If I take 1 once fired brass let's say lake city. Wouldn't I still have to trim the cases and swag them outside of the machine. Now if I trim to the recommended size for 223. Now each time I fire that round it will expand a little in length. Now I know that most reloaders don't trim every time. Just as long as it's under 1.76in, seems to be the general consensus online.
But in theory wouldn't the first round of brass have to be processed the slow way. Basically after firing a factory round I still would have to do all the things I really don't want to do, such as trim, chamfer, swag the primer pocket?
Now I believe there is a case trimmer for dillon? But then my concern would be the lube. After resizing the brass I like to wet tumble my brass since tiny brass shavings get stuck in the cuter when trimming and screw with even cutting.
Is there any way to avoid my petty concerns? Because I feel like even those it's a multi stage device I would really only be using 2 stages at a time.
Example.
1st stage
1. Resize and deprime
2. Trim
Wet tumble
2nd stage
1. Primer
2. Powder
3. Seating bullet.
Thank you
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