Jarhead870,Spread the cases out and run a strong magnet over them. Cases with pins remaining in them will become evident
Exactly!!!There's other stainless tumbling shapes besides pins that plenty of people use with great success and much easier to ensure no pins left behind or stuck.
Another reason NOT to mess around with cleaning brass. It does absolutely NOTHING for accuracy, and some people, myself included, would argue that cleaning the brass is making your rounds less accurate. I’ve seen the same thing happen with crushed walnut hull pieces stuck in the primer holes.I was cleaning .223 brass in my stainless pin tumbler and discovered this situation…….
while placing the brass mouth down in my loading block something caught my eye in one of the flash holes…… it was a stainless pin inside the case stuck width wise across the flash hole, I thought maybe it was a one off situation but I checked the other 49 pieces and found 5 more, which got me thinking about the thousands of rounds of 223 I’ve cleaned and loaded and the occasional unexplained flyers I’ve had, what happens to that pin when I pull the trigger, the primer can’t be hot enough to melt stainless but can the ignition of the powder charge melt it, if not it’s going down the barrel, will it damage the bore????
wow…..
EXACTLY JACKIE.This might sound strange, but I have not cleaned a case in 20 years.
Even though I have. shot thousands and thousands of rounds of 6PPC and 30BR in competition.
Shiny cases are sure easier to find in the PD towns. Can't always find a good clean spot to set up.Why shooters obsess over surgically clean cases is one of shootings great mysteries.![]()
My p-dog rifles are .223 and .223AI and I only shoot nickel plated brass for that reason..Shiny cases are sure easier to find in the PD towns. Can't always find a good clean spot to set up.
Not strange to me. I quit brushing the insides of the necks about 20 years ago. I prefer to have that carbon coating in the neck and it has never shown to get thick enough to mess with my tune or be substantially measurable in thickness after seating the bullets. I'm guessing if guys shoot low power loads or slow powders, it could be an issue where the cases are getting heavily sooted.This might sound strange, but I have not cleaned a case in 20 years.
Even though I have. shot thousands and thousands of rounds of 6PPC and 30BR in competition.
It doesn't hurt the pin, the pin falls out during the process and into the innards of the machine and shorts every thing out, friend of mine did it and it was expensive to repair. Warranty didn't cover it. Company said they warned about using the pins in the instructions. Luckily I don't have to buy one because both my shooting partner and my son both have one and I use theirs, AFTER I assure them that there is nothing to fall out of my cases.... JohnI don't stress about SS tumbling at all. I've tumbled 10,000+ pieces (pistol and rifle) with pins, and while I have seen a few stick in the case, it's no where near multiple pieces per load ... I inspect every case and it's pretty rare that I even find one. I never obsess about shine or over cleaning and usually just do the minimum...High volume gas gun rounds get pretty dirty and no way I'm running uncleaned rounds through the dies. Also no way I'm hand wiping each piece!
Although I mostly dry tumble (also minimally without obsessing over shine) still have to check flash holes. I've also messed up putting liquid polish in and then putting the brass in too soon ... the insides got caked with clumps of polish and corn cob!
Different needs for different people and applications, but bottom line is reloading demands paying attention at every step.
I am interested in what farmerjohn mentioned ... what happens when pin is annealed along with Brass in the AMP??
This! And I also just prefer handling clean, lead free brass. I mean... I brush my teeth even though they don't chew food any better than if I hadn't.Clean shiny brass works extremely well in the reloading dies.