I posted this photo a long time ago and there is a thread around it that I can't currently find. You're not going to accomplish this with dry tumbling.
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I posted this photo a long time ago and there is a thread around it that I can't currently find. You're not going to accomplish this with dry tumbling.
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The only thing I don't like is inspecting cases for pins still in them.Quote:
Originally Posted by AB
Never had that issue. I run them under moving water in a squirrel cage while wet and then squirrel cage them again when they are dry. Finally I run a magnet over them.
Do you reload 223?
I now use a Lyman ultra sonic cleaner,rinse them in water dry with a hair dryer then run them for about 20 minutes in dry corncob media.all the primer pockets are clean also.
Most of the time I'll admit to being lazy while tumbling. By that I mean putting the brass in the tumbler with walnut screwing the lid on it, turning it on and walking away. If the media is still sharp I'll come back sooner, if not I'll come back later.
Now if I wasn't as lazy, I'd déprime the brass and wet tumble with stainless pins, lemishine and dawn. I've done it before and it does a great job and cleans the primer pockets great.
Seperating the pins from the brass not a issue, with a separator with a top on it, I use it like a salad spinner.., the blue spinner worked good In Low gear with the bottom in the water as well. but it was the drying of the brass that caused me to abandon it. I put in towels, or hung up in mesh bags, but did not put in trays or a dehydrator.
But for rifle brass that's been de primed, yes its a better cleaning method.
But that said, I'll still used walnut tumbled brass with primers intact and brush out the primer pockets as part of brass prep as I'm handling brass anyway.
But everyone has their own methods that work for them, and that's a good thing.
I may revisit the swim team again for déprimed rifle brass.
Do the primer pockets come out pretty clean after ultrasonic? I’m with Mapper about not having to dry, but I also don’t like cleaning the primer pockets. I also wouldn’t want to dry tumble after ultra sonic. If they come out of the ultra sonic cleaner with pretty clean primer pockets, that may be the best way to go and just let them air dry for a few days.Quote:
Originally Posted by Johnny
I use a HF ultrasonic and it gets the brass and pockets clean. Not clean like thumbing with steel pins, but the dirt is gone, its just not super shiny brass. I use it for small batches of rifle stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by Floridawally
I'm lazy with pistol brass and don't clean primer pockets, I just run them through that little square deal..
Now rifle brass prep I'm a bit more particular I do clean primer pockets.
But the motorized brass prep tools have brushes for that and the brass is already in my hand anyways.
So chamfer deburr, brush neck, invert case and cut crimp and brush primer pocket is all one operation for me.
I run my cleaned brass tru the corn cob media in a vibertory cleaner.looks like new brass