TAP Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 New reloader here. I cleaned some cases last night using some lyman treated corn cob. My media separator removed all of the loose corn cob but about half of the unprimed cases have a small piece of corn cob stuck in the flash hider. Do I need to use a nail or pick to remove this media from the flash hole before I deprime in a 550B? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pro2AInPA Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 (edited) New reloader here. I cleaned some cases last night using some lyman treated corn cob. My media separator removed all of the loose corn cob but about half of the unprimed cases have a small piece of corn cob stuck in the flash hider.Do I need to use a nail or pick to remove this media from the flash hole before I deprime in a 550B? Thanks. I'm confused. There's media in the flash hole of the unprimed cases, but you need to know if you need to remove it before dempriming on the press? Here's what I do on my rifle cases. I clean them after firing, and then resize/deprime them all on a single stage press. Then I tumble them again to remove the lube. I then load the ammo on a turret press. The first station on my press is a decapper die and its job is to remove the media from the flash holes. Works like a charm. Edited December 31, 2009 by Pro2AInPA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAP Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 New reloader here. I cleaned some cases last night using some lyman treated corn cob. My media separator removed all of the loose corn cob but about half of the unprimed cases have a small piece of corn cob stuck in the flash hider.Do I need to use a nail or pick to remove this media from the flash hole before I deprime in a 550B? Thanks. I'm confused. There's media in the flash hole of the unprimed cases, but you need to know if you need to remove it before dempriming on the press? Here's what I do on my rifle cases. I clean them after firing, and then resize/deprime them all on a single stage press. Then I tumble them again to remove the lube. I then load the ammo on a turret press. The first station on my press is a decapper die and its job is to remove the media from the flash holes. Works like a charm. I will be loading 9mm on a 550. I would like to resize/deprime on the progressive without multiple steps or using a single stage for case prep. I guess I can remove the stuck media in the flash hole but if the 550 depriming pin will remove it then it seems like a tedious extra step. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSteel Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 If this is for 9mm why depriming before tumbling?? I think you will find for the most part people tumble / clean with the spent primer in place. Your 550B will be set up with the decapper in station 1 so that would be your next step. Otherwise if you are still going to tumble without the spent primer in place any spent media will be punched out when passing back thru the decapper in station 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougCarden Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Please do yourself a favor and don't waste your time decapping pistol brass. There is no good reason/advantage to do it, unless your OCD is taking control of this reloading process.... The only time you need to decap and tumble is for Rifle brass after resizing and trimming. A universal decap pin is the answer for that. Good luck! DougC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JThompson Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 Please do yourself a favor and don't waste your time decapping pistol brass. There is no good reason/advantage to do it, unless your OCD is taking control of this reloading process.... The only time you need to decap and tumble is for Rifle brass after resizing and trimming. A universal decap pin is the answer for that. Good luck! DougC What Doug said... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAP Posted December 31, 2009 Author Share Posted December 31, 2009 (edited) oops. Now I understand your confusion. I meant to say that the brass I tumbled was primed (spent). I'm a little slow this morning. I think NoSteel answered my question that any media stuck in the flash hole should be pushed out by the decap station. Edited December 31, 2009 by TAP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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