True confessions

[M-61]

I would think that if you are using a vibrating tumbler with brass that has been de-primed that you will have a lot of cases with media stuck in the flash holes… and in my experience, a lot of dust inside and out side of the cases.
Sizing with a die that has it’s de-priming pin in it will get the stuck bits out of the flash holes but now you have debris on and in you press.
I am bumping & neck sizing then setting neck tension with a mandrel so I don’t use a de-priming pin in the die along with pulling the neck sizing ball through the neck.
With SS pin wet cleaning my primer pockets are clean, brass is factory fresh but now fire formed to my chamber. In the end, what ever works for you is what is best… {:~)

As I said I knock the primers out. Sure there is media in the flash hole. Probably 90% have it. Easily picked out but more importantly it gives me yet another chance to exam my brass as I pick the kernel though.
As far as dust goes I really don’t know as the media I’ve been using isn’t leaving any ‘dust’. Then I clean each flash hole with a primer pocket cleaner . Not really a pain but another close look at the brass.
If you noticed so far the brass has never entered the die yet, so there’s really no debris.
Here’s what I noticed. Seems everyone has their own method and system. I’d never say mine was better. What I will say is that it has worked successfully for me and my rifles. I’m only interested in my group size. Yeah I tried some jewelry type spotless brass but it did nothing for reducing group size. Ever. Do I think my method is superior to others? Nope. Inferior? Nope. I shoot some really small groups with my methods in my rifles with me shooting.

 

[joshb]

As I said I knock the primers out. Sure there is media in the flash hole. Probably 90% have it. Easily picked out but more importantly it gives me yet another chance to exam my brass as I pick the kernel though.
As far as dust goes I really don’t know as the media I’ve been using isn’t leaving any ‘dust’. Then I clean each flash hole with a primer pocket cleaner . Not really a pain but another close look at the brass.
If you noticed so far the brass has never entered the die yet, so there’s really no debris.
Here’s what I noticed. Seems everyone has their own method and system. I’d never say mine was better. What I will say is that it has worked successfully for me and my rifles. I’m only interested in my group size. Yeah I tried some jewelry type spotless brass but it did nothing for reducing group size. Ever. Do I think my method is superior to others? Nope. Inferior? Nope. I shoot some really small groups with my methods in my rifles with me shooting.

Yup! I don’t get dust either. I did make a tool to poke chunks out of the flash holes.
I use a custom bent paper clip.

 

[Bottom Fodder]

Nothing like turning tumbler on for 3 hours and then finding out you forgot to put the brass in or maybe I put the brass in and forgot to turn it. I forget which way it was. Dang now I forgot what I was about to do

 

[bozo699]

Reading this I hope you don't wet tumble, otherwise it may be clean but your mouths might look like mushrooms.

Friends don’t let friends wet tumble!… that’s for cleaning car parts not precious precision cartridge brass!……
Wayne

 

[hoz53]

Yup! I don’t get dust either. I did make a tool to poke chunks out of the flash holes.
I use a custom bent paper clip.

I admit Ive left the tumbler go overnite cause i forgot it to. more than once - brass sure is nice and clean when you do that. they do have finer media you can get now that doesnt stick in the flash holes. cleans quick to- at least so far.