Looking to define a "taxonomy of brass prep"

[mdftr]

I'm interested in defining a "Taxonomy of brass prep" - ie, a list of all the "steps" to brass prep. This isn't about your process - you do you - what I'm interested in is how you name and label the steps, for example:

• Anneal: Heat brass necks to restore malleability and extend case life
• Clean: Remove carbon, powder residue, and contaminants from brass
• De-prime: Remove spent primers from brass cases
• Resize: Return brass to proper dimensions using full-length or neck sizing die
• Tumble: Polish brass to remove oxidation and restore shine
• Prime: Seat new primers into prepared brass cases
• Trim: Cut brass cases to uniform length specification
• Chamfer/Deburr case mouths inside and outside for smooth bullet seating
• Deburr: Remove burrs from flash holes and case mouths
• Uniform Primer Pockets: Cut primer pockets to consistent depth for uniform ignition

Again - not asking for "critique" - this isn't my process - i'm literally just looking for the words to describe the different steps you use.

 

[BoydAllen]

IMO the most important thing that you can do, when dealing with an aftermarket barrel and chamber, to extend the service life of brass, it to have the proper fit between the chamber, new cases, loaded rounds, and your FL sizing die, this primarily for non-semiautomatic rifles. Not all successful competition shooters anneal their brass. As far as cleaning goes, preserving the fouling inside case necks is a positive, For many years dealing with Lapua and other high quality brass, is to not touch the primer pockets, or flash holes, clean the powder fouling off of the outside of case necks with 0000 steel wool and run a brush straight in and out of the neck a couple of times. For accuracy, trimming, chamfering and deburring fairly often, have been demonstrated to be beneficial. I do not worry about powder fouling inside of cases. I do fire and size sets of cases in rotation so that their work hardening will be similar, and if they become hardened to the point where a dies setting does not bump the shoulders, I make a slight adjustment to the FL die. For my writing hobby, and for pay, Repeating, I have interviewed some top benchrest shooters both long and short range who do not anneal.