processing brass........

[Deltaten]

.....and Boy! I fergot how much a chore it is!

I gots me some com-po-nents, and fixin' ta reload 'em up. Only took a couple of weekends to polish it up; then another day or two ta brighten up the bullets and wash all that black crud off'n 'em.

Now, I'm down to sizing, trimming, chamfering and reaming.

Since i don't have the coin fer one o'them fancy Dillon auto-trimmers; I use the Lee pilots and cutter dealie, Chuck up the shell holder in a Skil "Twist" cdls screwdriver and slide the rod in...trim till done, then give it a twist, in 'n'out, with the chamfer tool.

So far, it's taken a couple hours to do 150 of those damm'd things:wtf:

Next time I get the bright idee ta roll my own; I'm gonna find some outfit that trades old for newly refinished. I'l pay some [other] DF ta go thru all that crap

Now alls I got is ta do anuther 350 or so; then I can set ta stuffin' 'em. Only another 1500 pulls of the handle ta go!

:D
Paul

[MAINER]

I FEEEL your PAIN!! :cry:

Working on the last batch of 50 cases of 1000. 50 at a time is bout all I can take at one time. Nice clean Cavim cases, no tumblin required, but they size hard. Ended up removin the expander plug and doing expandin in a seperate step. Believe they was belched from an MG.

Size---Expand----Trim---Chamfer---prime---charge ---seat---crimp= 1 BOOM!

Then, I can start on the 1K of LC. :uhoh: :whiskey:

Some Hobby!! :biggrin:

Dillon auto-trim huh? Hmmmmm!! :rolleyes:

[Deltaten]

I did 150 CAVIM a couple yr ago...still have em ready to go :D
Left a HUGE pile o'brass shavings!

THe TZ and "kn" stuff I'm doing now is mild in comparison. I shopt all my CAVIM, soI know what it came out of. I could imagine some from a wild-chambered MG!
I've been trying the spritz bottle RCBS stuff. Same as the ink pad crap, just a little thinner! ;)
Works good enough to keep around. The One Shot" wouldn't do heavily stretched brass like this will.

Best.
paul

[jerrymrc]

So far, it's taken a couple hours to do 150 of those damm'd things:wtf:

Your slow Paul.:biggrin: Littletex and I can get about 200 per hour for a trim and chamfer.

The trim and chamfer is the slow part of the process. We do them in small batches. 100-200 at a time. then it is on to the prime. I like having allot of brass in various calibers ready to load IE fill the case, seat and crimp, fire.

[aardq]

To make sizing easier, but it maybe a little slower, use Imperial sizing wax. You can rub some on a 30-06 case and run it into a 308 or even a 7x57 die and not even realize that the case is being reformed. Resizing your stretched 308 won't be any problem for Imperial.

Great stuff, but it may not work well on a pad and you may have to use your fingers to rub the wax on each shell. Only a little is needed and once you do the initial resize, you won't have this much trouble again.

Good luck
Dan

[DJ]

Dillon auto trim..........Oh yeah babe! (thats my best Emeril imitation btw)
Ya gotta love that handy dandy little device. My sweet wife bought me one for Christmas a couple of years ago(I think i'll keep her). Best thing since sliced bread. Once ya get it set up, all ya gotta do is smear some Imperial on your case and shove it into the die. Voila!! Sized and trimmed in one shot. Then all you gotta do is de-burr the case neck and run 'er thru the ole 550B. "One yank.....one round.":wink:

[MAINER]

For some reason, Cavim brass is tough to resize. Neither LEE lube or Imperial worked. With both, cases will stick in the RCBS FL die. RCBS II worked fine if you get full coverage on neck and head. I like the RCBS II it's applied by lube pad and washes off with water. Gotta try one of them spray lubes someday.

Just started processing LC cases and "what a difference". Any lube I try works fine with these cases. :smile:

Gotta find one of them one-step Trim-chamfer-deburr thingies.

Keep pullin' tha handle till tha cheap milsurp comes again!! :tongue:

[TerryN]

I've got 1,000 rounds of .308 to trim and chamfer. :p Man, a Giraud (or even a Gracey) case trimmer would SURE be nice right now! They both eliminate the need to chamfer, coz they do it all at once!

And all it takes is money! :D

[mj2evans]

I got a Gracey a while back....best money I ever spent.