cheap walnut bags for tumblers

[Guillaume001]

Hey CGN!

I just starting getting equip for reloading for my 5R. I was loocking for cheap media... found some walnut bag at Princess auto 50lb bag for 29.99!!!

 

[JOJOPINTO]

Hope you like a lots of dust in the air and on your brass....

 

[Guillaume001]

i dint buy it yet is it gonna be that bad? should I stop being cheap and buy the real stuff!
im new to reloading

Thanks

 

[tenexx]

Cut up some used dryer softener sheets and throw those in with the walnut to cut down on the dust.

I also mix in some Nu-Finish polish and varsol to the walnut.

 

[Ryan500]

I've always used cheap walnut, no issue with dust in the house. A bit of dust on the brass but no big deal.

 

[Kelly Timoffee]

Fastenall has various sizes if you want to clean once deprimed without plugging holes.

 

[tigrr]

Pet food stores have lizard litter and some other cage stuff for cheap. Don't buy the corn cob from the pet food store its too big. Just buy the walnut.

 

[Guillaume001]

Thanks for the advice guys! Ive found that princess auto as a better deal on 50lb bag compare to pet store.

 

[glycerin]

Walnut usually has a grit size range, I believe 10/20 is common, 20/40 is finer and dustier. When my mix got dusty I winnowed it, pouring from one large container into another(2 foot dropon a windy day). It worked quite well. One of our local landscape suppliers(deco bricks,etc.) has walnut in 50 pound bags, correct grit, about $1 a pound.

 

[meatsticks]

Hey CGN!

I just starting getting equip for reloading for my 5R. I was loocking for cheap media... found some walnut bag at Princess auto 50lb bag for 29.99!!!

It works great... Giver!!

 

[squirrelnuttz]

I used crushed bulk walnut, originally lost circulation material used in drilling oil /gas wells.junk.dusty and jammed up my Dillon sdb resizing die.stuck a case in so tight it ripped the rim and ruined the shell plate.called Dillon.rep said to use corncob, nary a problem since.