Different ways of cleaning brass that people like. I personally prefer wet tumbling bottleneck rifle brass and some pistol brass that I want really shiny. I still use my dry tumbler with corncob media for quite a bit of pistol brass.
Is it the Lyman kit? You can actually chuck the bits in a drill if you're in a hurry. For doing 50 or a 100 at a time, this thing is pretty hard to beat for the price. Common thread R CBS Pocket bits can fit in it as well. It's handy but I wouldn't tackle over two hundred cases with it
Don't worry, in spite of all your diligence, you will buy something you don't need. It's a time honored tradition...
You won't run into any problems because the cases aren't gleaming. When you have really clean and really shiny brass, you might notice the feeding is better. I like it because the press gets less dirty and the dies, so less cleaning work for me. Nothing wrong with just using a vibratory, though. Interestingly, if you soak your brass in some hot water, lemi shine, and dawn, and rinse it out real good and let it dry, it'll actually Polish better in the.
That's the one I use, I think I've done over 2,000 case with those bits. Lol. 2 seconds on a drill and it's done, plus it won't let you cut to deep since the top is flat.Is it the Lyman kit? You can actually chuck the bits in a drill if you're in a hurry. For doing 50 or a 100 at a time, this thing is pretty hard to beat for the price. Common thread R CBS Pocket bits can fit in it as well. It's handy but I wouldn't tackle over two hundred cases with it
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It's a lot of Bang for the buck and it's well made actually.
Plus the bits are cheap to replace if they break or wear out.
Indeed. Mostly what it gets used these days is that doggone NAITO 9MM brass that always seems to find its way into my range pickups. I always seem to end up with 20 or 30 of them out of a batch of a 1000. In that case, it's easy enough to just set them aside and use that tool to clean out that crimp by hand. It's really handy. I keep it close by. Works really good for cleaning up an ugly case mouth as well.
Now all you have to do is resize them enough so they'll chamber in your rifle, then trim to length, inside & outside chamfer, clean the primer pockets (l tumble a second time and then wet wash them) and reload. If you like busy work, you found the right hobby.
I know, I'm so excited. I already checked length on these ones and didn't have to trim very many over 1.76" my kit should be here tomorrow so I can actually start doing some stuff...
Check length after sizing/decapping.
Like @Mikej said, make sure you check after sizing. They can grow quite a lot when you resize them. The brass has to go somewhere and it goes up into the neck.
RCBS has lube brushes, which are basically nylon 'bore brushes' that screw into a RCBS green handle and you can roll the brush on your lube pad to apply lube (sparingly!) and then push it into the case mouth.
Ok, I got the brushes with the kit, just haven't done anything but clean brass so far. Is there something you'd suggest that would make a good makeshift lube pad since I don't have one yet? This kit doesn't have one.
A section of heavy, dense felt works pretty good. Kinda similar to what RCBS supplies with their lube pads.
