fireflyfather
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OK, I know the tumbler/media/polish thing has been done to death, but I just made an impulse buy on a frankford arsenal tumbler at my local store (they actually had tumblers in stock for a change, which was shocking!). I'll be using it mostly for straightwall pistol cases, with a few medium-large bottleneck rifle cases. The reason I made the jump into tumbling is the build up of lee liquid alox on the outside of my cases and inside my dies.
So here they are (The questions):
1. I'm thinking of using pet bedding walnut and corncob 50/50 at the same time, as I have heard of others doing this. Are there any issues with the 50/50 mix?
2. Also, is the stuff they store at the local petmart okay? The walnut seems to be ground pretty fine compared to the corncob, which is considerably larger. Should I worry about clogging primer holes?
3. I've heard LOTS of recipes for polish. I'm mostly interested in getting the gunk off the cases, but if I'm going to go to all the trouble to tumble them anyways, I feel I might as well polish/shine them a bit too. I've heard lots of stories about flitz, brasso, and nufinish car polish/wax. Which flitz product? Is it one of the reloading-specific products, or will any old bottle from walmart do?
Thanks.
So here they are (The questions):
1. I'm thinking of using pet bedding walnut and corncob 50/50 at the same time, as I have heard of others doing this. Are there any issues with the 50/50 mix?
2. Also, is the stuff they store at the local petmart okay? The walnut seems to be ground pretty fine compared to the corncob, which is considerably larger. Should I worry about clogging primer holes?
3. I've heard LOTS of recipes for polish. I'm mostly interested in getting the gunk off the cases, but if I'm going to go to all the trouble to tumble them anyways, I feel I might as well polish/shine them a bit too. I've heard lots of stories about flitz, brasso, and nufinish car polish/wax. Which flitz product? Is it one of the reloading-specific products, or will any old bottle from walmart do?
Thanks.