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  1. #11

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    Thank you, JTD. The sharing of your insights and knowledge (and all of the others that graciously contribute) is greatly appreciated by reloading rookies like me!


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    Any time!


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    JTD
    whats your opinion on tumbling with stainless steel pins?


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    My wet tumbler is the harbor freight dual drum rock tumbler. I do not use stainless pins or chips. Just dawn and lemishine. The stainless media will get the inside of the brass and primer pockets cleaner, but for me, that is a small trade off for not having to deal with the pins.


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    Do you run your brass through both wet and dry rounds? and do you clean between each reload?
    Thank you for sharing your knowledge!


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    I’m a single stage reloader, so my system may be set up differently that people using progressive or turret presses.

    First thing I do is deprime my brass, then put it in the wet tumbler. I like my brass clean like that before running it through my sizing die, so there is nothing on the brass to scratch the inside of the die.

    Then I size the case and flare the case mouth.

    Next, I put the sized and flared brass in the dry tumbler to do a final clean and polish.

    Then prime, powder, seat, and crimp.

    I am not I high volume shooter, for pistol I usually work in batches of 500-1000. It doesn’t bother me if it takes several days to get it done. Ive fine tuned this system to suit my needs over the years.


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    I tumble wet and dry, depending on batch size and how dirty the brass is.

    For dry tumble (small lots of semi clean brass) I use corn cob and a bit of nu-finish. For wet tumble (bigger lots or very dirty brass) I don’t use any media... just brass, water, and frankford arsenal case cleaning solution. I’m not so concerned about the insides of the cases or primer pockets, I just want to get the dirt and soot off of the cases so it doesn’t end up in my dies.

    With the larger frankford arsenal wet tumbler I can do a lot more brass (roughly 800 pieces of 223 in a couple hours) quicker than dry, but there is the slight mess of rinsing and drying the brass afterward.


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