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Walnut shells with some polishing compound mixed in. They are very easy to dump out. Once I do a preliminary dump I put all the casings in a colander and blow them off quickly with compressed air before resizing to get rid of any errant shell bits.
Or try a universal de capping die to clean the flash holes after tumbling. Or clean before resizing
These are wet tumblers, right?How do you dry the brass inside and out after you remove it? Seems messy...
Quote from: BULLBLASTER on March 05, 2017, 10:17:01 AMOr try a universal de capping die to clean the flash holes after tumbling. Or clean before resizingThis is what I would do. I just throw my brass in the tumbler when I get home from shooting and then decap everything before running it through the sizing dies.
Quote from: yorketransport on March 05, 2017, 11:22:50 AMQuote from: BULLBLASTER on March 05, 2017, 10:17:01 AMOr try a universal de capping die to clean the flash holes after tumbling. Or clean before resizingThis is what I would do. I just throw my brass in the tumbler when I get home from shooting and then decap everything before running it through the sizing dies.Exactly, the tumbling media does not clean the primer pocket anyway. Tumble, decap, clean primer pocket with cleaning tool(rifle), resize. Most guys I know who reload pistol with progressive presses don't bother with primer pockets at all. I have not used one but I'd be willing to bet that an ultrasonic cleaner would be the ticket if having squeaky clean primer pockets is your goal.
Quote from: JJD on March 07, 2017, 05:53:36 AMQuote from: yorketransport on March 05, 2017, 11:22:50 AMQuote from: BULLBLASTER on March 05, 2017, 10:17:01 AMOr try a universal de capping die to clean the flash holes after tumbling. Or clean before resizingThis is what I would do. I just throw my brass in the tumbler when I get home from shooting and then decap everything before running it through the sizing dies.Exactly, the tumbling media does not clean the primer pocket anyway. Tumble, decap, clean primer pocket with cleaning tool(rifle), resize. Most guys I know who reload pistol with progressive presses don't bother with primer pockets at all. I have not used one but I'd be willing to bet that an ultrasonic cleaner would be the ticket if having squeaky clean primer pockets is your goal. stainless media cleans primer pockets to new looking
Just ran first batch with pins. Yes clean and newish looking but not shiny - look sandblasted kind of. Two hours was probably too long ? Will try one hour next time and also try without pins.
Quote from: Magnum_Willys on March 16, 2017, 01:32:27 PMJust ran first batch with pins. Yes clean and newish looking but not shiny - look sandblasted kind of. Two hours was probably too long ? Will try one hour next time and also try without pins. Did you put dawn and lem shine in the water with the pins. I ran my first two batches yesterday and they look new....very shiny. I have a post going with pics if you want to take a look.
Quote from: jrebel on March 16, 2017, 01:47:49 PMQuote from: Magnum_Willys on March 16, 2017, 01:32:27 PMJust ran first batch with pins. Yes clean and newish looking but not shiny - look sandblasted kind of. Two hours was probably too long ? Will try one hour next time and also try without pins. Did you put dawn and lem shine in the water with the pins. I ran my first two batches yesterday and they look new....very shiny. I have a post going with pics if you want to take a look. I did . They look fine just surface not as smooth as I expected ?
Based on that I'd guess you don't have enough media
Quote from: Jonathan_S on March 16, 2017, 03:34:29 PMBased on that I'd guess you don't have enough mediaIDK ? Used full bag that came with tumbler. They sized fine and shot fine. Full of water, added Dawn and Lemishine. Going to try some other brass. Don't want to scuff my new Lapua brass that much. Going to see what Nutshell media with rouge does to them :-)