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Tools and Uses => Reloading => Topic started by: macsak on July 27, 2014, 08:07:48 AM
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does it affect cleaning time or efficiency?
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does it affect cleaning time or efficiency?
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Bad idea all around
Dry tumbling:
1-If one can slip inside the other, then they get wedged together. Sometimes you gotta pull'em out with pliers. The inside shell stays dirty.
2- If you don't notice a small shell inside a big shell, you might break the decapper pin
3- It takes time to sort them out
Wet tumble:
1- It still takes extra time to sort them out
On a side note, tumblers work a little better/faster when filled to capacity or near full capacity as the metal-to-metal rubbing helps remove tarnish too.
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As long as they dont get stuck like 45 acp and 9mm or 40 in the same tumbler. 223 and 308 or 308 and 30-06 I mix together. I like reloading steel cases. No need clean! Just wash and dry
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Bad idea all around
Dry tumbling:
1-If one can slip inside the other, then they get wedged together. Sometimes you gotta pull'em out with pliers. The inside shell stays dirty.
2- If you don't notice a small shell inside a big shell, you might break the decapper pin
3- It takes time to sort them out
Wet tumble:
1- It still takes extra time to sort them out
On a side note, tumblers work a little better/faster when filled to capacity or near full capacity as the metal-to-metal rubbing helps remove tarnish too.
mahalo OF
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How do I sort the 22lr casings from everything else?
Do they get stuck in cases?
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How do I sort the 22lr casings from everything else?
Do they get stuck in cases?
I think Brownell's sells a 22lr brass magnet. You should check it out.
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as already mentioned pistol brass can easily get stuck inside each other and can damage your dies and/or decapping pin. ask me how i know :grrr:
i dont have a dry vibratory cleaner but mixing brass in a wet tumbler leaves you with acidic water trapped inside the stuck brass that slowly leaks all over your other freshly cleaned brass during the drying process. it leaves weird tarnishing all over. not a big deal since its mostly cosmetic, but the whole point of wet tumbling is to be left with perfectly shiny brass.
now i presoak all my brass in a 5 gallon bucket of dawn and citric acid for a bit then i rinse and sort. less health hazards and cleaner hands/resizing dies. i then tumble after decapping to get the primer pocket clean.
p.s. some pistol brass will also get stuck to rifle brass. i think it was either a 9mm or .32acp that got all linked up with .308s.
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I think Brownell's sells a 22lr brass magnet. You should check it out.
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I bought one. Works good for 45acp. Also works on copper pennies. See the pic. I don't know for sure if it works on 22LR too.
Got mine from Midway long time ago. $22.95 plus shipping if I recall.
I tie it to a bamboo stick and it grabs all my 45 shells easily. No more bending down to pick up shells!
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I sort mine out before they go into the tumbler. Occasionally one will get mixed up in with the other, but I inspect after tumbling anyways.
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I like reloading steel cases. No need clean! Just wash and dry
I thought reloading steel was a no go.
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I thought reloading steel was a no go.
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