CQB45ACP
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I know. Can smell it from here.these were cleaned with an oldView attachment 1131797 sock
I know. Can smell it from here.these were cleaned with an oldView attachment 1131797 sock
FIVE PAGES!!I know. Can smell it from here.
Maybe the toe jam is the secret to the shine. We need a chemical analysis.Question is, how many metric tons can you do before your paying customers start to complain about the toe-jam?
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Time is the only known completely non-renewable resource.Being retired I have time to waste.
Sounds like an endorsement from the guys at the Wuhan lab—wet, wet, wet.I used to have three dry tumblers, never satisfied with the results. I started wet tumbling about 5 years ago, fantastic results.
I shot some 1917 head stamped .45 about 40 years ago and wet tumbled them with pins about 5 years ago. They came out looking like like new.
Some will be happy with dry tumbling, but I prefer wet.
I am not saying Wet is the way to go, I just prefer wet. I do have a food dehydrator for the drying process.
Being retired I have time to waste.
That's the thing: I'm one of those folks who have almost exclusively small batches (50 cases or less). I don't buy or collect old range brass, I don't sweep up the leavings at an Army base, I don't collect barrels of brass from outdoor ranges around the country... I shoot mostly revolvers and bolt action rifles, keep my own brass from those firearms and leave lay whatever exits the port of my self-loading pistols. 9mm, 40S&W and .45ACP are cheap enough to buy and leave behind. I let somebody else do the cleaning of my semi-auto brass and I really don't care what they use.Wet is kind of a PITA for small batch's, but once I'm set up/rolling multiple batch's, I can tumble and fully dry a skinny gallon-sized batch of brass every 90 minutes. One really needs 4-5 batch's to make it worth the set up/tear down/put away, but you do end up with a good-sized pile of shiny brass.
Dumping some cases in a ready-and-waiting dry tumbler for 90 minutes sounds great for smaller batch's, but it seems like I don't have that many small batch's.
My first case cleaner was a mason jar full of Birchwood Casey ...liquid case cleaner ... light blue color , sorta smelled like Windex with a dash of Dawn !Today, If I saw someone in the next lane shooting brown ammo, I'd assume it was old mil-surp,,, .
My Dad reloaded in the 60-70's. When asked about case cleaning, he mentioned just manual cleaning with a rag.
I'm glad we have several option to chose from today.
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It dries itself.Are you not aware of the monumental problem with wet tumbling brass? How to dry it?
Just don't forget to pick it up!Nah...........I keep 'em on my laptop.........