Dry tumbling question

[gunny123]

I've got a Frankford Arsenal vibrating tumbler. I used treated walnut shells, and pieces of used dryer sheets. The brass is nice and shiny, but I noticed some residue inside the cases and primer pockets.i blew the cases and pockets out with air. I cleaned it out of the primer pockets with q-tips and the necks off the cases (270 win) and ran the q-tips in the case. Am I being to fussy? Will what residue that is left in the case affect my powder. Any suggestions would be great. Thanks in advance

 

[Buckmastr]

I think your being too fussy. The dust in your case won't affect your powder or load.
Save your qtips.

 

[ykkid]

I've never had crushed walnut clog the flash holes, which I find a problem with corn cobs. Having a chunk of walnut shell in the primer pocket would make priming a tad difficult, but my experience is, while retrieving clean cases from the tumbler, I give each one a tap case mouth facing down, the loose junk falls out, and I guess anything in the primer pocket must bounce out because I have never had a problem with that. I use next to no "polish" - Brasso, or the same stuff in Dillon or Hornady colors - so it the media is not sticky. A quarter of a dryer anti-static cloth (Bounce) keeps the dust down, and since I don't lick my fingers while reloading I don't worry about lead levels.

 

[Magellann]

I think your being too fussy,a bit of dust won't affect anything.

 

[silverfoxdj]

If you want to eliminate the dust use stainless steel pins in a water tumbler.

 

[Magellann]

Switch over to wet tumbling, and there will be no more dust.

 

[Spawn-Inc]

For low volume rifle stuff, go nuts but for plinking rounds I wouldn't bother.

 

[silverfoxdj]

I use pins for both..it's a great solution

 

[Magellann]

For low volume rifle stuff, go nuts but for plinking rounds I wouldn't bother.

A lot of fellas don't bother.