Wet tumbling(Not me)

[mikld]

FWIW; the only time I want a high shine is for my 45 ACP and 30-06 brass. I shoot in a "semi-improved" spot up in the hills and shiny brass is much easier to find in the dirt, rocks and shotgun shells after they are flung outta my 1911 and my Garand...

 

[rosewood]

FWIW; the only time I want a high shine is for my 45 ACP and 30-06 brass. I shoot in a "semi-improved" spot up in the hills and shiny brass is much easier to find in the dirt, rocks and shotgun shells after they are flung outta my 1911 and my Garand...

Yeah, but when those 45s land on the base and all you can see is that black hole, they are hard to find on the ground. You have to make passes from different angles to find them all. I bet 45 GAP is has this problem even more.

Rosewood

 

[arjay]

I've fooled around with wet tumbling without pins and it really gets them clean including the primer pockets,but I've found that the larger pistol cases take a lot more effort to resize unless I lube them,so I've gone back to a very fine medium (lizard litter) with a bit of nu shine

 

[Carrier]

The only issue I've had with wet tumbling and SS pins in the last 8 years is a smaller caliber case getting mixed in with larger ones and case inside another. I've never had pins stick in a case.

 

[rosewood]

The only issue I've had with wet tumbling and SS pins in the last 8 years is a smaller caliber case getting mixed in with larger ones and case inside another. I've never had pins stick in a case.

That happens with dry tumbling.

You can just about mix most bottle neck cases, but you better segregate the straight walls. The worst offender is 40S&W and 44 mag. Those are hard to separate. I tumble most all pistol cartridges separately that are a different caliber.

Rosewood

 

[PapaWheelie]

I have yet (knock on wood) to find any pins stuck in my cases so kinda sold on the whole wet tumbling process. I picked up a counter-top convection oven at Goodwill for $8.00 and use it exclusively for drying brass after wet tumbling and powder coating jig heads. It sure takes away the fuss and bother of drying brass. A load of brass is completely dried and sorted before the next load has finished tumbling.
The only issue has been from adding too much LemiShine which dulled the cases. Has anyone found a wax that could be added to the water to keep the brass as nice and shiny as when it comes out of the tumbler?

 

[mikld]

Yeah, but when those 45s land on the base and all you can see is that black hole, they are hard to find on the ground. You have to make passes from different angles to find them all. I bet 45 GAP is has this problem even more.

Rosewood

I've got most my 45 ACP brass trained to land on their side. Federal brass from my 1911 usually lands with the mouth facing west, towards the ocean. My Ruger P90 tosses brass 3.48 meters to the right, about 2:00 o'clock with all mouths facing me. My HP 45 ACP carbine won't behave and all brass lands in a 5' circle at about 3:00 o'clock, many mouth down.

Then there are the "Brass Gremlins" that stay hidden in the dirt. Whenever a case lands within 7' they will dart out, grab the case and scurry back to their den. I saw one do this about 9 years ago. A newer 45 ACP case landed and out of the corner of my eye I saw it disappear under a shotgun shell. Didn't get a good look at the Gremlin, just a shadowy figure dragging the case. They don't bother my 30-06 cases much, probably too big for the Oregon Brass Gremlins, but I'd probably run into a problem in Texas, as I've heard everything is bigger in Texas. Most of the Gremlins in my area ignore 9mm and 5.56/223 maybe as there are so many laying around they just wait until night to collect some.

That's my story and I'm stickin' to it...

 

[rosewood]

My HP 45 ACP carbine won't behave and all brass lands in a 5' circle at about 3:00 o'clock, many mouth down.

Yeah, but they are so covered in soot, it doesn't matter which way they are oriented...

Rosewood

 

[iouri]

I've been wet tumbling for years, 10s of 1000 of cases didn't break a decapping pin yet. Worst that happened to me is a pin stuck in firing hole (when I decap before tumbling) but I inspect my brass after tumbling anyway so it gets caught. The only handling of dirty brass I do is pick up at the range and sort by size (with brass sorter) for wet tumbling