alf
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And you do on all your match brass....got it....
Additive for case cleaning?
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alf
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Here's a good example......
I fired this brass 3 years ago and it got "miss placed" till recently. They all had the typical fired soot covering all the necks. I put them in the vibrator with corn cob media and a little Nu Finnish, and ran them for a couple hours, and they came out like this.....
I fired this brass 3 years ago and it got "miss placed" till recently. They all had the typical fired soot covering all the necks. I put them in the vibrator with corn cob media and a little Nu Finnish, and ran them for a couple hours, and they came out like this.....
Keith Glasscock
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I run my corn cob dry as well. For heavy cleaning, I use Lyman tuffnut. It gets brass clean and shiny on the outside. I'll have to think about the inside.
Dry corncob leaves a very fine dust. I've found it works as a neck lube of sorts. With new cases, I sometimes get galling when seating bullets. A tumble with corn during case prep seems to prevent that.
Dry corncob leaves a very fine dust. I've found it works as a neck lube of sorts. With new cases, I sometimes get galling when seating bullets. A tumble with corn during case prep seems to prevent that.
My LGS sells Walnut Media in gallon Zip-Lock bags.
I put it into the tumbler and start it up, giving the media a few spritzes from a spray bottle loaded with equal parts alcohol, water, and vinegar. I run it for awhile so the walnut kernels finish any swelling they may do before adding the brass. If I don't wait, the kernels will still swell inside the cases and become impacted in there.
The alcohol removes the carbon, the vinegar removes the tarnish, and the water stretches the blend for economy.
Greg
I put it into the tumbler and start it up, giving the media a few spritzes from a spray bottle loaded with equal parts alcohol, water, and vinegar. I run it for awhile so the walnut kernels finish any swelling they may do before adding the brass. If I don't wait, the kernels will still swell inside the cases and become impacted in there.
The alcohol removes the carbon, the vinegar removes the tarnish, and the water stretches the blend for economy.
Greg
slobhunter2
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i bought some lizard bedding from amazon 10 quarts for less than 10.00 shipped, it's crushed english walnut hulls. used it to clean some nasty military brass, seems to do a good job. i use the flitz addative
TheOtherZilla
Pull my finger
That's fuunee right there.. Reminds me of my bro in law. Deals in cash only.. Unless he really has to write a check, makes his wife do it..
alf
Silver $$ Contributor
Carbon acts as a "lubricant" for consistent bullet seating and release.
Shooting Benchrest and Hunter Benchrest I only ever used a nylon brush in the necks with a quick in and out.
For 600/1K Benchrest I never touch the inside of the necks.
Lastly. I don't want S/S pins beating up my turned necks.
snert
Silver $$ Contributor
agree
Drop in a couple of the fabric soft sheets in the mix...you won't believe how much of the dirt and grime they pull out of the media.
alf
Silver $$ Contributor
I may be anal about a lot of things, but shiney-as-new brass ain't one of them.
Do you shoot any form of registered Benchrest?
Yeah, I agree with Alf,
Its a shiny feel good thing.
Go to a short-range benchrest match. Roam around and pay attention to how the shooters are loading ammo. They don't shine their cases. They dont care about shiney cases. Shiney cases don't matter. These are the guys and gals who are setting the world standard for accuracy from a rifle. They may even leave a greasy fingerprint from their sandwich on their cartridge case. These are the guys and gals who shoot the best in the world.
What you say may be true of some but not all. One short-range benchrest shooter I know personally cleans his cases after every range session/match using an ultrasonic cleaner. Cleans the cases until he finds NO internal fouling using his Hawkeye.
Results? He wins just about every match he's entered in the last decade or so, has held every record for his class in our state at one time or another. Recently completed a match with a perfect score at 300 yards and only missed ONE X.
So what's everyone saying about not cleaning cases in order to maintain accuracy???
alf
Silver $$ Contributor
So now you change the subject to ultrasonic cleaning....why doesn't he use S/S pins instead?
And I asked if YOU shoot any form of BR competition......
can i re-light this flame? WTF?
brass is designed to expand and grab the chamber walls to prevent excessive rearward bolt pressure then release for extraction or am i missing something? isn't polishing and slicking up brass defeating this purpose?
but in the same thoughts, i don't chapstick my truck tires either? i must have missed that boat?
im with Alf here..cleaning and stripping is fine but why would you make it slick?
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