What have you done in the reloading room today

[Hooda Thunkit]

I just don't understand the fascination with those wet tumblers.

Wash the pins. Separate the pins. Pick up pins from all over the house.
Fight the water, buy different water. Tumble them again because they came out black.
Put soap and wax and water softener and magic juice in the tumbler.

Expensive to buy, expensive to operate.

I dump 2 or 3 bucks worth of media in my dry vibratory tumbler. Use it for a year or so, bag it up and put it in the trash. Another 2 or 3 bucks worth, another year of running.

When the tumbler is finished tumbling, I sieve out the dry media and use the brass. No waiting for it to dry, no buying yet another piece of equipment to force-dry it, no dealing with a quantity of contaminated water.

It would take me 75 years to spend what some of you pay to buy and operate a wet tumbler. And the shiny don't make it shoot better.

So much time and effort on making shiny brass, which means very little to the loading process. Clean I can understand, but some of you really take it out to right field.

I realize it's your time and money to do with as you please, and I absolutely support you doing it if you wish.

Okay, I'm parsimonious, but I still don't understand it. Perhaps it's merely a fascination with things shiny.

Carry on.

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

I just don't understand the fascination with those wet tumblers.

Wash the pins. Separate the pins. Pick up pins from all over the house.
Fight the water, buy different water. Tumble them again because they came out black.
Put soap and wax and water softener and magic juice in the tumbler.

Expensive to buy, expensive to operate.

I dump 2 or 3 bucks worth of media in my dry vibratory tumbler. Use it for a year or so, bag it up and put it in the trash. Another 2 or 3 bucks worth, another year of running.

When the tumbler is finished tumbling, I sieve out the dry media and use the brass. No waiting for it to dry, no buying yet another piece of equipment to force-dry it, no dealing with a quantity of contaminated water.

It would take me 75 years to spend what some of you pay to buy and operate a wet tumbler. And the shiny don't make it shoot better.

So much time and effort on making shiny brass, which means very little to the loading process. Clean I can understand, but some of you really take it out to right field.

I realize it's your time and money to do with as you please, and I absolutely support you doing it if you wish.

Okay, I'm parsimonious, but I still don't understand it. Perhaps it's merely a fascination with things shiny.

Carry on.

Yup, same here but I understand not wanting to dry tumble, too. Some folks get scared at the thought of lead dust in the air, others complain about the rattling noises, and still others live in tight quarters where a sink is always handy but an outdoor breeze is almost impossible. It’s just a matter of circumstances, I guess.
Personally I’m not one of those “Ooooh! Shiny!” kinda people but, to each their own I suppose.

ATB

 

[BreechFace]

Wet tumbling is not a hard process at all. Dump cases into tumbler with pins add water and measured solution amount. Tumble for 2 hours or so, take out screw on sieve lid dump water out of tumbler bucket. Dump pins and cases in media separator and turn over, pins fall down in collector and cases stay in media separator. Lay cases out on towel to dry.

I don’t know about “washing pins”. Mine get washed and then rinsed briefly every time with the cases.

 

[Mark_Mark]

I just don't understand the fascination with those wet tumblers.

Wash the pins. Separate the pins. Pick up pins from all over the house.
Fight the water, buy different water. Tumble them again because they came out black.
Put soap and wax and water softener and magic juice in the tumbler.

Expensive to buy, expensive to operate.

I dump 2 or 3 bucks worth of media in my dry vibratory tumbler. Use it for a year or so, bag it up and put it in the trash. Another 2 or 3 bucks worth, another year of running.

When the tumbler is finished tumbling, I sieve out the dry media and use the brass. No waiting for it to dry, no buying yet another piece of equipment to force-dry it, no dealing with a quantity of contaminated water.

It would take me 75 years to spend what some of you pay to buy and operate a wet tumbler. And the shiny don't make it shoot better.

So much time and effort on making shiny brass, which means very little to the loading process. Clean I can understand, but some of you really take it out to right field.

I realize it's your time and money to do with as you please, and I absolutely support you doing it if you wish.

Okay, I'm parsimonious, but I still don't understand it. Perhaps it's merely a fascination with things shiny.

Carry on.

You can dry tumble in a wet tumbler too!

 

[.45Coltguy]

Loaded 100 of each, Montana Gold FMJ 158 & Berry FP 158

both load are :
6.3 grain of Universal
ready for range day Wednesday 10 yard off hand to qualify my GP100 Canadian reimport. Ready to carry this honey! Super accurate with target .38’s

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This 6.3gr Universal/158's are for .38 spl? May I ask where you obtained this data? Good load for .357 tho. Thanks.

 

[.45Coltguy]

I've been holding on to my 2 lbs wondering if now 45c is it's destiny...

Universal in .45 Colt, correct? If so, you'll really like it. 7.2-7.3gr under a 250gr coated rnfp works rather well in my Uberti and Henry.

 

[Mark_Mark]

This 6.3gr Universal/158's are for .38 spl? May I ask where you obtained this data? Good load for .357 tho. Thanks.

Lyman 49-ish… let me find it

edit: Lee Book

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

Lyman 49-ish… let me find it

The problem is your post reads like you are using .38Spl brass for .357Mag loads.

