Nasty lil' bugger!

[kmk1012]

Try tumbling primed brass with spent primers. I do and it works great!

??? Primed as in new primers installed? I was referring to wet tumbling brass with the spent primers still in them and getting stuck SS pins wedged in the flash hole as the were unable to pass cleanly through.

 

[RVTECH]

??? Primed as in new primers installed? I was referring to wet tumbling brass with the spent primers still in them

I should have said wet tumbling the fired brass with knocked out primers as the media.

 

[kmk1012]

I should have said wet tumbling the fired brass with knocked out primers as the media.

Oh, haven't heard of that yet. How well does it work? The two metals are the same makeup so I'd think it'd work quite well.

 

[RVTECH]

Oh, haven't heard of that yet. How well does it work?

It works great. Been doing it for years. I'll 'pre clean' range pickup with it and only use pins on deprimed brass.

Start saving your deprimed primers!

 

[kmk1012]

It works great. Been doing it for years. I'll 'pre clean' range pickup with it and only use pins on deprimed brass.

Start saving your deprimed primers!

Great idea! I've already got a can full of them and a bunch of range brass, LOL

 

[RVTECH]

the little internal part will separate but just save them with the cups to be reused.

 

[quneur]

Wouldn't that make the water dirtier with primer residue? Cleaning using dirty primers. Interesting..

 

[RVTECH]

Wouldn't that make the water dirtier with primer residue? Cleaning using dirty primers. Interesting..

Hardly any difference in the 'dirtiness' of the water on the first run - after that the primers are clean. THe residue amount is minuscule.

 

[oremike]

One thing I've noticed is that if I leave the primers in while wet tumbling and the cases sit a while before I use them I get lot more what I call soup cans and ringers that stop the loading process. By depriming first I cull those out and the pockets dry with no residue to cause more.

 

[DLS]

The only issue with spent primers as media is that the cup and anvil are brass, so you can't use a magnet to separate them from the cases. I have a tumble style media separator that I use to both separate the pins and to remove as much water as possible before drying the cases. I find a magnet helps the process along when, after dumping he cases into the separator and before closing the drum I run a magnet through the pile of brass. It takes less cranking of the drum to get the rest of the pins out.

Using primers however is a great idea that works. And the material is free.

Merry Christmas everyone!

 

[DLS]

@oremike

Pray tell ...

What exactly is a "soup can" and a "ringer"!

 

[oremike]

@oremike

Pray tell ...

What exactly is a "soup can" and a "ringer"!

A soup can is where the flat part of the primer flips up like a soup can lid and a ringer is when the flat part seperates but leaves the ring in the case. A soup can will lock up the press and a ringer won't let a new primer seat. Both bad things in the ammo making business.

 

[DLS]

Thanks @oremike.

I have never seen a "soup can" but I have on occasion had the "ringer", and yes, it's a pain. And I'm just a poor Cretan, non-professional loader playing with a basic 550 set up. I can only imagine what a pain that would be on a motorized press!

 

[oremike]

Thanks @oremike.

I have never seen a "soup can" but I have on occasion had the "ringer", and yes, it's a pain. And I'm just a poor Cretan, non-professional loader playing with a basic 550 set up. I can only imagine what a pain that would be on a motorized press!

Yep, my presses aren't motor driven but I do load a bit more ammo than a casual loader so anything I can do to smooth out the bumps in the road so to speak are important to me.

 

[Caveman Jim]

Okay deal ... just tell me how to deprime the case! LOL

Well you're supposed to the prime first before cleaning, at least that's what I do.

 

[partsed]

Okay deal ... just tell me how to deprime the case! LOL

Had the same thing happen to me, I ended up drilling out the spent primer in the .32 shell and the drill bit created a large enough hole to use a small pick to pull the casing out of the .38 special

 

[DizzyJ]

That's a nasty one since .40 fits so tightly in .45. How many cases are we talking about here?

A few hundred…….

And I don't shoot .40
I was polishing them up to trade or sell. Lol

 

[DizzyJ]

Try tumbling primed brass with spent primers. I do and it works great!

I did that once. I'll be damned if several spent primers didn't re-seat themselves into the empty pockets!

 

[RVTECH]

I did that once. I'll be damned if several spent primers didn't re-seat themselves into the empty pockets!

Yea, been there, done that - once!

Only works with the spent primers still in the brass.

 

[DizzyJ]

Yea, been there, done that - once!

Only works with the spent primers still in the brass.

Didn't know that was the method. Good to know. Now. Lol