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DennRN · April 11, 2013, 03:42 AM

Hi all,
I'm new to reloading and have a D-650 on backorder. While I'm waiting for it to be sent, I thought about getting the rest of my gear and bench set up for its arrival.
So on to my question. I've read that carbon deposits can really shorten barrel life so I've been thinking about depriming and stainless steel wet tumbling to get the inside and pockets clean + carbon free.

Since my time is kind of precious to me I've thought about the most time efficient way to clean all the carbon, here's what I've come up with.

1.) Wet tumble cases with spent primers
2.) Bake at 200 degrees until dry, then cool.
3.) Load into case feeder and mass deprime with a toolhead with only a universal decapper attached
4.) Wet tumble again until pockets are clean, while changing out toolhead to reloading setup.
5.) Re-dry cases, cool and reload.

Is this overkill?
Any downsides to tumbling and baking twice?
Will swapping the tool heads back and forth make it too inefficient?
Will running the spent primers through the first time make it pointless?
Thoughts, comments, concerns?

April 11, 2013, 03:42 AM	#1
DennRN Member Join Date: April 10, 2013 Posts: 96	Case cleaning overkill? Hi all, I'm new to reloading and have a D-650 on backorder. While I'm waiting for it to be sent, I thought about getting the rest of my gear and bench set up for its arrival. So on to my question. I've read that carbon deposits can really shorten barrel life so I've been thinking about depriming and stainless steel wet tumbling to get the inside and pockets clean + carbon free. Since my time is kind of precious to me I've thought about the most time efficient way to clean all the carbon, here's what I've come up with. 1.) Wet tumble cases with spent primers 2.) Bake at 200 degrees until dry, then cool. 3.) Load into case feeder and mass deprime with a toolhead with only a universal decapper attached 4.) Wet tumble again until pockets are clean, while changing out toolhead to reloading setup. 5.) Re-dry cases, cool and reload. Is this overkill? Any downsides to tumbling and baking twice? Will swapping the tool heads back and forth make it too inefficient? Will running the spent primers through the first time make it pointless? Thoughts, comments, concerns?