Spring1898
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What straight wall Pistol Cases nest into each other reasonably tightly?
What straight wall Pistol Cases nest into each other reasonably tightly?
Interestingly enough when my parents called and said your birthday is coming up do you have any ideas I gave them lymans 50th, pelican v300 pistol case, 50 cal ammo cans, and a pistol brass sorterView attachment 862149
Who knew.. 47 years old and still getting bday gifts from mom and dad
Put the larger diameter cases in first and let them fill with corncob, then the next smallest, etc, etc.Managed to have 4 stuck together after tumbling an unsorted batch of range brass the other day.
Oops, @ATLDave beat me too it.If you are tumbling a bunch of stuff together, try to throw in the brass in descending size order. In other words, toss in the 45, then the 40/10, then the 9/38/380, then the 32, etc. After about 15 seconds of tumbling in a vibe cleaner, the cases fill with media and will not generally "eat" the smaller cases anymore.
Except that it does. It didn’t even appear to reduce the frequency of nesting. I’ve watched with the cover off and witnessed cases come up completely empty of media, only to actively seek out and devour the younger, innocent brass.If you are tumbling a bunch of stuff together, try to throw in the brass in descending size order. In other words, toss in the 45, then the 40/10, then the 9/38/380, then the 32, etc. After about 15 seconds of tumbling in a vibe cleaner, the cases fill with media and will not generally "eat" the smaller cases anymore.
Except that it does. It didn’t even appear to reduce the frequency of nesting.
only to actively seek out and devour the younger, innocent brass.
My experience was with a vibratory tumbler filled with mixed walnut, corn cob, and dry rice, with a bit of jewelers rouge added to improve polish. I’ve since switched to near 100% wet tumbling, and I sort everything before cleaning. The time I spend sorting is much less than the time I spent un-nesting cases. I also threw away my large tumbler and replaced it with a smaller, Hornady case tumbler....as yet unused.Interesting, because this is just completely contrary to my observed experience over dozens of trials. There must be some difference in what we’re doing or talking.
I am taking about vibratory tumblers. Are you using a rotary tumbler?