Match Prep Sequence

[jbpmidas]

After a match, what is your reloading sequence before the next match? I am beginning to add annealing in to my process and am not sure if it should be done before or after neck sizing. Currently I full length size, ultrasonic clean, tumble, prime, load. How does annealing and neck sizing change to process?

 

[Alex Wheeler]

I dont ultrasonic clean, but if I did, ultrasonic, anneal, size, tumble, load.

 

[Steve Blair]

I tumble with stainless pins (functional equivalent of ultrasonic), anneal, vibrate in walnut shells, size, lightly re-chamfer necks, load.

 

[necchi]

Yup, anneal before sizing.

 

[jbpmidas]

I assume y'all are decapping as a separate step prior to cleaning?

 

[Steve Blair]

Decap before ultrasonic.

 

[Erik Cortina]

Decap.
Stainless media clean.
Anneal.
F/L resize.
Trim/chamfer,deburr (Giraud trimmer).
Load priming tool.
Pick up primers from floor because I forgot to tape the lid on priming tool.
Prime.
Select powder and load my Chargemaster 1500.
Clean powder off loading bench because I left the powder drain port open again.
Start loading powder.
Seat bullets and put loaded rounds in MTM 100 round box.
And finally pick up all rounds from floor because I didn't push the lid down on MTM box until it clicked and when I tried to pick it up by the handle it opened and dumped all my ammo on the floor.
Done! ;D

 

[memilanuk]

Eric,

Sounds like you need one more step...

Check/correct loaded rounds for concentricity after bouncing them off the floor.

 

[Glenn Powell]

Yea, I think Eric hot the nail on the head with that one.

 

[jbpmidas]

We made a label for ours that says "CLOSE DRAIN."

 

[Steve Blair]

Experience has taught me that I will forget, even with a label. So, I devised this self-correcting arrangement.

 

[Erik Cortina]

Experience has taught me that I will forget, even with a label. So, I devised this self-correcting arrangement.

Good idea Steve. But more important than that, due to the background on your picture I learned "Como reciclar"! ;D

 

[Steve Blair]

Good idea Steve. But more important than that, due to the background on your picture I learned "Como reciclar"! ;D

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[jonbearman]

Erik,I about choked on my drink reading that post above as I have done all those things too.LOL

 

[Cody Richardson]

We can't forget my two favorites, pulling all your rounds because you "think" you used the worng powder only to realize you we're wrong and everything was fine and my personal favorite, seating the bullet upside down. I really hope I'm not the only one guilty of that. Only happened once but still.