SS tumbler opinions...

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hi all, i recently bout some brass from a fellow CGN'r how preppped them in a wet tumbler, compared to my dry media tumbled brass i was amazed, ya i'd heard of the difference but seeing it up close was an eye opener, & being someone who cleans primer pockets this is just too good not invest in one, but i've never used one, so i turn to my more experienced reloaders, what would you recommend for someone who wants to tumbler large amounts of brass at a time? whats the start up cost? tumble time? diff in noise level?(my lil ones a light sleeper) compared to dry media tumblers? thanks in advance boys!
 
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I just bought ghe frankford arsenal tumbler, came with the ss pins, I find it is quiter then my dry media, I run mine for 3hrs and the brass comes out nicer then new. It costs a little more to buy but the operating costs is way cheaper as the pins do not wear out and all I use for cleaning is a little dish soap and a 1/2 teaspoon of lemishine, in the long run will be cheaper, comes out nicer and none of the dust from the dry media
 
charles69 said:
I just bought ghe frankford arsenal tumbler, came with the ss pins, I find it is quiter then my dry media, I run mine for 3hrs and the brass comes out nicer then new. It costs a little more to buy but the operating costs is way cheaper as the pins do not wear out and all I use for cleaning is a little dish soap and a 1/2 teaspoon of lemishine, in the long run will be cheaper, comes out nicer and none of the dust from the dry media
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i was thinking the same on the longrun cost savings, could guess how many 45 ACP cases could be done at a time?
 
I made one, I can probably tumble 3000 rounds of 9mm... I let them in a few hours, like 4, comes out like new.
3000 cases each time, it's not so long to clean brass.

What I prefer is no lead dust. Safer, better.
 
I do not do anything with handguns but it says you can do 1000 .223 brass so I would have to guess about 300 or 400. Another thing I like about the frankford arsenal is that it is gear driven and not belt driven like the thumbler tumbler so do not have to keep spare belts around
 
For pistol brass I use a 1 gallon bucket to count the brass. 1 bucket full and 4 hour's of tumbling and their perfect.
For rifle it depend's on caliber/case size. 50 cal=30, 30mm=3
 
I ha e a Thumblers Tumbler Model B and 5lbs of SS Pins. I can do 500 45ACP casings in a batch comfortably. It will do 100 30-06 casings as well.

I take 3 45 casings. Fill 2 with Dawn dish soap, 1 with Lemishine. Throw them in; it makes everything nice and shiny.

Too much Lemishine tends to cause my brass to develop discolouration I find. Also, take your brass out, rinse, and dry it when it is done. Don't let it sit in the dirty water.
 
When SS tumbling evolves to where the cases come out of the tumbler dry, I'll consider it. Until then, dry tumbling leaves the brass plenty shiny enough for my tastes and involves less handling.
 
joe-nwt said:
When SS tumbling evolves to where the cases come out of the tumbler dry, I'll consider it. Until then, dry tumbling leaves the brass plenty shiny enough for my tastes and involves less handling.
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I had an old clothes dryer that i disconnected the drive belt from so it doesn't tumble. Some dryers you can get boot drying racks for. I put the temp on low and spread the brass on a rack and let it go for 40 mins and its dry and its ready to load with no water stains. If doing big batches of brass i think it saves me time doing this instead of brushing out the primer pockets, but to each their own. Heard of a lot of guys using their oven on low temp as well.
 
cody182005 said:
I had an old clothes dryer that i disconnected the drive belt from so it doesn't tumble. Some dryers you can get boot drying racks for. I put the temp on low and spread the brass on a rack and let it go for 40 mins and its dry and its ready to load with no water stains. If doing big batches of brass i think it saves me time doing this instead of brushing out the primer pockets, but to each their own. Heard of a lot of guys using their oven on low temp as well.
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Sure. If you think primer pocket brushing must be done every time. By time I think it's necessary, that usually means I'm building accuracy loads. Usually I only load these in small batches so brushing is not an issue.

Hey, if people think that factory shiny inside and out is a necessity, then have at it. I just don't think SS tumbling worth the extra steps for the shooting I do and I'm more concerned with performance than appearance, that's all. I hope nobody is suggesting shiny is a performance enhancement, are they?
 
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