Where did you acquire the ratcheting bore brush. I have been looking for one with no luck.
Shawn
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Where did you acquire the ratcheting bore brush. I have been looking for one with no luck.
Shawn
Steve Janes
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- Calgary/Ontario
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there is no issue with tumbling live rounds. I do it all the time. tumble the brass load them then tumble them again to get them all nice and shiney. there is absolutely no issue tumbling live rounds. to be honest i'm not sure if tumbling will remove the laquer i suppose it may depend on how course your media is. either way it cant' hurt to try. if it fails well sorry. if it does work let me know.
For a short tumble time, I'd agree with you.
However for the time it would take to remove the lacquer from the casings, I'd be more worried about the propellant inside the case being reduced (or part thereof) to a fine powdery consistency.
Someone please correct me if I'm way off here, but wasn't there an issue with a lot # (or two) of surplus 7.62 from Israel that had been tumbled to bring back it's luster? In tumbling, the propellant was reduced to powder which created dangerous chamber pressures when fired.
**Chances are I could be wrong seeing as I DID drink enough booze while in the Patricia's to have lost a cumulative ~1.5yrs of my life in a drunken blur...**
I have never heard that before. Like i say i tumble everything when i'm done loading it and never had any issues. When i 1st started i did 100 without retubmling and 100 tumbled and too them tot the range and noticed no difference. I was told ot tumble them again by a greyhair who got me started reloading and he did it for ever. I figured if it's good enough for him it's good enough for me. Basically if you don't like my advice don't take it. Free advice is always worth the price you payed. However i always do my best not to talk out of my ass if i thought it was harmful or potential dangerouse i wouldn't have suggested it.
- Location
- Niagara Region, Ontario. For now
Tumbling some .223 reloads right now! 
Have done so since I started reloading a couple years ago. No problems here.
Oh and yeah, why the hell are you removing the lacquer from cases?
Even if you get a stuck case it will take less time to get it out than it would to remove the lacquer from a crate of surplus!
Have done so since I started reloading a couple years ago. No problems here.
Oh and yeah, why the hell are you removing the lacquer from cases?
Even if you get a stuck case it will take less time to get it out than it would to remove the lacquer from a crate of surplus!
the OP said the ammo works fine in an 858 or sks but his mini 30 doesn't liek ti with the laquer on it. he could buy the espensive stuff and deal with it or he could attempt remove the laquer from the cheap stuff.
- Location
- Niagara Region, Ontario. For now
I was looking into buying a mini thirty awhile ago, and several CGNers claimed to be using surplus without any issues.
The biggest issue is the hammer spring not being strong enough, causing light primer strikes on the hard primers.
Might be trying to just remove the lacquer from the primers?
I would think having the chamber reamed would be a better option though if it is too tight! Shouldn't take much effort or $ from a gunsmith with a reamer.
I got mine from powmia58 or you can also find them on flee bay. Just search for the word M14 & you will find it.
They are always located inside of that little door underneath the metal flip-up lid on your butt stock of the M14 rifle. As for it being the same, no it's not. Your Norinco 1 does not have a brass brush but a Nylon 1 instead. So I don't know if it will work to good with Laquer Thinner.
