Stainless media

[ageingstudent]

6,000 rounds , could probably do more but at that amount I can be done in a hour. The barrel and lid is the most important, not so much for the wet but differently for the dry. Got to seal the mositure in with the dry corn polish media.
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I once figured out mathematically about how many .45acp cases I could fit in one of our 11 yard concrete mixers at work. Seems like 4.5 million would fill it half way but my memory might be dotty.

 

[KeepnitReel]

I recommend if you do the cement mixer route, put the the barrel together with 3M 3200 slow cure. Water is much thinner then cement so it will leak everywhere. Sucks to wait 3 to 5 days for it to dry , but it's so nice not to have water everywhere. With the drum lid secured you could tumble brass in your living and never spill a drop for the whole process.

 

[ageingstudent]

I'm going to show Mrs. Student the pics of that mixer. She'll be rolling her eyes at me Muy Pronto lol.

 

[KeepnitReel]

You need equal parts of brass to water and then about 15-20% of stainless or corn media. The chips versus the pins make a huge difference on the inside of the brass and primer pockets. And super sort times of tumbling needed since your getting amazing agitation from the cement mixer size.

I once figured out mathematically about how many .45acp cases I could fit in one of our 11 yard concrete mixers at work. Seems like 4.5 million would fill it half way but my memory might be dotty.

 

[KeepnitReel]

It's cheaper then a Dillon vibrating media tumbler that will barely do a few hundred rounds. I have less the $225 bucks into this whole machine.

I'm going to show Mrs. Student the pics of that mixer. She'll be rolling her eyes at me Muy Pronto lol.

 

[KeepnitReel]

Bring the truck over to my place for a play date

I once figured out mathematically about how many .45acp cases I could fit in one of our 11 yard concrete mixers at work. Seems like 4.5 million would fill it half way but my memory might be dotty.

 

[jordanka16]

I use one of these guys, works great. Amazon.com : Frankford Arsenal Platinum Series Wet/Dry Media Separator : Sports & Outdoors

 

[ageingstudent]

Mrs. Student says we're all nuts hahaha.

 

[jordanka16]

Mrs. Student says we're all nuts hahaha.

To be fair she's probably right.

 

[ageingstudent]

To be fair she's probably right.

She loves it. She likes high quality cheap ammo just as much as we do. Mama likes trigger time.

 

[Camelfilter]

Found a amazing stainless media distributor, half the price for 50lbs then the cheapest I've seen online. If you have Facebook he goes by Southern Shine Tumblers. Have good results with the egg shape chips vs the pins. No stuck pins in primer pockets and inside the case. Also the chips reduce tumble times by almost half.

Thanks again for the tip.

Ordered some up, was in the mailbox today. Took around a week order to door.

I'll be processing away this weekend between other chores. Super!

 

[KeepnitReel]

Anytime, his chips work better then any Pin I've seen. You cut down your tumble time in half with the chips, and so much easier to separate. Happy tumbling !!!

Thanks again for the tip.

Ordered some up, was in the mailbox today. Took around a week order to door.

I'll be processing away this weekend between other chores. Super!

 

[P7M13]

Great thread - thanks for the info.