True confessions

[joshb]

I grabbed my coffee and sat at my reloading desk to think about the day’s plan. Then it struck me. I had put a batch of brass in my tumbler yesterday at 2 o’clock! Seems I AM getting forgetful! It is really clean, tho!

 

[The German]

That's not too bad at all! ... at least you remembered you had it in the tumbler and did not order new brass...

 

[mmcu]

I've done that more than I care to admit....

To "fix" the problem, I picked up an inexpensive timer. Problem solved!

 

[SKWERLZ]

BTDT!

 

[vonb]

Bling bling!

 

[ToddKS]

I once had a batch of 223 brass that I tumbled for nearly a week. It was super shiny. I now run my tumblers on a timer to prevent this.

 

[F Class John]

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

 

[K22]

When I tumbled back some time ago, I forgot about it, and it ran all night. I prevented repeating that mistake by plugging the tumbler into a timer and it turned off automatically at the specified time.

 

[JMayo]

If no one has said it yet. Use a timer..

 

[steve210]

I have mine plugged into a powerstrip that powers the lights at my loading table. A lot harder to forget the lights.

 

[Fire Dog]

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

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Absolutely!!!
It is why I pre-treat my brass with my “secret formula” {:~) of hot water soak & dish soap, agitate then dump, gets rid of basic dirt, dust and residue.
Start again with hot water {can even be boiling} to cover brass a couple of inches, dash of Lemishine, dish soap {forget the “Dawn Only” stories!} and 10ml of BoreTec Sonic Cleaner, give it a good stir and leave for 24 hrs.
Then dump out bit of rinse then into the tumbler with hot water, dash of LemiShine, squirt of dish detergent, 10ml of BoreTec Sonic Cleaner and tumble for no more then 2hrs max {I find 90 minutes to be the norm for spotlessly clean brass} to minimise case mouth peening. {in my case, the tumbler has a timer}
I also just lightly run all brass onto my case prep station and touch up the inside/outside of the case mouth.
The smaller the case the more likely to have problems with case mouth peening. {mushrooming}
Ready to AMP anneal, size, prime and load.
For those saying the necks are now so clean the mandela/seating force is extreme;
I always treat my inside case necks with a wipe of homemade Neolube#2
Half a tsp of ultra fine door lock graphite mixed with 100% Isopropyl alcohol, applied with a Q-Tip. That will make an amount that will last for hundreds of cases for virtually no cost and definitely make mandreling and seating much easier.
BTW: The BoreTec Sonic Cleaner seems to impart a degree of tarnish resistance to the brass.

 

[joshb]

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

No, I never got into wet tumbling.

 

[Coyotefurharvester]

Last night put 25-30 6.5cm(range brass I don't even have one) in ultrasonic cleaner before(8pm) On Patrol Live started. Remembered it when letting the dog out after show ended,11pm. 2nd 480 second run and rinse brass is clean.

 

[CharlieNC]

At least you weren't annealing......

 

[PatMiles]

I set the alarm on my cell phone which is always in my back pocket.

 

[NorCalMikie]

What's a Cell Phone?? Oh, I know. Those are those things they tell you NOT to use while you're waiting for your appointment at the Dr's office.
A room full of 15 people waiting their turn and 14 of them are looking at and punching buttons on the little thing in their hand?
Yah, that's it. What's your cell phone number? Don't know, havn't turned it on in a month or so. Don't call me, I'll call you.

Cell phone company updated their systems a while back so our old phones wouldn't work anymore. Had to get new ones.
Old ones still had about 5000 minutes EACH on them when I replaced them. Don't talk much.

 

[M-61]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Absolutely!!!
It is why I pre-treat my brass with my “secret formula” {:~) of hot water soak & dish soap, agitate then dump, gets rid of basic dirt, dust and residue.
Start again with hot water {can even be boiling} to cover brass a couple of inches, dash of Lemishine, dish soap {forget the “Dawn Only” stories!} and 10ml of BoreTec Sonic Cleaner, give it a good stir and leave for 24 hrs.
Then dump out bit of rinse then into the tumbler with hot water, dash of LemiShine, squirt of dish detergent, 10ml of BoreTec Sonic Cleaner and tumble for no more then 2hrs max {I find 90 minutes to be the norm for spotlessly clean brass} to minimise case mouth peening. {in my case, the tumbler has a timer}
I also just lightly run all brass onto my case prep station and touch up the inside/outside of the case mouth.
The smaller the case the more likely to have problems with case mouth peening. {mushrooming}
Ready to AMP anneal, size, prime and load.
For those saying the necks are now so clean the mandela/seating force is extreme;
I always treat my inside case necks with a wipe of homemade Neolube#2
Half a tsp of ultra fine door lock graphite mixed with 100% Isopropyl alcohol, applied with a Q-Tip. That will make an amount that will last for hundreds of cases for virtually no cost and definitely make mandreling and seating much easier,

I couldn’t do all this no matter what.
Knock the primers out
Into a vibrating tumbler(?) with media.
Sometimes an hour
Sometimes 24 hours
How are the groups? Same.

 

[LHSmith]

My CRS is to the point of getting scary, but it hasn't got to the point where I pulled a Clark Griswald and forgot about the pooch I tied to the back bumper a few milles ago. So I am super cautious about what I am doing and refuse to rush anything.

 

[troupe]

At least the brass was shiny and clean. when I was shooting USPSA every weekend, my tumbler never stopped.

 

[Fire Dog]

I couldn’t do all this no matter what.
Knock the primers out
Into a vibrating tumbler(?) with media.
Sometimes an hour
Sometimes 24 hours
How are the groups? Same.

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… {:~)