Newbie question: Should you decap/deprime before tumbling spent brass? Does it matter?
It seems like it's a split from what I've seen on YouTube and Google searches. In my thinking, doing it would ensure the primer pocket and flash hole would be cleaner, but the decapping die will get filthy very fast. Not decapping first will not get the primer pocket clean, but will keep the dies cleaner. (I could totally be wrong about these. Just my assumptions.)
It seems like it's a split from what I've seen on YouTube and Google searches. In my thinking, doing it would ensure the primer pocket and flash hole would be cleaner, but the decapping die will get filthy very fast. Not decapping first will not get the primer pocket clean, but will keep the dies cleaner. (I could totally be wrong about these. Just my assumptions.)