Tumbling With SS Pins? Check Out This Site.

[Texas10]

I am really enjoying the thorough cleaning I get with SS pins however, I really hate trying to get them out of 6.5 CM cases. The pins I use get stuck sideways in the neck, and are sometimes very difficult to get out without gouging the neck wall. Very frustrating.....until I found this site.

http://www.sleepinggiantbrass.com/STAINLESS TUMBLING MEDIA 1lb

Can't wait for my order to arrive!

 

[retired]

cannot wait to hear your review.
pretty small, i would hate to fire any down my bbl.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I cant tell what shape it is from that picture

 

[suasponte]

AAAAaahh! I can remember the days when only a few guys new about SS media.
Terry

 

[Boyd L.]

.....however, I really hate trying to get them out of 6.5 CM cases. The pins I use get stuck sideways in the neck, and are sometimes very difficult to get out...

I shoot a .257 A.I. and the .255 length pins cab get wedged crossways. When a case gets blocked with pins, maybe a case gets cleaned inside, maybe it doesn’t.
I’d love to get rid of the wooden skewer I keep for dislodging stuck pins.

 

[rockwind1]

after reading this thread, i went out and checked about 130 rds i just cleaned of 6.5 and the second one i looked at had a pin wedged in it!!!!!

 

[Dusty Stevens]

I ordered some brass from him

 

[Texas10]

My order of a four pound bag arrived today via US mail. This stuff is small, about the size of #6 shot, but irregular in shape. I'll give it a try tomorrow on some 6.5 CM brass and give a report, but i think its going to be the cats pajamas.

 

[Richard Coody]

i really don't understand everyone's infatuation with this superclean brass. it really isn't the best for accuracy at all. No real advantage to it at all except it is pretty. leaving that carbon in the necks undisturbed is a positive thing. of course if you are just loading for blasting ammo at least it will be pretty.

 

[mousegunner]

i really don't understand everyone's infatuation with this superclean brass. it really isn't the best for accuracy at all. No real advantage to it at all except it is pretty. leaving that carbon in the necks undisturbed is a positive thing. of course if you are just loading for blasting ammo at least it will be pretty.

I'm going back to corn cob. Brass is nice and shiny with pins but I don't care for the rinsing and drying. I want to keep the carbon in the necks as mentioned. On a side note I'm wondering what effect if any annealing does to the neck carbon.

 

[jr600yd]

Question!
I've heard a lot about SS pins cleaning the inside of a case vs leaving carbon in the neck. Bla bla bla. I have not yet seen any test done for accuracy one method vs the other. So what's the deal? Is it just opinions or are their facts?

 

[Prose]

I've used his media. The brass was so frickin clean I couldn't believe it. Very fast too. He uses this for cleaning grimy, mucky, dirty horrible auction brass.

On the other hand, I believe it is too aggressive for the precision crowd. The jagged edges "peen" the brass and it then picks up contaminants so easily that it ends up working against you. So my advice is, if your brass never touches the ground, and you want the shiniest brass despite potential downside, this is the media for you.

I went back to corncob to maintain that beautiful black shadow inside the necks.

 

[Prose]

And a note about sleeping giant brass. Great person to do business with. His brass is top notch and he ships very quickly at the lowest rates possible.

 

[Dusty Stevens]

And a note about sleeping giant brass. Great person to do business with. His brass is top notch and he ships very quickly at the lowest rates possible.

not so sure about that- I'm getting a flat rate box AND a padded envelope for some reason. more money than a bigger flat rate box. i'm waiting on the order to get delivered to see why.

 

[mousegunner]

Question!
I've heard a lot about SS pins cleaning the inside of a case vs leaving carbon in the neck. Bla bla bla. I have not yet seen any test done for accuracy one method vs the other. So what's the deal? Is it just opinions or

IIRC it acts like a lube that affects the seating force on the bullet and on firing vs seating and firing a bullet in a squeaky clean neck. As far as accuracy I don't remember if I've seen anything on this but I have seen something that goes into detail on what the annealing process does to brass and it mentions the carbon in the necks. So much information out there it's hard to keep track of. I made my own annealer and trying to read as much as I can about it so I do it correctly.

 

[jr600yd]

So a target hasn't told anyone one method is better than the other.

 

[memilanuk]

Perhaps @tom or @Alex Wheeler or @dkhunt14 or @dmoran will chime in... I was under the impression that the LR BR crowd tried it, and moved on (away).

I don't shoot in their crowd, but I've pretty much moved back to dry tumbling myself. Less about accuracy, more about reducing the PITA factor.

I keep telling myself I'm keeping the pins, LemiShine, Thumler's Tumbler and dehydrator for if I ever decide I need to rehab some really gnarly range brass... though I can't for the life of me picture a scenario where I wouldn't just pitch that crap and start fresh.

 

[mousegunner]

I'm not much on picking up old range brass that I need get shiny again. I just pick up own since I know what I've done to it and the range I go to only allows you to pick up your own brass which I mark and know what's mine.

 

[dmoran]

@milanuk
My reason: the carbon fouling of the case necks, when brushed properly, I find yields better accuracy on the target then a clean neck. And better then any lubricious substance that I have ever tried.
Donovan

 

[mousegunner]

@milanuk.... when brushed properly...
Donovan

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