RCBS Brass Boss Case Prep Station Review

I started reloading a couple of years ago and therefore would consider myself a relative noob when it comes to the practice.  But, like I am sure many of you do, I researched the heck out of it before I invested my hard earned money in various components.  I had the "buy once, cry once" mentality as I knew this would be an investment I would use for many years, and I networked with many friends who actually knew what they were doing.  Unfortunately, most people use "hand tools" while performing much of the case prep, and this meant there wasn't much information out there when I started researching the RCBS Brass Boss.  So when I saw RCBS offering a rebate sale I decided to give it a try.  

I of course purchased the RCBS Brass Boss from Brownells and you can find it there at the following link;

Brownells.com RCBS Brass Boss

The idea behind RCBS Brass Boss is to be able to prepare your cases for the final stages of the reloading process. After tumbling/cleaning the brass, I wax/lube the cases and send it through the sizing and de-capping die.  I then trim the cases to the proper length.  These two processes leave some issues which require some further prep before you can complete the reloading process.  The primer pocket needs to be checked for uniformity and it needs to be cleaned, and the trimming process leaves a sharp edge on the mouth/neck of the case. Thats where the RCBS comes in and shines. 

The Brass Boss is essentially, an all-in-one unit to complete those aforementioned final brass preparations.  It comes with 5 different tools, two of which are universal for any casing size and the other three are for either large or small primer pockets, and military crimp removers. It also comes with two case neck brushes.  These tools all are made with male threads and are able to thread onto 6 individual female threaded collets.  The collets spin at two different speeds; the two in the middle spin between zero and 550 RPM's and the other four on the right and left side spin slower than the middle two at a range between zero and 350 RPM's.  All of the tools can be swapped onto any of the 6 collets to achieve your desired combination.  

Additionally, the Brass boss has two fixed female threaded collets which I use to hold the included case neck brushes.  It also comes with dry case lubricant, and a spot to hold it. 

  

The two universal tools are the case mouth demurring tool which cleans up the outside of the case mouth edge and what I call a chamfer tool which shaves a nice clean chamfer on the inside of the case mouth and aids in clean and consistent bullet seating.  I prefer to keep there two tools on the center collets so they can spin a bit faster. 

The two non-universal tools are the primer pocket uniforming tools and the primer pocket cleaning tools, as they are specific to either large or small primer pockets, and the Brass Boss comes with tools for both.  I have mine set up as you see here with the primer pocket uniforming tools on the right side and the primer pocket cleaning tools on the left. 

The on/off switch is built into the variable speed dial found on the back of the machine, which is also where the power cord attaches.  

Using these tools makes the case prep very fast, repeatable and easy.  It's easy to just get into a nice rhythm and you can knock out hundreds of cases in a very short amount of time.  Now I am no where even close to other reloading experts like my friend at @reloadingallday, so I can't speak on how if you apply too much or too little pressure to the various tools might create slight inconsistencies between cases; but, even if it did, I doubt my skill level (albeit not too shabby if I do say so myself) would ever exceed such variances in the brass caused by the Brass Boss. 

After I tried my hand at reloading, I found it to actually be rather therapeutic, which I didn't expect. Something else happened which I also didn't expect; my daughter Penny LOVES to reload!  I have five children and the three eldest are all boys, which is why I was even more surprised that the one who loves reloading the most is my 6 year old daughter.  Penny literally asks me daily to head to the reloading bench so she can help me.  And the great thing about the RCBS Brass Boss is I can add one more step which she, even at 6 years old can do a very good job at performing.  

I have really enjoyed using the RCBS Brass Boss and I think you will too! 

Remember, Faith Kills Fear!