willymc
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I’m getting ready to load my first .35 Remington’s for my T/C Contender. I’ll be using once fired brass from the same Contender. I’ll be loading Speer 180 gr. Hot-Cor flat nose over 34.2 gr. H335. That is 10% below max. of 38 gr. and just above min. of 34 gr., in the Speer book. I plan to increase the load in .5 gr. increments until I’m just below the 37.5 max. load per the Lee manual. I plan to neck size only. The brass came from my T/C and the finished rounds will only be fired in my T/C. I’ve checked and the brass slips easily into and out of the chamber even before resizing. I am going to decap using a lee universal decapper then tumble with stainless steel in my rotary tumbler. I plan to lube the neck in a cup with graphite and lead shot. I’ll be resizing using a Lee collet neck size die. I’ll be hand priming with CCI #250 LRM primers. I’ll be using my Dillon 550 for the powder dispensing, seating with the Lee “dead length” seater, and finishing up with a light crimp using the Lee factory crimp die. I think I’ve got all my ducks in a row. Now to my question. Will a quick wipe, inside and outside the neck, with a cloth, be sufficient to clean off the graphite? Any other suggestions will be appreciated since this is my first time loading bottle necked rifle rounds.