I’m sure glad you said this, I’ve always done it this way because I prime way ahead sometimes before I load and this thread had me doubting myself.Immediately before loading I run a nylon brush in and out of the neck
Agree 100%. STOP BRUSHING THE CARBON OUT OF THE INSIDE OF THE NECK.I have found that not brushing at all my bullet seating has been the most consistent reading on the hydro press.
This is my approach - I just want to remove any residue from the tumbling process (corn cob sometimes leaves a coating of powder on the neck ID). I don't want bare brass because it can cold weld to the bullet. I shoot moly-coated bullets and use a VLD chamfer to minimize scratches in the coating; however, some scratching does occur and the residue coating the inside of the neck of a fired case also helps to prevent welding. I find that my ammo performs the same whether it was loaded the day before firing or a year before. For some purposes, brass can be too clean; a clean bullet seated in a sparkly clean case can cold weld in a matter of days and in general that produces wildly inconsistent bullet retention.Immediately before loading I run a nylon brush in and out of the neck.