New to cleaning

[NewInWestsyde]

just starting to reload
beeen using once fired winchester brass out of my fifle and necksizing
first couple hundred been wiping with steel wool to clean seems nice easy to do and not to time consuming
do not have a vibratory tumbler but do have a rotary one for rock work. tried out over the past couple of daysa
small one pound tumbler so started off with 40 rnds .223 made way too much nosie so went to 20 rnds. and corcob media
24 hrs later very shiny even winchester name on bottom.
next batch tried 8 hrs just as good results and did a third
160 rounds at 20 per is 8 batches
3 days to clean or mindlessly rubbing with steel woll during episodes of 'Lost'
i know the vibratory tumblers have larger cappicty 200 at a time but am wondering


If i use vibratory tumbler will inside become as shiny as outside of brass???
Is shiny inside any better for accuracy??

The only difference I can see from clean brass to exceptionly clean brass is lube reside a little grimy if not 110 % clean and shiny or am i missing something

Thank you for your time

 

[Cummins4x4]

Vib tumbler wont get the inside shiny either and it doesn't matter IMO. I do take a bore brush to the inside of the neck after tumbling the brass

 

[Dark-Angel]

kombayotch did a write up on using ceramic media and it cleans the inside and outside of the brass.

 

[Onagoth]

A shiny inside or outside will not affect accuracy. A clean cartridge might, particularly at the case mouth.

 

[carbonrod]

I would not tumble for 24 hours. Don't know that it could hurt them, but why? 2-3 hours if skanky here.

I don't tumble after each loading for bolt gun ammo. Only when needed. I am assuming that you have a BG because of the neck sizing. For semis, I tumble each time, but that is mostly because the brass is usually fished out of mud/snow.

 

[Stranger]

I use crashed walnut with Dillon polish in Lyman 2500 tumbler. Usually takes 2-3 hrs. I load 400-600 223Rem cases, half of that with 308Win.

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[NewInWestsyde]

thank you for your replies
was pretty sure that overcleaning wasn't necessary
stick with important parts of accuracy like wearing lucky hat while loading and such

 

[hedgehog]

you can follow the new season of lost? dont worry about the inside of the case, just do a once over to the neck if its dirty with a small bottle brush.

 

[milshooter]

Try birchwood case case cleaner, liquid works amazing in about 3 minutes, rinse with hot water, try in towel, dry with compressed air or old hair dryer, ready to load in 20 minutes and eats all the crap out, even the primer area.
Haven't tumbled a case in 20 years.
Bottle of cleaner is about 10 bucks at Wholesale Sports and will do 5000 rounds.

 

[CyaN1de]

thank you for your replies
was pretty sure that overcleaning wasn't necessary
stick with important parts of accuracy like wearing lucky hat while loading and such

OMG.....absolutely NO HATS while loading for christ sakes!!!!! You'll never see another Vee-Bull again.

Lucky underwear on the other hand is another story.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Outside of case neck should be clean and run a nylon case neck brush into the neck to help loosen the carbon. Try seating a bullet in a sized only case versus one that has been sized and a brush run through it. It takes quite a considerable amount more force to get the bullet to seat in the non brushed case.

 

[NewInWestsyde]

OMG.....absolutely NO HATS while loading for christ sakes!!!!! You'll never see another Vee-Bull again.

Lucky underwear on the other hand is another story.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Outside of case neck should be clean and run a nylon case neck brush into the neck to help loosen the carbon. Try seating a bullet in a sized only case versus one that has been sized and a brush run through it. It takes quite a considerable amount more force to get the bullet to seat in the non brushed case.

I bun't know if i'm just strong like bull or what but am finding bullet seating the smoothest and easiest operation of the whole reloading process
when first started figured something was wrong cause went into the case too smoothly

on the other hand i have cheap laminate on floor in room and deprimed primers seem to bounce around forever

 

[carbonrod]

Cyanide is posting from the perspective of f-class. If you are not going to bench up, brushing the inside is a whole hearted waste IMO. Positional vibrations will be much greater then what you gain on cleaning the inside.

 

[NewInWestsyde]

Cyanide is posting from the perspective of f-class. If you are not going to bench up, brushing the inside is a whole hearted waste IMO. Positional vibrations will be much greater then what you gain on cleaning the inside.

could you elaborate more on " Positional vibrations " is that when i get to excited on 2 x's in a row and drop an 8???

 

[CyaN1de]

Cyanide is posting from the perspective of f-class. If you are not going to bench up, brushing the inside is a whole hearted waste IMO. Positional vibrations will be much greater then what you gain on cleaning the inside.

He is one of our "new to f-class" shooters Best to teach him to do it right while he is still learning rather than try and fix a bad habit.

 

[NewInWestsyde]

He is one of our "new to f-class" shooters Best to teach him to do it right while he is still learning rather than try and fix a bad habit.

looking at it rather not so much as an " F-class " shooter but more as a class all by myself