That’s not the same. Unless the truck is doing 200 mph.
I’m going to try a comparison this summer at distance for fun.
Can I tumble live rounds in my franklin vibratory tumbler and corncob media?
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That’s not the same. Unless the truck is doing 200 mph.
I’m going to try a comparison this summer at distance for fun.
I asked as this is ammo I found in the backbof my truck. It had gotten wet sometime ago and had corrosion on the brass. Just asking if a tumble would hurt it.
Dont wate your time, someone on here has already done it and posted his results...not the same but close enough.
If my marksmanship don't impress my fellow shooters, I at least want my shiny bullets to.
I do it. I just ran about 200 ugly old 8x57 rounds through my Franklin vibrating doohinkey. I get the odd dud with that stuff anyway. Not sure why a person would worry about crud in the media. That's why I tumble mine - to get the crud off the cases or ammo. 
Excellent, saved me some time. Did he shoot it at distance? like 1000yards or whatever?
Brass and bullet are tumbled separately and then move on to assembly, inspection and packaging.
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Just think what tumbling does to the primer compound..powder is coated for many reason but mostly to control the burn rate ..up or down.
Is it dangerous..I do not think so or somebody will already have blown some but it does damage the powder and primer. For plinking ammo ..who care.. but for precision shooting. ..forget it.
Is it dangerous..I do not think so or somebody will already have blown some but it does damage the powder and primer. For plinking ammo ..who care.. but for precision shooting. ..forget it.
Lol !! You guys take your fantasy for reality..
Start with a little reading ..
http://bulletin.accurateshooter.com/2008/09/why-you-should-not-tumble-clean-loaded-ammo/
Done a short time, I doubt it is dangerous. Is this can affect ammo performance ? Sure on precision guns.
Hunting and plinking ...most do not see any difference even with match ammo..so..it all come down to what you expect from your gun - ammo.
This is one of those controversial subject..is booze dangerous ? It kill some people and other live to 100 years with their little glass of wine almost everyday. So...
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Fantasy about what? Wondering if the charge changes if its tumbled, and downrange poi changes? Not sure what your reply is for in regards to my post?
What changes is the burn rate. Caused by the flame retardent abraiding off, the stick powders breaking and exposing raw powder. Changing sizes of the kernals.
I feel like post is going in circles. lol
Well I will do my own test and see I guess. Something to do anyway.
I would like to address this concern. I have the same tumbler and what I did for this concern was use a piece of 1/8" id vacuum tubing and flare the one end to cover the lock nut. I trimmed the top of the tubing to a length that allowed the top to close securely. This had two benefits. The first was the cases came out less dented and scraped, and secondly the tumbler operates much quieter.
Here is a photo of my tumbler with the vacuum tube.
http s://m.imgur.com/a/obR8dOs
The deterrent is absorbed into the kernel. It cannot be wiped off. The last step of the manufacturing process is to tumble the powder for a few hours to coat the graphite and try to round off the square edge of the kernels so they will meter better.
The externals are very hard. Tumbling cannot break them.
If you want to do a test, I suggest tumbling the ammo for a few weeks, so you can be sure that tumbling makes no difference.
