Order of Reloading operations

[powderbrake]

Here are my steps, with some notes and the equipment that I use for more accurate rifle loads. Plinking rifle and all handgun ammo is done on a Dillon after cleaning cases.

1 clean cases (vibratory tumbler with some dillon polish., medium corn cob, keeps all dirt out of dies)
2 anneal ( Annie induction with manual load, auto process timing and drop)
3 Lube (Imperial case wax)
4 Size, and deprime (Rockchucker, Redding bushing die, gets cob out of flash hole)
5 Trim and chamfer ( Giraud )
6 remove case lube (with t shirt and alcohol)
7 Clean primer pockets ( motorized Hornady primer pocket cleaner}
8 Lube inside neck ( neck brush dipped in graphite)
9 Mandrel size inside neck ( 21 Century die and mandrel)
10 install primer (RCBS automated priming tool)
11 Lube neck ( dip in Sinclair beads with graphite)
12 Throw powder ( Fx120i + V3 Auto Throw and Auto trickler)
13 Seat bullet ( LE Wilson Micrometer seat die and Sinclair seating press.)

 

[Leo_B]

Swap in new primer, toss in some powder, cram in bullet, pinch and shoot?

 

[wkdickinson]

Anneal, lube (Imperial sizing wax and neck lube), FL size and decap, mandrel, tumbel to remove lube, trim & chamfer if required (seldom required), prime, charge and seat bullet.