1. Clean in wet tumbler.
2. Dry.
3. Load into dry tumbler.
4. Take picture.
5.
'cept the insides and primer pockets are still black/dirty in that pic...
Nope, no wet tumbling
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'cept the insides and primer pockets are still black/dirty in that pic...
Nope, no wet tumbling
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I don't mess around, I do volumes!!! Not into the wet cleaning.
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Question for those who wet tumble rifle brass, if you don't anneal: has anyone else had trouble with case necks cracking over time?
I rarely annealed before wet tumbling, and never had any trouble except in rare cases. Since wet tumbling, any rifle rounds that had been wet tumbled and not annealed, that sat loaded for a year or two, ended up with a high percentage of cracked necks. No corrosion, chemical damage, or anything like that; it was just plain and simple brittle brass. Other rounds that had been annealed were perfectly fine. The only conclusion I could come to was that the peening from the stainless pins caused minute work hardening in the thin case necks.
Whatever the cause, I now anneal absolutely all rifle brass that goes through the wet tumbler.
I rarely annealed before wet tumbling, and never had any trouble except in rare cases. Since wet tumbling, any rifle rounds that had been wet tumbled and not annealed, that sat loaded for a year or two, ended up with a high percentage of cracked necks. No corrosion, chemical damage, or anything like that; it was just plain and simple brittle brass. Other rounds that had been annealed were perfectly fine. The only conclusion I could come to was that the peening from the stainless pins caused minute work hardening in the thin case necks.
Whatever the cause, I now anneal absolutely all rifle brass that goes through the wet tumbler.
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@Caveman Jim , I need to clean up a bit and then take a new pic, but I like your style.
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To be honest, the reason I set it up that way is I can't bend over very well anymore & this works great. FWIW, I got that craft hutch and chair for $20...
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Forget that. I just spit on 'em. Works great every time.
'cept the insides and primer pockets are still black/dirty in that pic...
Nope, no wet tumbling
Yep. I buy once fired 5.56 military brass unprocessed to make my blackout brass. I have has twigs, leafs, sand, etc. Show up in the box. Some brass looks like it was laying around for a while. I mean grungy brass.Deprime, wet tumble with a bit of Dawn and lemishine...and shiny as new!
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I just might move over to the wet side, I've sold almost all of my surplus brass....
No, I didn't sell it all, I kept the gooood stuff.
No, I didn't sell it all, I kept the gooood stuff.
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