Tumbling media driving me crazy

[Rob]

It drives me nuts to have to pick the tumbling media out of flash holes and primer pocket after tumbling.

I am using Lyman turbo tumbler media right now.

What are other folks using?  I hear some folks use walnut she'll cat litter.  Anyone do that?  What brand?

[uplandhunter870]

im using the crushed corn media from frankfort arsenal, got their media separator deal fro xmas and dont have any problems with media getting stuck in places

[BULLBLASTER]

Stainless media.

Or try a universal de capping die to clean the flash holes after tumbling. Or clean before resizing

[heronblu]

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. 

[huntandjeep]

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.

[yorketransport]

Or try a universal de capping die to clean the flash holes after tumbling. Or clean before resizing

This 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.

[carpsniperg2]

Stainless steel media is amazing. I have been using it for years and it will clean super well and no more picking media either.

[Rob]

Thanks,  I am using a decaping die to remove media today, but would like to eliminate that step.

Any brand of walnut that folks use?

I have not heard of stainless media.  Need to check that out!

[Magnum_Willys]

I'm considering this one..........
https://www.amazon.com/Platinum-Series-Rotary-Tumbler-7L/dp/B00HTN4R6O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1488772126&sr=8-1&keywords=STAINLESS+TUMBLER+RELOADING

[BULLBLASTER]

That's the one I use

[Rob]

These are wet tumblers, right?

How do you dry the brass inside and out after you remove it?  Seems messy...

[BULLBLASTER]

These are wet tumblers, right?

How do you dry the brass inside and out after you remove it?  Seems messy...

drying the brass hasn't been an issue for me.

I tumble
Then sort the brass from the media, then I run it through the annealing machine which dries a lot of the water. Or I just set it out on a towel and it dries fairly quickly.
In the summer set it in the sun.

Some guys use food dehydrators to dry it faster.

[carpsniperg2]

I use a dehydrator and it's slick. Picked it up a garage sale for 5.00. Gets pretty hot and dries them pretty dang quick.

[Karl Blanchard]

I throw mine in the dehydrator but like bullblaster said it isn't necessary.   I do it because space is limited around this house and I want it dry and put away.

 Go stainless man. Your brass will literally look brand new.  It's simply amazing.  No more cleaning primer pockets either.  You literally couldn't pay me to go back to a regularge case tumbler.

[sumpnz]

You know those kits you can buy for coloring Easter eggs?  They usually come with a copper wire spoon thingy you use to dunk the eggs in the coloring mix.  I just sort of straightened one of those out and as I pull brass from the tumbler I take a quick look to see if any media is in the flash hole.  If there is a quick poke with that wire cleans it right out.  Easy peasy.

I prefer to tumble after resizing so any case lube gets cleaned off.