308 win fired in a H&K

[enfield p]

please remove

 

[brnolvr]

Birchwood Casey makes a brass cleaner in liquid form, dilute 4 ounces in one gallon of water.
Works really well, one hour soak will brighten things up, dry then tumble to polish.

 

[CanAm]

citric acid aka citrus drink mix, works well.

 

[enfield p]

i tried using some g 96 , in the media it buffed the black soot more than removing it, due to the amount of brass i have using steel wool to buff off the crap is counter productive

 

[Canuck223]

Have they been sized and fired in a non-fluted chamber yet? Punching out those dimples might make for an easier clean next time. I trust you are using walnut media??

 

[Yama]

Try some dishwasher detergent in hot water.

 

[enfield p]

i am using corn cob, it was once fired in the h & k , if it wont come clean i will scrap it, god know haw many years it has sat dirty, in the crate,

 

[Canuck223]

i am using corn cob, it was once fired in the h & k , if it wont come clean i will scrap it, god know haw many years it has sat dirty, in the crate,

Corn cob does a good job at getting the dirt and soot of of cases, but walnut is king when it comes to scouring them.

 

[enfield p]

the corncob i got is the rough stuff from the petstore not the fine grain you get for tumblers, i have tons of powdered ice tea ill see if it has citric acid in it,

 

[CanAm]

Use the lemon, orange or lime stuff that you have to ADD sugar to. It runs about 25 cents a pack. Do not use sugar. Ice tea mix has sugar in it.

 

[enfield p]

ok thanks ill get some koolaid then

 

[enfield p]

would soaking them in vinager work ??

 

[enfield p]

went to giant tiger they had the 1 litre bottles of real lemon on sale soaked a brass for 5 mintes buffed with steel wool brass is like brand new thanks for the info guys i have 400 black brass to clean , lol