Tumbling question

For pistol, I definately tumble before decapping the brass.

For rifle, I go in 2 steps, I lightly rumble first to get rid of dirt, carbon deposits and grit, to avoid scratching my sizing die. Then I decap, lube, resize, clean flashholes and trim. Then I retumble to get rid of the grit generated by cleaning flashholes and trimming, and to get rid of the lube still on the brass. Then I run all pieces through the universal decapper to get the corncob out of the flashholes, then proceed to loading.

Long process, but it makes good quality, accurate and good looking ammunition. (I like my rounds to look better and shinier than factory ammo)
 
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Donny is correct for I was not thinking & dumed 9X19 & 45ACP in the tumbler. So left the 9mm in & seperated a few fromthe 45ACP, then thumbled the 9mm for another 30 minutes still do a bit of personal touch to the few that were jammed into the 45s.

So as a rule of thumb the thought should be if one is of larger in diameter then do not dump something smaller in at the same time.

After all 30 minutes of tumbling has them gleeming, remove them & give the others their 30minutes.
 
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just a another new guy question...

It was mentioned to use compressed air on cleaned brass. On most compressors this will leave a tiny amount of compressor oil.

I have heard to use a couple teaspoons of varsol in the media as a lube when doing handgun brass with carbide dies.

So is it safe to have a small amount of mineral oil around the primers and powder during reloading?
 
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