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Tumbling brass lesson learned
tccox
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Grabbed some 380 brass that I recently tumbled to put primers in. Every hole had a grain of corncob in it. It has taken best part of an hour to punch each out with a tooth pick.
This is the last time (and first) that I will deprime before tumbling. That corncob sure made it look nice but just the right size to clog the primer hole.
This was a cheap lesson to learn, just time consumeing! Tom
This is the last time (and first) that I will deprime before tumbling. That corncob sure made it look nice but just the right size to clog the primer hole.
This was a cheap lesson to learn, just time consumeing! Tom
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Grabbed some 380 brass that I recently tumbled to put primers in. Every hole had a grain of corncob in it. It has taken best part of an hour to punch each out with a tooth pick.
This is the last time (and first) that I will deprime before tumbling. That corncob sure made it look nice but just the right size to clog the primer hole.
This was a cheap lesson to learn, just time consumeing! Tom
You should have asked me...the brass Guru. I could have saved you time. You can get a larger or smaller grit of cobb or walnut.
Grabbed some 380 brass that I recently tumbled to put primers in. Every hole had a grain of corncob in it. It has taken best part of an hour to punch each out with a tooth pick.
This is the last time (and first) that I will deprime before tumbling. That corncob sure made it look nice but just the right size to clog the primer hole.
This was a cheap lesson to learn, just time consumeing! Tom
The flip side of the coin, I prefer it. It Forces me to do visual inspection on every one of my cases after being cleaned. No harm in that-
Now pistol brass, I'm right there with you. Carbide dies of course.
Now then, I get to do this same thing with the 32 brass and the 25 auto which I have tumbling now. Dang, I'm sure glad it is not over 3-400 rounds! Tom
I knew I should have asked you all how to tumble brass but thought I could wing this on my own. Never again.
Now then, I get to do this same thing with the 32 brass and the 25 auto which I have tumbling now. Dang, I'm sure glad it is not over 3-400 rounds! Tom
you may just want to run them throught the decapper/sizing die again.
I don't know about .380, but I can tell you that with a lot of pistol cartridges you still get one kernel in the flash hole from the inside, de-primed or not.
yep and the deprimer pin just pushes it through.
quote:Originally posted by tccox
Grabbed some 380 brass that I recently tumbled to put primers in. Every hole had a grain of corncob in it. It has taken best part of an hour to punch each out with a tooth pick.
This is the last time (and first) that I will deprime before tumbling. That corncob sure made it look nice but just the right size to clog the primer hole.
This was a cheap lesson to learn, just time consumeing! Tom
The flip side of the coin, I prefer it. It Forces me to do visual inspection on every one of my cases after being cleaned. No harm in that-
+1. Besides, you have to clean the pocket primer anyways. I have lots to learn but I'm loving this new hobby (reloading that it is) of mine. [^]
I learned that one a long time ago...I always tumble BEFORE depriming and sizing....my 2 cents.
same here,
pain in the
to dig out
quote:Originally posted by reloader44mag
I learned that one a long time ago...I always tumble BEFORE depriming and sizing....my 2 cents.
same here,
pain in the
to dig out
yep,..deprime AFTER tumbling.
so all of you that tumble then deprime how do you remove lube. I'm asking this because i'm new to reloading and dont have a tumbler yet. I was told to bath them in hot soapy water with a shot of viniger in it. I use rcbs case lube and have only loaded 20 round that i resized myself and its a pain in the * to get the lube off. I guess if i had the option i would rather just have to clean each primer pocket then have to clean all the lube off the cases.
I boil water, and then mix in a 3:1 ratio with white vinegar and some dish soap. Throw the cases in and agitate, let soak and agitate again. Rinse with filtered water and dry in the oven at the lowest setting with the door cracked open. This will remove your lube as most is water based. Primer pockest are done every loading with the sinclair pocket tools and the driver attachment,....I use my 18v dewalt drill and it takes only a few minutes to do 50 cases.