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Tumbler
MrGunz22
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What do you guys recommend? I searched old posts and it seems like everyone recommends something different. I don't have any new casings. I've been collecting my spent cases for a few years so I think i would like to clean them up first. I'd like to spend under a $100 if possible but if all that will buy is a POS I can spend more. I want something that will get the job done right.
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My experience with Midway tumblers has not been good. While they are cheap, many only lasted 3-4 months for me. I have two sitting in the corner right now that don't work right but it costs more to ship them back than they're worth. The first one I bought lasted several years but the current production is worthless.
Just buy a sack of rice, pour it and your brass into a pillow case, toss it all in the dryer on fluff, and save a few dollars.
Do you get a better shine with white rice or brown? [:0]
quote:Originally posted by gunnut505
Just buy a sack of rice, pour it and your brass into a pillow case, toss it all in the dryer on fluff, and save a few dollars.
Do you get a better shine with white rice or brown? [:0]
[:D]
avoid the frankford arsenal tumblers. frankford arsenal makes a lot of decent items. their tumbler is not one of them.
This - had one. Loud and slow.
Also have one of those vibrating ones I picked up at Harbor Freight.
It works pretty decent.
avoid the frankford arsenal tumblers. frankford arsenal makes a lot of decent items. their tumbler is not one of them.
Gee, I got one in 2002 and have used it about every weekend... still working fine. Brass is clean and shiny within an hour, can barely hear it if I go upstairs.
Now that said, if I had to do it over again, I'd go for a large capacity wet drum tumbler and stainless pin media. Never needs replacing. Will pay for itself pretty fast.
Thumler's Tumbler Model UV-18
I have that same unit, close to 35 years old and still running strong
quote:Originally posted by gunnut505
Just buy a sack of rice, pour it and your brass into a pillow case, toss it all in the dryer on fluff, and save a few dollars.
Do you get a better shine with white rice or brown? [:0]
Starts out white, ends up brown. [:D]
My Cabela's tumbler cost me $50.00 and runs like a top. It's got an on/off switch and is very quiet.
quote:Originally posted by midnightrunpaintballer
avoid the frankford arsenal tumblers. frankford arsenal makes a lot of decent items. their tumbler is not one of them.
This - had one. Loud and slow.
I'm just starting in this endeavor. Looking at what a tumbler does, it didn't seem to me to be a component where more dollars would give a significantly better result.
I bot the Frankford. It suits me. I'm loud and slow as well. [;)]
And without a progressive, it cleans brass far faster than I can load it.
The extra juice just wasn't worth the squeeze for me.