.308 Case Prep With The RCBS Case Prep Center

[mrballeng]

Could you please provide a link for the shell holder and lock stud? I can't find it any where.

[Liberty4Ever]

@mrballeng MidwayUSA (.) com items 271467 and 476992. The first is the .308 specific case length gage and shell holder. The second is the cutter and lock stud that work for any caliber. You need both, which currently cost under $11.

[mrballeng]

@Liberty4Ever , Great thanks. Ordering it today. Thanks for taking the time to make your videos. Much appreciated.

[40simpleman]

The Lee length cutter. How did you drill and tap it. I ask a machinist friend to do it on his home lathe and he said it was to hard. He broke several drill bits and his small lathe will turn down to 200rpm. How did you drill and tap it for the 8-32 stud?

[Liberty4Ever]

@40simpleman Click "Show More" under the video and read the comments. I was able to drill my Lee cutter with some difficulty, but it wasn't surface hardened as much as the second one I tried. I recommend making a sleeve for the cutter and installing a threaded screw protruding through the bottom of the sleeve to mount the cutter to the RCBS case trimmer.

[obitosan230]

Magnum45

Hello, I wish to know how to installing LEE cutter in it because I see no way to put in it without crashing. Thank you

[Liberty4Ever]

@obitosan230 There's an annotation on the video at 1:25 telling you to read the video description to learn how to install the Lee cutter on a station of the RCBS case prep center.

[testy462]

Are you seeing a large difference in accuracy when doing the final step, the resize and chamfer of the flash hole?

Nice video, thanks for posting this up.

[Liberty4Ever]

@testy462 Uniforming and chamferring the flash hole will result in minor changes to accuracy. It's the sort of thing you'd do when small improvements count. You'd typically do this for bench rest shooting but not plinking. Brass from different manufacturers can have very different flash hole sizes, but still only create small differences in powder ignition. I've had some military brass with holes so small that the depriming pin is pulled out of the resizer. Drill those, for sure!

[chrisbudka]

Where did you get the tool that is on your station 5? I need to get that. Please advise. Thank

[Liberty4Ever]

@chrisbudka Please read the comments to the right of the video.

[dills2403]

do you use any kind of chemical to clean the inside or does the tumbler do that?

[Liberty4Ever]

Case tumbling does all of the cleaning. There is brass polish in the tumbling media that removes oxidation from the cases and makes them look nice, but the burned powder residue inside the cases is removed almost completely by mechanical means - the little bits of crushed walnut hull scrubbing at the inside of the brass. Many people don't clean their brass, or only polish the outside to make it look pretty. The thin coating of burned powder debris inside the brass isn't generally a problem.

[strahdzaro]

What would it take to get you to make me a cutter for my station? I don't have access to the tools to do it myself.

[cory8791]

that is a lote of brass on that  lol you been busy!!

[sw8741]

that thing that loud or is it the recording? i'd go crazy listening to that

[Liberty4Ever]

The RCBS Case Prep Center isn't that loud. The camera was pointed at it and not me, so it sounded louder than it is. The camera's mic is sensitive to the frequency of the gear mesh sound.

Besides, I usually have the headphones in and I'm listening to some liberty oriented podcasts like Lew Rockwell. :^)

[Liberty4Ever]

Most people resize and then trim the case to length, because the case usually grows longer from resizing than it does from firing, and that's the order I prep cases, but if you trim to the lower end of the case length spec and then resize you'll probably still be less than the maximum length. Cases that are too long are dangerous because the excess brass can pinch the bullet and result in excessive chamber pressure.

[charles1967]

If you use a resizing die, should the case trim step come after resizing? It seems like the resizing step might make a difference in the length of the case and thus affect the trim. Thanks for advice.

[yikerns]

Excellent video. Very helpful...You must be an excellent shooter as well. Thanks.

[Liberty4Ever]

With sharp carbide cutters for length trimming and chamfering (maybe all at once), the speed could increase a lot. I should work on that. I have a project file that's over 100 items, and I'm working on them. To many projects, too much internet!

I've heard good stuff about the pricey RCBS X die, but I haven't tried it.

I always gather some range brass of unknown origin with my brass, and need to do the entire case prep for the few new pieces of brass. I should mark my processed brass.

[chills1994]

I just had to break out the stopwatch to see how long it takes you to do one case, the second one, without narration, at the Trim Mate center.

I figure about 30 seconds for each case.

But then if you can recover that brass again, you won't have to do the last two steps of primer pocket uniforming/de-crimping and flash hole deburring.

I am really wondering about that RCBS X die. I have developed a method for marking my brass so that I would know which ones need the trim mate treatment or not.

[thorn115]

Great vid, great narration. Thanks for taking the time to do it. :)

[Blacklabelz123]

Where did you get the tool attachments for stations #4 and #5 and who are they made by? And are #4 and #5 attachments universal for all brass?

[Liberty4Ever]

Read the info at the right of the video, especially the last three paragraphs.

The Hornady primer pocket reamer is specific to large or small primer pockets. The Lyman flash hole uniformer depth must be depth adjusted for each caliber but the tool works with almost all pistol and rifle brass. I have a manual flash uniformer tool for .50 BMG.

[Later88]

What brand auto primer are you using?

[Liberty4Ever]

Watch from 8:00 onward and you'll hear me describing the priming tools. The first I identify as a Lee Auto-Prime. I identify the second as the Lee Safety Prime. Both work well.

[keng2497]

MidwayUSA, I Luv you guys. I'm a fan and yes a customer. What a great service for all the shooting community. All I can say is " MORE !!! MORE !!! "

Thanks, Ken

[texaswarden]

Excellent video, I plan on getting a trim mate soon! Thanks