joshb
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Do you have to use the wipes, after?
Tumble media as never before
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I use a capfull of paint thinner/mineral spirits to keep the dust down. I just add it every once in awhile, not every time.
Not familiar with the brand, but does it have grit included in the ingredients? Does it say on the bag that it is a COMPLETE ration? Doesn't it get to stinking? Most animal food has some kind of meat by-products in it. Certainly would have to have good house keeping or varmints would thrive!
Stuff works great. Never thought about the 20% off thanks. At that prices when mine gets dirty I just throw it out in the yard. I do a lot of once fired range brass and bag it up then put in 5 gallon buckets. So my media gets a work out.
When I want super shiny brass a add a few drops of the cabelas brand brass polish and its good to go.
Go buy yourself a Franklin Arsenal Platinum SS Media tumbler and never look back. Here are some tumbled then just ran through the annealer.No more dusty cases or mess to contend with. The cleanest primer pockets you have ever seen. In my eyes using the old vibratory tumblers is in the past. SS tumbling is the future.
My son did a review of it here.
Brians356
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How long do the SS media pins last? (They'd be $50 / 5 lbs to replenish.)
What liquid will work in it besides their proprietary cleaning solution?
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Well, I dont think you should ever have too replace the pins unless you loose them or something. Just rinse them clean after your tumbling session and they are ready for the next time. I have tumbled into the many thousands and they are still the same as new.
I use only Dawn Dish Soap and a touch of Lemishine (just like in the video we did). I have never tried the proprietary solution as the other two work wonderfully.
I might add I used to use a vibratory cleaner with cc and ws media and then went to this. What a blessing in use in comparrison.
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I really like the description of no muss and no fuss.
I put my brass in my tumbler, pour in the crushed walnut, put the lid on and run the tumbler. I run it for a half hour and then pour the contents of the tumbler into a bucket with a screen basket in the top of it. A short shake and I pull the brass out and put it in a tub until I'm ready to reload it. I don't have to rinse, repeat, and dry and I don't have to use a magnet to collect the media. I just put a new load of brass in the tumbler pour the media in and do the next batch. When it takes an hour to get clean I put the media in a bucket to wash it while I load the tumbler with clean media.
To clean the used media I just clean it with water, drain it and let it dry.
I don't think complicating the cleaning process is a step forward. Why make a simple process longer and add steps when simple works?
I put my brass in my tumbler, pour in the crushed walnut, put the lid on and run the tumbler. I run it for a half hour and then pour the contents of the tumbler into a bucket with a screen basket in the top of it. A short shake and I pull the brass out and put it in a tub until I'm ready to reload it. I don't have to rinse, repeat, and dry and I don't have to use a magnet to collect the media. I just put a new load of brass in the tumbler pour the media in and do the next batch. When it takes an hour to get clean I put the media in a bucket to wash it while I load the tumbler with clean media.
To clean the used media I just clean it with water, drain it and let it dry.
I don't think complicating the cleaning process is a step forward. Why make a simple process longer and add steps when simple works?
How you think using a Wet Tumbler is complicating things is beyond me.
I dont even need to wash my media. I run some cold water to rinse it and walla it can go right back into my drum wet. I dont wait for it to dry no need.
I supect you have never used a wet tumbler. If you had you would quickly come to the conclussion its much more efficient at cleaning and does a much better job at cleaning say primer pockets. As I already stated I used to use a Vibratory. I can attest to the the differences.
I dont think anyone who has used both would say using a dry media gets the cases as clean and as spotless without any residue as wet tumbling.
To each his own I say but, dont knock it till you try it.
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I don't need to wash my media. After six months of use I could throw it away. It costs $15 for 25 pounds at the feed and grain store. I wash it While I am using a different batch (which doesn't cut into my reloading time) so it can be used in six months when the current batch is dirty.
You have to rinse the brass - I don't, you have to dry the brass - I don't, You have collect the pins - I don't; so there is at least three steps that you do for every batch of clean brass that I don't have to do. More steps, more time, more complex - i don't think that is hard to see at all.
