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walnut or corncob media

wcoxy2003wcoxy2003 Member Posts: 306 ✭✭✭
edited December 2007 in Perry Shooter Competition Shooting and Reloading Forum
i use corn cob and never used walnut. should you add brass polishing liquid with the walnut? and what is youe imput about either?
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  • mrbrucemrbruce Member Posts: 3,374
    edited November -1
    Walnut hulls are a lot more aggressive than corn cob media.
    Wouldn't seem to be a need for polish with the walnut media,
    but it would help with the corncob media..
    I use a Ultra Sonic to clean my brass nowadays so I don't worry about the shine.
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  • perry shooterperry shooter Member Posts: 17,105 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Buy a bulk 25 Pound bag of the cheapest RICE you can find it gives a slick shine to brass "DO NOT COOK RICE[xx(] USE IT AS IT COMES IN BAG"[:p]

    I do not De-Prime my brass before cleaning (I load with a STAR progressive press ) 5000-10000 per year I have done extensive testing with at least 45 ACP and ramsom rest I see NO different in group size between ones that were de-primed before cleaning and those that were cleaned and then loaded in progressive press.I am sure with bench rest rifle There are many things you can do to improve your results . but with all things time spent vs results gained is a trade off. My shooting has a x ring that is 1.5 inches and we shoot at 50 yards with 1911 type target grade pistols.
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  • PearywPearyw Member Posts: 3,699
    edited November -1
    +1 on rice with a polishing media such as Midway's. It is all I use anymore.
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  • wcoxy2003wcoxy2003 Member Posts: 306 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    thx for the replies. gonna try the rice with polish
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  • wcoxy2003wcoxy2003 Member Posts: 306 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    another question. is it necessary to deprime? i know the flash-hole can leave a residue. i havent done that. but just wondered if i really should do that to and then tumble the brass
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  • scrubberguyscrubberguy Member Posts: 219 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    wcoxy2003:
    I've cleaned my brass both ways, with and without primers, never seen a clean primer pocket the wasn't done by hand!

    You can deprime and then clean but I think that adds extra handling of the cases and it doesn't get you anything.

    If your batch loading you can set up a tool to clean you primer pockets. RCBS used to make a small brush that you could put in a cordless drill to do this.

    If your running a progressive, and still want to clean the primer pockets, you'll have to buy a decapping die only, Lee Precision makes one, deprime all your cases, after cleaning, run the brush into every case and then load them as usual on your progressive.

    If your doing less than 500 this isn't so bad, if your doing 5000?

    In the end everything depends on how much time you want to spend doing it. Let us konw what you decide.[8D]
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  • ChetStaffordChetStafford Member Posts: 2,794
    edited November -1
    Get your self a RCBS trim mate prep center it ha inside and outside deburring tools, primer pocket brushes, and other places to put accesories like military crimp removers or flash hole deburring tools I have one and love it
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  • 5mmgunguy5mmgunguy Member Posts: 3,092 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Use corncob or rice. I only use walnut if they are really dirty.
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