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What are people using for case prep ie deburing primer pocket cleaning etc

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Used one of these for years, makes the process easy. https://youtu.be/mrkFBCyROnU

Upgraded last year to this, to allow case trimming on the same station, very pricey but I picked mine up reasonably 2nd hand. https://youtu.be/cjw5vU1a4nY

i use a small, bench top lathe. In addition to the usual case prep jobs, I need to be able to shorten cases and trim flanges etc for the obsolete calibres that I shoot.
Fred

I have a Lyman trimmer and an RCBS case prep machine. In all honesty I tend to revert back to Lee case length gauge and trimmer with the wooden ball and a RCBS chamfer and debur tool as it looks like a rocket! Primer pocket cleaning I tend to use the Lee tool again, but that’s after I’ve used the case prep centre to uniform the primer pockets.

It’s a bit of a ritual, case prep for me. But I do the stages in batches as I find it a real PITA!

Dellboy wrote:What are people using for case prep ie deburing primer pocket cleaning etc

Home made stainless tumbler.
Cleans primer pockets, deburrs case mouth.
500 cases at a time, while I do something else.

rox wrote:

Dellboy wrote:What are people using for case prep ie deburing primer pocket cleaning etc

Home made stainless tumbler.
Cleans primer pockets, deburrs case mouth.
500 cases at a time, while I do something else.

So how does an home home made stainless tumbler clean primer pockets and deburr case mouths 500 at a time. ?

I suspect he is referring to the home made tumbler using stainless steel pins for cleaning and the pins are also known to peen the case mouths.

dromia wrote:I suspect he is referring to the home made tumbler using stainless steel pins for cleaning and the pins are also known to peen the case mouths.

I don't think tiny little pins floating in water can peen case mouths. Collisions between cases might, but I've never experienced it; maybe it only occurs with thin walled cases.

There is quiet a bit of discussion and apparent evidence about it especially amongst BPCR shooters/handloaders that use pins.

Don't know either way myself as I can't abide the damned things.

dromia wrote:I suspect he is referring to the home made tumbler using stainless steel pins for cleaning and the pins are also known to peen the case mouths.

Never thought of that. Only tumbler I have ever used has corn cob or some kind of media in it.