Does anyone here tumble live rounds?
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Don't factories tumble the loaded ammo to shine them up an remove and residue prior to packing?
Yes they do. There are no issues with tumbling loaded ammo.
There are a lot of old wives tales including the ones where it breaks down the powder and caused different burn rates.
There was a university study that showed that it doesn't significantly change the powders structure. This article was also posted on the internet so do with it what you will.
Only loads that are truly safe to tumble are compressed loads. In these, the powder gets no chance to abrade in the case, and will have no effect. Any others, you take your chances....sooner or later??? Regards, Eagleye.
As stated above factories do it so their product is nice and shiney.
If that road up to Yellowknife doesn't wreck the shell nothing on the face of this planet will.
I would also imagine military cartridges are all handled with kid gloves.
Yes I have tumbled lots of them after reloading and they all have done what was required of them.
Ken.
If that road up to Yellowknife doesn't wreck the shell nothing on the face of this planet will.
I would also imagine military cartridges are all handled with kid gloves.
Yes I have tumbled lots of them after reloading and they all have done what was required of them.
Ken.
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Do it
Don't do it.
It's fine
The world will end if you do
No problems at all.
Your rounds will self destruct and take out 4 city blocks
I have never seen so many people divided on a topic.
I have never intentionally done this, but the odd live round has found its way into the tumbler with no ill effects.
(E)
Don't do it.
It's fine
The world will end if you do
No problems at all.
Your rounds will self destruct and take out 4 city blocks
I have never seen so many people divided on a topic.
I have never intentionally done this, but the odd live round has found its way into the tumbler with no ill effects.
(E)
It's a VERY bad idea! if a primer gets hit by another case or bullet with enough forse it WILL go off! I was reading on another forum about a guy who had a spent case fall on a box of ammo that was sitting in the banch and it went off he even posted pics. I can look for a link iof someone wants to see the thread.
he even posted pics. I can look for a link iof someone wants to see the thread.
Do it
Don't do it.
It's fine
The world will end if you do
No problems at all.
Your rounds will self destruct and take out 4 city blocks
I have never seen so many people divided on a topic.
I have never intentionally done this, but the odd live round has found its way into the tumbler with no ill effects.
(E)
Heh, heh. Yep, two groups. One that does it all the time with no ill effects or has information of the activity from individuals and factories. The other that doesn't do it and anyone is therefore taking a chance if they do, but they can't prove it.
Same as always.....
canucklehead
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It's a VERY bad idea! if a primer gets hit by another case or bullet with enough forse it WILL go off! I was reading on another forum about a guy who had a spent case fall on a box of ammo that was sitting in the banch and it went off
In my opinion, there is no WAY a tumbler can accelerate a round fast enough to strike the primer enough to detonate. But that's just my opinion...
If the brass are dirty, I tumble before resizing. Then I tumble again after resizing for about an hour. This removes all the lube and burr filings. If the brass is clean, I tumble after resizing to remove the lube. I always check the flash holes when they come out of the tumbler and then they are good to reload. No further lubing is required and the brass is not sticky for the rest of the reloading process. The tumbler removes more of the lube than I can with a cloth.
fack, static electricty, rogue rounds hitting the primer, coatings on the powder being worn off........ all bull#### and more ####. Tumble away, rifle, pistol, whatever. modern powder is rather durable, and as noted factory rounds are tumbled before they are boxed. and then of course there's road vibrations etc. And even if a round went off in your tumbler, what would it do? POP! that's about it. I doubt you'd even notice it if you weren't standing right beside it. But it won't happen. I still tumble all my rifle stuff, and if I have time I final polish my pistol stuff too.
agreed that tumbling live rounds should not be a problem. i, however do not do it.
I tumble to clean before i resize, then i do it agian for a short time before i load. this ensures that any brass filings from trimming get removed from the INSIDE of the cases. it also removes the lube from the INSIDE of the cases. something that can't be done with a rag. just make sure to check the flash hole, as many are plugged. dental pick works perfect.
for the record, this info only valid for bottle neck cases.
I tumble to clean before i resize, then i do it agian for a short time before i load. this ensures that any brass filings from trimming get removed from the INSIDE of the cases. it also removes the lube from the INSIDE of the cases. something that can't be done with a rag. just make sure to check the flash hole, as many are plugged. dental pick works perfect.
for the record, this info only valid for bottle neck cases.
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