You have to rinse the brass - I don't, you have to dry the brass - I don't, You have collect the pins - I don't; so there is at least three steps that you do for every batch of clean brass that I don't have to do. More steps, more time, more complex - i don't think that is hard to see at all.
Technically I dont have to collect the pins. In the video my son did I did it that way but, if you are careful you can use the same bucket that they are in to gently slide them right back into the drum.
As far as drying the brass I use exactly my creation in the video. In one day they are dry. Not an issue as I have plenty to load and I am in no rush to get to the ones on the board.
Regardless whether you doing it now or later or you still wash you media and have to replace it. Not me.
Btw, if steps is all your concerned about and not final results you can save a lot of steps and simply purchase loaded ammo you know.
Just one question for you Sheepdog.
Have you ever owned and used a wet tumbler for any length of time?
As far as drying the brass I use exactly my creation in the video. In one day they are dry. Not an issue as I have plenty to load and I am in no rush to get to the ones on the board.
Regardless whether you doing it now or later or you still wash you media and have to replace it. Not me.
Btw, if steps is all your concerned about and not final results you can save a lot of steps and simply purchase loaded ammo you know.
Just one question for you Sheepdog.
Have you ever owned and used a wet tumbler for any length of time?
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Hey guys, i dont use any media whatsoever, 160 degree hot water, 1/4 cup tide laundry detergent and 2hours in tumbler. I did use media, no longer. Easy, easy, easy, great results. When u pour tide in, it tends to bubble, let it die down before putting lid on otherwise pressure build up could be dangerous.
Technically I dont have to collect the pins. In the video my son did I did it that way but, if you are careful you can use the same bucket that they are in to gently slide them right back into the drum.
As far as drying the brass I use exactly my creation in the video. In one day they are dry. Not an issue as I have plenty to load and I am in no rush to get to the ones on the board.
Regardless whether you doing it now or later or you still wash you media and have to replace it. Not me.
Btw, if steps is all your concerned about and not final results you can save a lot of steps and simply purchase loaded ammo you know.
Just one question for you Sheepdog.
Have you ever owned and used a wet tumbler for any length of time?
Nope! I never have. I have tried factory ammo and I get a lot better accuracy from my reloads.
It's not just the steps, it is the time that those steps take. I tried wet bath cleaning of my brass a long time ago and then I got a tumbler.
I have tried a lot of different media and I found out that the commercial stuff was expensive. Once I bought a small bag of walnut shell from the feed and grain I was hooked. If you'd like to try some I have at least 24 of the 25 pound bag...
butchlambert
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Nope! I never have. I have tried factory ammo and I get a lot better accuracy from my reloads.
It's not just the steps, it is the time that those steps take. I tried wet bath cleaning of my brass a long time ago and then I got a tumbler.
I have tried a lot of different media and I found out that the commercial stuff was expensive. Once I bought a small bag of walnut shell from the feed and grain I was hooked. If you'd like to try some I have at least 24 of the 25 pound bag...
Hey sheep, go for it! If you get in the 21st Century and check over SS media, you will see that beside the outside, it also cleans the primer pockets and the inside of your case. Your cleaning method makes your brass kinda nice outside, but is still nasty inside. I have my first batch of 5lbs of SS media and I have cleaned over 2500 cases. I do not need any extra SS media yet.
It's just food with no grit. Smells the same years later. Just be sure not to feed it to any animal.
I've never felt that super shiny interiors of cases made any difference. But if it makes you feel good than why not?
I prefer to leave the inside of the necks alone. More consistent neck resistance results. With pristine, shiny inside necks the projectiles tend to stick or cold weld. Even after annealing the surface is just fine in a vibratory cleaner. The carbon just burns off in the annealing process. Super clean case interiors do look good though. I'm just not convinced it improves group sizes..
I prefer to leave the inside of the necks alone. More consistent neck resistance results. With pristine, shiny inside necks the projectiles tend to stick or cold weld. Even after annealing the surface is just fine in a vibratory cleaner. The carbon just burns off in the annealing process. Super clean case interiors do look good though. I'm just not convinced it improves group sizes..
gravelyctry
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You don't use any stainless pins? Just cases, water, and soap? How do the primer pockets look after running them? I might have to try that method...
They look very good,
butchlambert
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