"Another question, should I deprime before cleaning brass?"
Sorry, I'm just catching up from yesterday. I clean the brass before depriming just to make sure I don't accidentally scratch the die or let carbon deposits potentially block the air relief hole you'll see in the die between the threads. I have 2 small plastic buckets, one with treated media used to clean before depriming, and the second with plain cob media to tumble the deprimed cases to get the lube off. Both buckets hold the desired volume of respective media. I routinely look at all the primer pockets as noted above for cob media that is stuck in the primer pocket hole. I knock any out with a small jewelry screwdriver or a piece of appropriate gauge wire. It gives me an opportunity to examine the pocket and clean it out of it looks too crummy.
Sorry, I'm just catching up from yesterday. I clean the brass before depriming just to make sure I don't accidentally scratch the die or let carbon deposits potentially block the air relief hole you'll see in the die between the threads. I have 2 small plastic buckets, one with treated media used to clean before depriming, and the second with plain cob media to tumble the deprimed cases to get the lube off. Both buckets hold the desired volume of respective media. I routinely look at all the primer pockets as noted above for cob media that is stuck in the primer pocket hole. I knock any out with a small jewelry screwdriver or a piece of appropriate gauge wire. It gives me an opportunity to examine the pocket and clean it out of it looks too crummy.