advice on which wet tumbler

[boombag13]

who makes the highest volume tumbler? going to be doing mostly 45 cases

 

[silverfoxdj]

I use a Rebel 17 tumbler how many 45 cases do you see loading at one time?

 

[Magellann]

Thumlers Tumbler is probably one of the larger capacity tumblers out there.

 

[tjhaile]

I use a Lortone QT-12.

 

[667]

Built one.

holds upwards of 800 .223 cases..

 

[Hoag]

Jerry Miculek uses a cement mixer and dries them in an old oven. That would probably meet your needs as the "highest volume tumbler".

 

[boombag13]

i was atually thinking of a cement mixer lol

 

[Chilidip]

I have the Frankford Arsenal tumbler, not sure about .45 but I can tumble 1500 9mm easy and likely could do more.

 

[Tenguns]

Thumlers Tumbler is probably one of the larger capacity tumblers out there.

No, there are lots of units with more capacity. Seems like SS tumbling is getting popular, so bigger units are starting to come out.

 

[boombag13]

thanks for the info guys, do all my teloading for the year at once so to clean 6000 brass is probaobly not too realistic on my end but i'm thinkin the cememnt mixer would do it, but i'm thinking i'd have to add some baffles(?) to the inside to actually get the clean

 

[SoylentD]

I've watched videos of home made cement mixers with baffles welded in the tub, a long with spraying the inside with truck bedliner. There were a lot of real negatives to doing it this way, - I believe because it was at such an angle that the brass didn't actually mix / get clean. You certainly can't use stainless media, it just sits at the bottom.

Even Jerry only uses the cement mixer as a 'pre mix' to clean, and he uses corn cob tumbler after he dries it out in an oven. When you're doing five 5 gallon buckets at a time that's the method I would use too, but for me the multiple "smaller" batches in my Thumbler Model B works fine.

 

[boombag13]

just a thought, anyone here build them? if so pm me pls

 

[boombag13]

s i'm torn between the FA platinum & thumblers, so which one & why? i'm leaning to the FA cause as far as i can tell its got the larger volume jug

 

[MadMarty]

I have the frankford arsenal. I love it, can't imagine any other system actually exceeding my expectation, which this already meets. Also the price is decent.

 

[boombag13]

I have the frankford arsenal. I love it, can't imagine any other system actually exceeding my expectation, which this already meets. Also the price is decent.

any chance you load 45? if so how many does the jug hold? it says it does 1000 .223 so im thinkin 1500 45 should fit no problem

 

[ted_dent]

Lots of reviews for the FA and Thumler's here: (remove the space between the first two "w"s)

http://w ww.midwayusa.com/product/7...-platinum-series-rotary-case-tumbler-110-volt

http://w ww.midwayusa.com/product/4...del-b-high-speed-rotary-case-tumbler-110-volt

Both seem to be well thought of but the FA seems to have a slight edge in the reviews. It's also a little cheaper and comes with the media which saves another $45-50.

 

[calvados.boulard]

My Frankford Arsenal has been great. No problems, but a touch on the loud side. Great bang for the buck. Comes with pins.

Thanks,
Cal.

 

[Gunneegoogoo]

I don't know how to compare apples to pomegranates, but I did 200 .338LM in my frankford a couple weeks back - and that was about max....

 

[coreyd]

I put about 1000 45acp brass into my Frankfort and run it for the full three hours on the timer. Comes out shiny new looking. 6k 45acp is less than a 5g pail, why would you need a cement mixer? You want to do everything in a single go? You should be able to clean all that over the course of a weekend with any of the common commercial units such as the FA.

 

[Andy]

I like my Lortone QT-12. I bought one a few years ago amid all of the hype over the Thumler B which was out of stock everywhere.