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    Corn Cob Media From Wally World

    Do not I repeat do not use this for polishing bottle neck brass like the great nickel 223 a lot of us had gotten,today's job will be picked it out of about 250 cases,after asking more questions I was given some important sizing news on what size 14/20 grit for bottleneck cases,the pet store stuff will work for straight wall pistol cases !!LESSON LEARNED Always ask first

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    What exactly is the problem with it for bottleneck cases? More details please. Why is the 14/20 better, is it bigger? Smaller?


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    I bought some cob pet bedding from Petco. The grains were too large and got stuck in the open primer pockets. Luckily I run a universal decapper in the first station of my 550. I just bought some frankford arsenal media and now its getting stuck in the flash hole so I can't win either way lol.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JeffreyDeGraff View Post
    What exactly is the problem with it for bottleneck cases? More details please. Why is the 14/20 better, is it bigger? Smaller?


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    The 14/20 grit is smaller and won't get stuck inside bottleneck cases.

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    A simple fix for clogged flash holes and primer pockets is to run the brass through a universal decapping die.
    No such thing as media that can’t get stuck. While smaller sizes are less likely to they can still get stuck. Even SS pins and chips can.
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    The stuff from the pet store is larger and will pack inside the case so you will have to dig it out,Wes told me after I had contacted him that you want to use a 14/20 grit corn media to stop it from doing this

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    Corn Cob Media From Wally World

    I’ve had problems with the smaller stuff sticking to the inside walls of the case, and up under the shoulder. I have to use qtips to clean all the media out of the cases before I can load them. I haven’t had good luck with the Big or the small stuff. But I’m still searching for the perfect one.


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    Quote Originally Posted by JeffreyDeGraff View Post
    I’ve had problems with the smaller stuff sticking to the inside walls of the case, and up under the shoulder. I have to use qtips to clean all the media out of the cases before I can load them. I haven’t had good luck with the Big or the small stuff. But I’m still searching for the perfect one.


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    Same problem before. My fix to that was. After the media in the hopper dried throw the brass in for just a few minutes. It'll knock the media or of the brass. What happens is the oils in the nu finish and the mineral spirits i use gets the inside of the cases damp with oil and he media sticks. Or do as i did once and forget to turn off the tumbler and let it run for about 24 hrs. Lol

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    The after and before pics ,it took about 4 hours to pick the packed corncob out of the cases and then they were wet tumbled

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    They look good now
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