Cleaning Brass - Help

[USN CHIEF]

i've tried to size and deprime my brass, but always seem to get bits of media in the primer pocket. any way to prevent getting that stuck, or do i just have to dig it out with a safety pin?

Sure, put some Duck Tape on both ends of each piece of brass



















































No, but seriously, there really is not a way to prevent it. You can get a universal decaping pin and use that on your station one when you are ready to reload to knock out the media from the primer Pocket.

[Budd]

Corn cob media does not work as well as walnut.

Woa - what?

I always thought corn cob media was more abrasive than walnut.

:scratches head:

[Sunwolf]

Woa - what?

I always thought corn cob media was more abrasive than walnut.

:scratches head:

Quite the opposite.

[Army GI]

Seems like the line between effective preparation and OCD is often crossed in reloading. As a new reloader, I appreciate it when sometime lets me know when something is just a waste of time and unecessary.

Indeed. +1 to Rayra. I can't stand these OCD guys who make things that are more complicated that they need to be.

Rayra, tell him about those guys that tumble their brass like 4 times just for one loading sequence whereas you only tumble twice.

[Sunwolf]

I tumble 3 times,once in walnut,next in corn and the final in old socks to take the lube off after they are sized.

[diginit]

I tumble 3 times,once in walnut,next in corn and the final in old socks to take the lube off after they are sized.

Does your brass smell funny?
Couldn't resist....
Don't use any polish with ammonia in it. It weakens the brass.
I like the Nu finish and shiny brass. I still use corn cobb and it does take awhile. Switching to a 50/50 mix walnut and cobb when I get around to it.
I use a pick from what else? A nutcracker set. To clean the media from the pockets, It's easy to hold on to and nice and sharp. You'll find other uses for it too. Guess an ice pick would work also.

[ghostwong]

Thank You all for the info. If you have What does the old dryer sheets and paper do??

[dreyna14]

The dryer sheets help prolong the life of the media. They absorb a lot of powder, carbon, and other junk.

[Sunwolf]

Does your brass smell funny?
Couldn't resist....
Don't use any polish with ammonia in it. It weakens the brass.
I like the Nu finish and shiny brass. I still use corn cobb and it does take awhile. Switching to a 50/50 mix walnut and cobb when I get around to it.
I use a pick from what else? A nutcracker set. To clean the media from the pockets, It's easy to hold on to and nice and sharp. You'll find other uses for it too. Guess an ice pick would work also.

Nope,clean old socks with golf balls tied in them!

[ar15barrels]

Seems like the line between effective preparation and OCD is often crossed in reloading.

So you have spent 10 minutes crawling on hands and knees to find that 50th piece of brass too?

[ar15barrels]

You can get a universal decaping pin and use that on your station one when you are ready to reload to knock out the media from the primer Pocket.

Some people still reload on single stage presses.

[CSACANNONEER]

Some people still reload on single stage presses.

I have it on good authority that AR15barrels owns and operates at least on single stage press! I'm assuming this based on the fact that I've never heard him mention that he owns a Hollywood progressive press yet, he does reload 50BMGs. So, it's safe to say that he loads them with a single stage press.

[ar15barrels]

I have it on good authority that AR15barrels owns and operates at least on single stage press! I'm assuming this based on the fact that I've never heard him mention that he owns a Hollywood progressive press yet, he does reload 50BMGs. So, it's safe to say that he loads them with a single stage press.

I have 4 single stage presses, a turret press and an arbor press.

And I'm in the market for a big hollywood.
This lee classic cast is WAY too short to really load 50...

[ghostwong]

How is this? 50/50 mix of Corn/Walnut, with paper and a used dryer sheet and nu - finish.

The walnut I saw at Petco is fine, not like the corn which is course in apperance.

[ar15barrels]

The walnut I saw at Petco is fine, not like the corn which is course in apperance.

No matter if it's walnut or corn, you want the granules to be no larger than a 1/16" cube.
The smaller the better.
A lot of the corn cobs I see are like 1/8" cubes and they won't go inside or come back out of rifle cases very well.

Also, do you really need the brass cleaner than this?



That's JUST walnut treated with 3M rubbing compound.