I guess one could sit down in front the TV with a beer and a wire cutter. Better if you got kids and pay 'em $10. each to cut up a 5lb bag of pins for ya.
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SS Tumbling, achilles heal.
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I guess one could sit down in front the TV with a beer and a wire cutter. Better if you got kids and pay 'em $10. each to cut up a 5lb bag of pins for ya.
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Can someone please explain the fascination with using stainless to clean brass? Seems like a royal PITA and fairly expensive, not to mention time consuming...
If I am in the mood for clean brass I can clean brass spotless in 15-20 minutes with nothing more than water, vinegar, and dish soap using a ultrasonic bath.
Hey, if you like your set up and are happy, fill your boots. I am just curious as to why stainless is so much better according to some folks. I see no advantage...
What Ultrasonic cleaner do you use and what solution? I use the homemade solution on the BR forum as the author/chemists formula from his tests was clearly better than many commercial offerings at the time but the bigger question is are all Ultrasonic cleaners equal in cleaning ability? Yours does a better job than mine so naturally I am curious what I should change to obtain results that are quite simply, outstanding.
I don't expect USC to polish brass, and should I become that obsessed with glittering yellow I will get an SS tumbler, but your results are satisfactory to me.
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Post 10...first pic...clean brass on the right. If you look you will see a bit of a pinkish hue to the brass where the light is not really hitting it strong. Just off center to the right.
Don't notice it as much in the latest pics.
I am not trying to criticize, Just trying to be helpful.
When I first started with the SS, I didn't notice it in the first few loads until I cleaned some with much less lemishine.
Look at the difference between that pic and the second one I posted
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OK, I see it now. Never noticed that before, time for a smaller LEE scoop!
Ditto. Great guy to deal with. Shipping was FAST too!
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Agreed mine came from Rook as well perfect..
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I am not sure what he uses but I have been using the recipe off you tube, my wife just bought me a jug of the Hornady solution so I am curious to see what that does...I think I have some 260 brass that needs a treatment, maybe later today I will run it and post some pics
I've had that happen. It depend's on the flash hole size
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I've had occasional problems with pins (bought on CGN from Rooky) getting stuck in the flash holes of my .223 cases. Usually one or two times in a batch of a few hundred.
It freaked me out at first, but it's not a big deal for me now-- I inspect each case when I'm finished tumbling and pass it across a strong rare earth magnet. Any pins that are stuck inside are pulled out the case mouth and will stick to the magnet.
I also always double check the primer pocket and flash hole before priming.
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One other thing that nobody has mentioned or probably never thought about. Some of the corncob media and walnut shells have red rouge polishing powder. This powder is impossible to remove from inside your cases. When U load em up with powder and put a bullet on top and shoot these reloads through your barrel, what is this red rouge polishing powder doing to your bore?
Probably polishing your bore. It would have to be much coarser than jewellers rouge to erode rifling. Kind of like the fine powder additive in CFE223 and other copper cleaning powders that scrub your bore but don't promote bore erosion anymore than the bullet itself does.
After 3 years of owning my Lyman turbo tumbler I have yet to have any issues with dust that people always seem to complain about. If I let it run 6+ hours I will get a little dust on the lid and of course some in my media container but so far nothing on the floor, walls, roof, or anywhere else. I even stopped using dryer sheets out of laziness and still no dust problems. I'm using Lyman green corn cob media; not the red one with jewellers rouge.
As for carbon buildup inside cases I haven't noticed anything. Even after 7+ firings there is no POI or velocity changes with the same loads. I guess anything past a certain thin coating gets knocked out when tumbled so there is a consistent coating inside the cases.
After 3 years of owning my Lyman turbo tumbler I have yet to have any issues with dust that people always seem to complain about. If I let it run 6+ hours I will get a little dust on the lid and of course some in my media container but so far nothing on the floor, walls, roof, or anywhere else. I even stopped using dryer sheets out of laziness and still no dust problems. I'm using Lyman green corn cob media; not the red one with jewellers rouge.
As for carbon buildup inside cases I haven't noticed anything. Even after 7+ firings there is no POI or velocity changes with the same loads. I guess anything past a certain thin coating gets knocked out when tumbled so there is a consistent coating inside the cases.
We're not talking about clouds of dust here. Just trace amounts I guess you could say. It travels like any other fine dust.
The issue is that you breath in this dust, even if you can't see it. If you are unaware of all that is left in a spent case do some checking. Not the best stuff to be breathing in. I have a family with small children and I would rather that my children nor anyone else for that matter be breathing in lead or anything else toxic in my home.
