Concrete mixer with steel pins for tumbling?
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Dusty Stevens
Shiner
Works well. But youre gonna need like 50lbs of pins.
bigedp51
How to clean your brass for reloading with Jerry Miculek (using a cement mixer)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5y_dsP3dsM
Aardvark Reloading How We Clean Our Brass
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A45HdldSxxo
Brass cleaning + ceramic media separation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6UXEPkeKOo
Brass Tumbler made from a cement mixer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKlu-4mJm2E
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cleaning brass with a cement mixer
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cleaning+brass+with+a+cement+mixer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5y_dsP3dsM
Aardvark Reloading How We Clean Our Brass
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A45HdldSxxo
Brass cleaning + ceramic media separation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6UXEPkeKOo
Brass Tumbler made from a cement mixer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKlu-4mJm2E
Always remember Google is your best friend for getting information.
cleaning brass with a cement mixer
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=cleaning+brass+with+a+cement+mixer
Now that's what I call mass production!/VH said:
Cement mixers work good but be sure to "modify" the agitator paddles. If you can find some pre-cured tire tread material (like Bandag from a truck re-tread shop) bolt a piece on each side of the paddles. Also a good idea to paint the inside of the drum with the Rubberized Bed Liner paint you can buy at most all Auto Parts stores.
This will minimize the damage to the brass that could occur if you don't cushion the agitators.
BTW, you'll also need a large Media Separator. Probably one the size of what one would use to sift garden soil.
This will minimize the damage to the brass that could occur if you don't cushion the agitators.
BTW, you'll also need a large Media Separator. Probably one the size of what one would use to sift garden soil.
55 gallon drum of brass....
All fired in precision rifles by little old ladies after Sunday church; I'm sure...
Of course, talking about a quantity of scrap metal. Not like anyone takes their precision fired brass and chunks it into the 55gal drum on return from the benchrest match du jour...
Trouble with the stainless media is it makes junk brass look good as new; but it ain't good as new after sitting out in the elements for couple years or at the bottom of that 55gal drum. Of course, not meaning to be disparaging here... Yet, facts are facts. OFB that was stored correct and is not all nicked-up and dented from being tossed in a barrel is what all of us hope to buy. We just can't be sure of getting it anymore.
Have to love the creativity of using the cement mixer. My thoughts did go to the big 20yd jobs with 5 axles.
Really hard to gauge condition of used brass from the stainless tumbling processes, unless there are pressure rings evident. Used brass is a crap shoot that I have lost more often than won.
All fired in precision rifles by little old ladies after Sunday church; I'm sure...
Of course, talking about a quantity of scrap metal. Not like anyone takes their precision fired brass and chunks it into the 55gal drum on return from the benchrest match du jour...
Trouble with the stainless media is it makes junk brass look good as new; but it ain't good as new after sitting out in the elements for couple years or at the bottom of that 55gal drum. Of course, not meaning to be disparaging here... Yet, facts are facts. OFB that was stored correct and is not all nicked-up and dented from being tossed in a barrel is what all of us hope to buy. We just can't be sure of getting it anymore.
Have to love the creativity of using the cement mixer. My thoughts did go to the big 20yd jobs with 5 axles.
Really hard to gauge condition of used brass from the stainless tumbling processes, unless there are pressure rings evident. Used brass is a crap shoot that I have lost more often than won.
jonbearman
I live in new york state,how unfortunate !
Jerry reloads on several Dillon 1050's along with some rl550's and some650's. His loading room looks like mine but bigger.
Hogan, Why don't you tell the rest of us where my brass came from.
I am sure all of us would like to know how you became aware of where and how I acquire my brass.
Since I have forgot perhaps you can explain it to me?
While you are at it, can you update me as to my wedding anniversary? You know as much about that as you do where I source my brass and what my source is. ;D
Seldom do I encounter douchebags of your level but the internet is a sure source to find them.
I am sure all of us would like to know how you became aware of where and how I acquire my brass.
