Tumble bullets before loading??

[f-lock]

I tumble to get the excess casting out of the hollow point. There always seem to be a lot in campro bullets.

 

[mac100]

I knew someone would bring that up eventually...
It's a myth, plain and simple. The amount of time you would have to tumble loaded ammo for this to happen would probably wear through the brass cases. Factory ammo is tumbled before packaging. Millions of rounds have been tumbled by reloaders before shooting. The myth is printed in various reloading manuals without proof or testing.

That's good to know. I have never had to do this yet, but wont think twice about it know that I know

 

[jongun]

I do when I load with hard cast bullets, I find there is always a little bit of bullet lube residue left on the bullet that if not cleaned off tends to gum up chambers over time.

Find this practice odd. Don't we want our cast bullets lubed? I mean home cast of course we lube them but do these hard cast bullets not need lube? Just curious.