Three Process Loading Rifle Cartridges
Quote from stxhunt on June 23, 2023, 10:24 pmCASE PREP
If you are loading rifle cartridges one should deprime full length size, swage and trim in one process. Using lube on your cases.
The brass should have its primer pocket reamed, and have the case necks chamfered. Then it should be washed with stainless media, annealed, vibratory polished.
The tool head used for loading should have a universal depriming die, a case neck expander die over the swage station or priming statuon. The powder die, set to stop before bottoming out powder bar. The bullet dropper adjusted to drop only one bullet. The seater die set to properly seat the bullet for correct COAL. Then a crimp die used to lock the bullet in the case neck. With rifle loading some use a powder check die between the powder measure and the bullet dropper. If one uses powder check you want have die space for a seperate crimp die. This will your using a combination seat/crimp die.
The reasons for loading this way is case lube can cause issues with primers, and powder bridging in the case neck interfearing with the powder drop. It also gives you a clean dry case to package and later shoot.
CASE PREP
If you are loading rifle cartridges one should deprime full length size, swage and trim in one process. Using lube on your cases.
The brass should have its primer pocket reamed, and have the case necks chamfered. Then it should be washed with stainless media, annealed, vibratory polished.
The tool head used for loading should have a universal depriming die, a case neck expander die over the swage station or priming statuon. The powder die, set to stop before bottoming out powder bar. The bullet dropper adjusted to drop only one bullet. The seater die set to properly seat the bullet for correct COAL. Then a crimp die used to lock the bullet in the case neck. With rifle loading some use a powder check die between the powder measure and the bullet dropper. If one uses powder check you want have die space for a seperate crimp die. This will your using a combination seat/crimp die.
The reasons for loading this way is case lube can cause issues with primers, and powder bridging in the case neck interfearing with the powder drop. It also gives you a clean dry case to package and later shoot.
Quote from micky_dc on June 24, 2023, 6:40 pmWell, that's one way to do it. There are lots of other ways that will work equally well though.
Well, that's one way to do it. There are lots of other ways that will work equally well though.