Since I have forgot perhaps you can explain it to me?
While you are at it, can you update me as to my wedding anniversary? You know as much about that as you do where I source my brass and what my source is. ;D
Seldom do I encounter douchebags of your level but the internet is a sure source to find them.
Dusty Stevens
Shiner
Twice now you've insulted me with a name that in any court is recognized as "fighting words"...
Sticks and stones...
Yeah, every precision reloader has one or more 55gal drums which he/she keeps their fired brass. I've heard that Sinclair Intl uses the innovative 55gal drum method you favor for their storage of virgin brass. Lap You Uh actually comes through US Customs by the pallet loaded in 55gal drums by specific ctg case....
What do I know about your brass? If you don't care more for it than to place it in a 55gal drum, it ain't worth much...
I think you are just facetious beyond comprehension, although to be facetious implies some degree of wit. A quality you seem to lack.
Sure your brass might be worth something, but I wonder how many others on this thread are waiting to buy your wares?
Of course I am probably overestimating the acumen of many members here, these days. Maybe the majority here are clamoring for Sow's ears to turn into purses? Hard to see anyone wanting to sell fired brass to precision handloading crowd advertising that their "goods" were of unknown origin and tumbled in a cement mixer.
This is the funniest thing I have ever read on this site, and I thank all the other guys for the continued laughs. Yeah, call me Hulk!
Usually it is little fellows who throw so freely with insults. You say you have a wife? Does she let you call strangers ugly names and get all worked up about being called out for your ridiculous ideas? I'd say take a time out and get some opinions on what your Barrel O' Brass is really worth and who might buy it. Think I would never again mention the cement mixer idea.
Truthfully, your Barrel O' Brass has connotations of a Salvage Title at a rare auto auction. Just out of place on a precision shooting board.
Sticks and stones...
Yeah, every precision reloader has one or more 55gal drums which he/she keeps their fired brass. I've heard that Sinclair Intl uses the innovative 55gal drum method you favor for their storage of virgin brass. Lap You Uh actually comes through US Customs by the pallet loaded in 55gal drums by specific ctg case....
What do I know about your brass? If you don't care more for it than to place it in a 55gal drum, it ain't worth much...
I think you are just facetious beyond comprehension, although to be facetious implies some degree of wit. A quality you seem to lack.
Sure your brass might be worth something, but I wonder how many others on this thread are waiting to buy your wares?
Of course I am probably overestimating the acumen of many members here, these days. Maybe the majority here are clamoring for Sow's ears to turn into purses? Hard to see anyone wanting to sell fired brass to precision handloading crowd advertising that their "goods" were of unknown origin and tumbled in a cement mixer.
This is the funniest thing I have ever read on this site, and I thank all the other guys for the continued laughs. Yeah, call me Hulk!
Usually it is little fellows who throw so freely with insults. You say you have a wife? Does she let you call strangers ugly names and get all worked up about being called out for your ridiculous ideas? I'd say take a time out and get some opinions on what your Barrel O' Brass is really worth and who might buy it. Think I would never again mention the cement mixer idea.
Truthfully, your Barrel O' Brass has connotations of a Salvage Title at a rare auto auction. Just out of place on a precision shooting board.
JRS said:
No, but I am your brother in arms with a lifelong passion for accurate rifles and precision handloads.
Perhaps I just haven't seen the light and embraced Industrial Salvage and Cement Mixers as they are now applied to precision handloading???
Maybe this outs me as "intolerant"?
I do admit I am ignorant of any special attributes that brass gathered by the 55gal odd lot may possess...
Maybe your best results come from having no prejudices about your Used Brass? Just load them and fire them .25" ten shot groups at 200yds, I guess???
Hell, imagine buying the stainless media to even use a cement mixer.... Talking $500 or a thousand bucks for enough to fill a half yard home mixer.
Why not just find an old 50's ***-shaker machine? Put the belt around that 55gal drum and shake, rattle & roll. Maybe put on some DooWop???
