Tumbling Question

[ru44mag]

My least favorite part of reloading is seating primers. It just seems easier to seat the primers, if I tumble after removing old primer. I hand tumble the media into a 5 gallon bucket using a kitchen colander after tumbling is done. Prior to seating the new primer, I tap the case on the desk a couple times on the way to the press. It works better for me.

 

[t-squared]

Those that wet tumble-ss pins... What is your wash recipe? Dawn, lemishine? What ratios? I sometimes get a result with a pale looking brass. Not real brassy brass which is what I'm trying to achieve.

I've found pale looking brass is usually from too much Lemishine. I tumble with a HF dual drum like this https://www.harborfreight.com/dual-drum-rotary-rock-tumbler-67632.html and use the tiniest of sprinkles in each drum. Probably about what it would take to fill a .22lr case. That, a splurp of Dawn, hot water, and an hour of tumbling equals perfect brass.

 

[bdybdall]

How many 9mm or .38 Special cases can you do per loading in that tumbler. I'm looking to switch from dry tumbling to wet mostly because of my OCDness.

 

[t-squared]

The drums are rated for 3 lbs each. So for each drum I use a pound of pins, a pound of brass, and enough water to just cover the brass.

A pound of 9mm brass is about 120 pieces. 38 Specials run about 100 per pound.

I picked up a 2lb package of pins and a media separator(well worth it) from here....Stainless Tumbling Media | Stainless Steel Media 2lb Refresher Kit

 

[Ericpwp]

Lyman Stainless Steel Media – 5 lbs. : Cabela's

I picked this up when it was on sale for $24. Still a good deal from what I've seen.