 

[Mark_Mark]

The problem is your post reads like you are using .38Spl brass for .357Mag loads.

Lee Book … IDK just doing what I read

 

[Mark_Mark]

The problem is your post reads like you are using .38Spl brass for .357Mag loads.

GOT IT!

.357 not .38 . I took english 111 4 time before I passed it. Rockingham NC was not really good with the Kings english

 

[Hooda Thunkit]

GOT IT!

.357 not .38 . I took english 111 4 time before I passed it. Rockingham NC was not really good with the Kings english

That's the problem. We don't speak English on this side of the Pond.

We speak 'Murican.

I don't have a wing, a boot or a bonnet on my wife's sedan, nor do I write a cheque.

 

[Mark_Mark]

That's the problem. We don't speak English on this side of the Pond.

We speak 'Murican.

I don't have a wing, a boot or a bonnet on my wife's sedan, nor do I write a cheque.

well if it wasn’t for Merica, you guy would be speaking German !

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

Lyman 49-ish… let me find it

edit: Lee Book


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You jumped straight to max? No work up?

 

[Mark_Mark]

You jumped straight to max? No work up?

already tested it on my Ruger Six test gun. No pressure signs, actually felt kinda of a light load… I call this round .357 Normal Load

 

[GeoDudeFlorida]

already tested it on my Ruger Six test gun. No pressure signs, actually felt kinda of a light load… I call this round .357 Normal Load

Starting at minimum and working up is finding the best load for a particular firearm and use case. It’s not to find out if your strongest receiver can handle the load.

But whatever. Your powder and primers; your guns.

 

[Charlie98]

Pulled the .348WCF and .30-06 (M1) brass from the tumbler and sorted it by headstamp to get a good count; updated the inventory spreadsheet. Have the .308 brass stewing, now....

 

[AJC1]

Universal in .45 Colt, correct? If so, you'll really like it. 7.2-7.3gr under a 250gr coated rnfp works rather well in my Uberti and Henry.

I'm very low on 250s, I'll be moving to my cast 280 when they are gone

 

[JmacD]

Fiddling with the primer “feeder” on my press. It just won’t feed on it’s own; you have to bump it. I did manage to prime 50 Starline brass. With cci Br2 primers.

We shall see what more gets accomplished this evening.

 

[dobedo]

Drying some 45/70 cases on my high dollar dryer after ultrasonic cleaning. Then loaded up some 350 grain HCGC with 38 grains of LT-32.

 

[Mark_Mark]

Drying some 45/70 cases on my high dollar dryer after ultrasonic cleaning. Then loaded up some 350 grain HCGC with 38 grains of LT-32.
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SMART!

 

[Ray P]

For a while I’ve been using Cascade dishwasher pods. They usually work great inside and outside the case. BUT I still get an inconsistent result. Just like I did with dawn, etc. I’m thinking I need to put in hot water and let it dissolve completely before using. And have considered using distilled wateontr—I already buy plenty for my CPAP machine.

I use distilled water for brass and pin cleaning. A lot less dried water spots on the brass that way.
It's easy to see if my ceramics are dirty, but the pins are less obvious.

Edited to add: Sometimes with the wet tumblers i get black gunk that wont wash off with detergent. Figure it's lanolin somebody used as a lube. A wash tumble with true TSP and hot water usually fixes that.

 

[IALoder]

While being snowed in today, I sized and trimmed a bunch of mixed head stamp .223 brass, and put in the new Lee 9mm stepped powder through expander in the flaring/charging station on my Pro 6000. Almost time to switch presses from the single stage to the progressive!

 

[JmacD]

I wish they’d have just called today! It was a royal mess dealing with the snow!

I did crank out my test ladder.

I stopped at 47 grains. I have no idea how they can fit the 52 grain max compressed or not. Already starting to feel “the right before crunchy” pressure snug feeling when seating.

 

[Charlie98]

Still tumbling brass from Christmas.... today was .308 day. I have 2 of 4 batches done, and I went ahead and sized some of the oddballs... PPU/FC/Hornady.

I found 2 WCC 16 NATO cases in the bunch... so I must have picked those up along with my brass. I also picked up this goofball...

This is a .308 Berdan-primed case that was in my brass. It's not mine... I didn't shoot any of my Berdan stuff. I'm trying to figure out what they did to this thing. There is a groove around the primer pocket... in a moment of brilliance, I discovered it's the same size as... *gasp*...a .308 neck. I have no idea...

 

[JmacD]

Still tumbling brass from Christmas.... today was .308 day. I have 2 of 4 batches done, and I went ahead and sized some of the oddballs... PPU/FC/Hornady.

I found 2 WCC 16 NATO cases in the bunch... so I must have picked those up along with my brass. I also picked up this goofball...

This is a .308 Berdan-primed case that was in my brass. It's not mine... I didn't shoot any of my Berdan stuff. I'm trying to figure out what they did to this thing. There is a groove around the primer pocket... in a moment of brilliance, I discovered it's the same size as... *gasp*...a .308 neck. I have no idea...

Is that one of those French designs?( I think it was that was) that was made to function in a tubular magazine? And the one behind it essentially rode in that groove?