This is more fun than I have ever had on this board. Who knew there were posts here that even The Onion would reject?
Who the hell would believe this, and at a Precision Shooting Forum also?
I will just put my shirt back on, (If I didn't pop too many buttons!) At least I wasn't lampooned as The Green Guy! Of course, Bruce Banner has brains. Why the OP don't just fill his hot tub with liquid brass cleaner and turn on the Jacuzzi pump. Hell, might even get rid of that dreaded bath tub scum.
Too bad we aren't all having fun yet. Xmas has come early!
bobinpa
Gold $$ Contributor
S.O.S. Someone fairly new to the forum asks for help or advice and a few guys try to help or at least give some helpful input, then some overly critical person tries to show he is better or smarter, only by criticizing the OP...... Just proves that the easiest thing to be in this world, is critical. I guess that's why most ignorant people are critical. Ignorant meant both ways, uneducated AND rude.
bigedp51
emily2000
I was given three five gallon buckets of once fired .223/5.56 brass fired by our local police departments. I first cleaned the brass with a home made liquid case cleaner from the link below.
Homemade Firearm Cleaners & Lubricants
A solution of 1 quart of water, 1 cup white vinegar, 1/2 cup lemon juice, 1/4 cup laundry or dishwashing detergent, 1/8 cup salt.
http://www.frfrogspad.com/homemade.htm
The method above needed more "bling" so I purchased the STM tumbler and was very happy with the results.
My advice, sort your brass by headstamps and clean with a standard size tumbler. Yes it will take longer but I'm guessing your not shooting as much as Jerry Miculek.
After I sorted my brass into two groups, I use the Lake City brass in my AR15 A2 HBAR with accuracy loads and the rest for practice ammo in my AR15 carbine.
Don't mind what other people say here, when I was given my three gallon buckets of brass I thought it was a early Christmas. And in my opinion anyone using Lapua brass in any firearm like a AR15 that throw perfectly good brass away and makes you go looking for it is out of his gourd.
Below just some of the "free" once fired .223/5.56 brass that was given to me, which was much cheaper than buying once fired brass for my AR15 rifles. So keep smiling with your mountain of free brass and remember this in this forum....."Illegitimi non carborundum".
In closing I'm a cheap bastard and the expense of buying even a small cement mixer and the required large quantity of stainless steel pins would cost far too much for any savings with your quantity of brass. So I would just sort the brass into smaller groups by headstamp and work on it on rainy days.
I was given three five gallon buckets of once fired .223/5.56 brass fired by our local police departments. I first cleaned the brass with a home made liquid case cleaner from the link below.
Homemade Firearm Cleaners & Lubricants
A solution of 1 quart of water, 1 cup white vinegar, 1/2 cup lemon juice, 1/4 cup laundry or dishwashing detergent, 1/8 cup salt.
http://www.frfrogspad.com/homemade.htm
The method above needed more "bling" so I purchased the STM tumbler and was very happy with the results.
My advice, sort your brass by headstamps and clean with a standard size tumbler. Yes it will take longer but I'm guessing your not shooting as much as Jerry Miculek.
After I sorted my brass into two groups, I use the Lake City brass in my AR15 A2 HBAR with accuracy loads and the rest for practice ammo in my AR15 carbine.
Don't mind what other people say here, when I was given my three gallon buckets of brass I thought it was a early Christmas. And in my opinion anyone using Lapua brass in any firearm like a AR15 that throw perfectly good brass away and makes you go looking for it is out of his gourd.
Below just some of the "free" once fired .223/5.56 brass that was given to me, which was much cheaper than buying once fired brass for my AR15 rifles. So keep smiling with your mountain of free brass and remember this in this forum....."Illegitimi non carborundum".
In closing I'm a cheap bastard and the expense of buying even a small cement mixer and the required large quantity of stainless steel pins would cost far too much for any savings with your quantity of brass. So I would just sort the brass into smaller groups by headstamp and work on it on rainy days.
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