Cleaning inside cases?

[Tilos]

Put a paint strainer bag in that bucket and never loose another pin...
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A couple of $1 store buckets(4), a wire waste basket for a separator and you have a brass cleaning/separating line.

I just use my Dillon media separator.YMMV

Separator, sure I have one too (it's in the edge of the pic in my post), but don't use it anymore after using a paint strainer bag...

 

[FROGO207]

The seperator is almost usless unless there is a bunch of water in it. That's what helps remove the pins along with the tumbling action.These days I will then just dump the cleaned brass onto a thick bath towel and roll until dry and dump them into a shallow box (beer flat, cut down box etc.) to dry for a day or so. No water spots and no errant pins found.

 

[Dudedog]

If you have the rock tumbler I would say get some pins and try wet tumbling.
A small investment for the pins. (which last basically forever)
I use car wash and wax and citric acid from the canning section at the supermarket.
Cheap for the wash and wax and citric acid.
Also when you go to load you will notice your fingers stay much cleaner than with dry tumbled brass. (at least in my case this is true, other people may have different results)
No lead dust to worry about, a plus in my book.
Most likely ok to dump the dirty water down the drain if you are on sewer but it might not be some places.
You could always dump it in a barrel and let the water evaporate then you have leftover dry waste to dispose of the same way you do the rice you currently use.

If you deprime first primer pockets come out clean, brass looks like new.
May not make it shoot any better but nice clean shiny brass makes me smile.

What a smile is worth only you can decide.

 

[Tilos]

Wet Pins
The biggest benefit (for me), is the ability to easily see the powder level in that shiny case, instead of a dark BLACK hole.
I have also found steps in the case walls of a few common brands of range brass (mostly 9mm), steps I could not see before dry tumbling without pins.
I can now separate the known stepped brass by brand to avoid making reloads that won't plunk.
Without even looking into it or de-priming it.

 

[uzimon]

I have never cleaned the inside of my cases or ever worried about if the insides are shiny or not.

+1
And with some clean burning powders and some guns (glock) you can even reload once without cleaning at all

 

[TonyAngel]

I liked using rice too. Cheap, no name rice is, well, cheap. I just added some liquid turtle wax to the tumbler just because I keep it around. Wouldn't go out of my way for polish.

 

[Hondo 60]

Dry tumbling media just doesnt clean the inside of the case.

I'd never even heard of wet tumbling until about 10? years ago.

 

[rskent]

Is it necessary or advisable to clean the inside the cases?

I only wet tumble brass if I anneal it or to get any lube out. But if it makes you smile, why not?

 

[Erief0g]

I only reload pistol and I reload it in volume. I try and wet tumble my brass at minimum every three weeks or it's too much work to sort.

I have a vibratory tumbler but between lead dust and capacity along with it being much less clean I haven't used it in five years.

I can take a full gallon ziploc, dump it in the FART, come back later and separate. My separater works flawless on straight wall pistol and it was household items. A rubber maid tote and a large laundry soap container from Sam's club. Think it is wind fresh but it's plenty large. Drilled holes all through the bottom just smaller than 9mm case. Put 1.5 gallon water in tote, put laundry bin in tote, pour contents of FART into laundry bin, shake and rotate lifting it out of soapy mix a few times, done and pins separate.
To remove pins from soapy nasty water I clip part of an old t shirt over a five gallon bucket and just pour it in. Unclip shirt and have my bag of pins back.
Rinse off brass through a fine mesh strainer agitating again in case of a wayward pin, dump it all out on an old beat up dehydrator.

Maybe sounds more difficult than it is but they are cleaned quickly and most importantly I'm cleaning 500-1000 pieces at a time.

The clean on the inside is just an added bonus and the operation was not started for that reason but was a by product of looking for an easier way to up production and also reduce lead dust

 

[JFrank]

Only if you like them shiny on the inside too.

I’ve never tumbled a single case nor would I.
I’m only interested in things that improve accuracy and (Reading brass is part of the game) once you clean off all the clues or evidence you’ve nothing left but shiny brass to impress your buddies.
Truism
J

 

[Demi-human]

I always read it before I wash it.

And my buddies are easily impressed anyway.

 

[whughett]

Lead dust, lead dust, lead dust, damn just how much contamination we talking bout here. After 78 years of walking around this earth, sixty or so of them involved with shooting sports, and counting, forty or so in industries with lead or asbestos involved, Navy, Police and Phone Company, long retired now, It must be gods good grace I’m still here and not an institutionalized babbling fool.
I will say the phone company tested us regular and a number of years ago I had my GP do a lab test, he suggested I cut back a mite on the activities .

 

[Demi-human]

Not quite...
More like this.

“Black fingers, black fingers, black fingers! I tumble these things for days and my fingers are still black! Everything is spotless and clean and well lit, and I have to clean it again, every time. Why aren’t these things actually clean?! The excesses lube I clean out of my die should be green and gold from brass, not carbon black.
There must be a better way!”

At least that’s how it went in my head...

 

[Erief0g]

My father cast bullets as well as cleaned with walnut shells for a few years. The casting was always outside but the cleaning was in a reloading room in the basement.
Talked to his VA doctor about it, they checked him, then put him on chelation therapy to remove the lead built up.
Changed practices and gets occasional checks and all good now.