Reloading Tips According To Dicehorn #6

[dicehorn 38]

Deburring

 

Did I hear some one say "I 've got one of those work stations" well bully for you. I had a go with a friends work station - personally would not be interested - it takes away the 'feel' of what you are trying to do. I would imagine if you were in a hurry (which is why you would buy one in the first place) you would end up taking more off with the trimmer than you intended to.

 

Right - couple of tips here. Using the trimmer to shorten your brass. This is not a race to see how fast you can turn the handle (well maybe it is if you have got a hundred to do!) trim slowly - you dont want to overheat the brass neck do you because we all know what heat causes???........thats right - expansion, which means it will affect bullet tension.

 

Now, what type of deburrer are we going to use? There are basically 3 types on the market - see piccy. No 1 is the Lee tool (tis the only bit of Lee I own apart from a couple of shell holders) I use this Lee tool on small thin walled cases - it gives the neck a mild champher - inside and out and my tip is that I would recommend it to anyone using 223 and below. No 2 deburrer is the Wilson/RCBS type that I use (gently) on larger cases. The 3rd is the internal reamer that is adjustable from 20 cal through to 30 cal+ and I only use this on brand new brass.

 

 

Once I have deburred my brass I put a hex socket thingy stuffed with fine wire wool in a slow moving cordless and give each case mouth about 5 revolutions to clear anything the the deburrer may have left. see picky. If you leave a burr on the inside of the neck and this could end up scratching the seated bullet - accuracy issue.