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Cleaning brass after sizing

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ghknives:
Looking for ideas on cleaning the lube from large quantities of resized rifle brass. Hate to contaminate my polishing media with the lube.

George:
Dan W
I used to reload quite a bit but have not done it for some time.  Do you have any special powder or reloading data for the 9mm and 45acp?  I reloaded for rifle only but I am going to start to reload for pistol out of necessity (cannot find 9mm or 45acp rounds at a decent price.

JimP:
ghk- When full length sizing rifle brass, I use the Lee case trimming set-up chucked into a 3/8" drill.  After the trim/chamfer/de-burr operation, I wrap a terry-towel around the brass and give it another 3 second spin = shiny clean brass ready to prime. 

This worked so well that I never even bought a case cleaner untill I started loading for pistols....


George- What application(s) are the .45 rounds for?  For punching paper, I like IMR 700X.  For bowling pin, I like vN-340, when I can find it.

George:
Mostly just punching paper..........we have a practical pistol shoot every other Fri. nite....

ghknives:
I load most of my handgun ammo with a Dillon press using carbide dies so I don't have to use lube. I'm just starting to load rifle ammo with this same press. Even using carbide dies they still need lubed. The sizing die also trims the brass to length. Most of my 45acp are run through sub guns so I load 230 grain FMJ above 6.5 grains of unique. A great place to buy bullets is MPS Company @704-847-8793. The last ones I bought were  $130.00 per 1,000 and they will ship up to 2,000 for under $10.00

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