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I have been dry tumbling for all of my reloading life. I typically use a walnut since it does not stick in primer holes with a bit of Fitz.
I do not care about shiny, but I do want clean and my current set up works well for 90% of what I do.
I always end up with some brass from pick ups, sales or given to me that is in moderate to rough shape. This could be very discolored, green or other colored spots. Also, any brass that comes out of my suppressed guns has a lot of build up on them and if I do not get them right in a tumbler they are bad quickly and leave a heavy residue.
I get not all of this brass is salvageable, but I would like to get it clean to inspect it well. This has me looking at getting a wet tumbler. Since I do not expect this to see a lot of use, I would like to keep the cost below $200.
It looks like I can pick up the Frankfort Arsenal 7L with pins for that price. I see reports that this is a fairly large unit. If I want to do smaller batches of brass, will it still work fine? I see some reports saying you need to run this type of tumbler mostly full.
Any other thoughts?
EDIT: Bought one more questions in thread.
I do not care about shiny, but I do want clean and my current set up works well for 90% of what I do.
I always end up with some brass from pick ups, sales or given to me that is in moderate to rough shape. This could be very discolored, green or other colored spots. Also, any brass that comes out of my suppressed guns has a lot of build up on them and if I do not get them right in a tumbler they are bad quickly and leave a heavy residue.
I get not all of this brass is salvageable, but I would like to get it clean to inspect it well. This has me looking at getting a wet tumbler. Since I do not expect this to see a lot of use, I would like to keep the cost below $200.
It looks like I can pick up the Frankfort Arsenal 7L with pins for that price. I see reports that this is a fairly large unit. If I want to do smaller batches of brass, will it still work fine? I see some reports saying you need to run this type of tumbler mostly full.
Any other thoughts?
EDIT: Bought one more questions in thread.
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