Cleaning brass
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You might also want to read this thread about wet tumbling using ceramic beads. I haven't tried it yet but I do have a suitable tumbler. (Suitable tumbler is the key)
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=273896&highlight=ceramic
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=273896&highlight=ceramic
This one LYMAN PRO-MAGNUM 2500 · Standard at wss its
Mfr. # 7631692 · wss #181888 $109.99
I have 2, works slick, be sure to fill with 5-6 pounds of polishing media.
The recipe I use is 5 lbs of corncob and 1 lb of walnut shell, for a bright polish.
Buy the media at a pet store for 1/2 the price of gun store stuff.
The corncob is called bird and small animal bedding 24 liter bag and the walnut was lizard litter.
I reload 8000 rounds a year.
Mfr. # 7631692 · wss #181888 $109.99
I have 2, works slick, be sure to fill with 5-6 pounds of polishing media.
The recipe I use is 5 lbs of corncob and 1 lb of walnut shell, for a bright polish.
Buy the media at a pet store for 1/2 the price of gun store stuff.
The corncob is called bird and small animal bedding 24 liter bag and the walnut was lizard litter.
I reload 8000 rounds a year.
In my lyman 2500 I tumble a tall white tobaco jar(8" tall) full of 9mm(1000 pcs) or 45acp, must be 500+ of them. Rifle brass 70 - 100 270 cases with a few 45s thrown in. 700 -800 38s.
The fuller it is the faster it seems it cleans. I start tumbling with new media for 2 hours and progress to 6 hours after 7000 rounds , then change it.
Washing machine! Put cases in a mesh/net bag and then toss in with a load of old towels and a bit of laundry soap. Clean towels and cases. Just don't let your wife catch you. Actually.....mine gave me the mesh bag.........and yes, i realize that sounds like a ### act.....
