Is there is difference in these stainless steel pins?

[RogerOrange]

I am about to order a wet tumbler. But I am wandering if I should really spend $42.99 at Midway or buy these from Bestbyte for just $6.50

[67Cuda]

The only difference is that Midway removes more money from your bank account for that same product.

Nice find.

[TimRB]

Don't know much about wet tumbling, but if you look carefully you'll see that the Bestbyte deal is for one pound, and Midway is selling four.

Tim

[RogerOrange]

Oeps 5lbs

[67Cuda]

Doh!

[kcstott]

wet tumbling buy itself is a waste of money and time.

[RogerOrange]

What do you suggest for clean primer pockets and insides?

[elpaisa1]

If you buy the Frankford arsenal tumbler it comes with the steel pins

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[RogerOrange]

Thanks, I was just considering cost of operation when I have to get new media..

['ol shooter]

I have a bunch of the small ones, they just sit, 'cause they aren't worth a crap. Stilly's are the best, #@%& the rest. They are bigger, do a better job, and don't get stuck in the flash hole. Besides which, Stilly is a Prince among mortal men, and is always ready to give sound advice. P.M. him.

[baih777]

What do you suggest for clean primer pockets and insides?

After three years, I only bought a small bag of pins to add for the one ones I lost. You don't need to change the pins. Once in a while I just run the tumbler with soap to wash it out.

[stilly]

I am about to order a wet tumbler. But I am wandering if I should really spend $42.99 at Midway or buy these from Bestbyte for just $6.50

There is a difference between pins. If you look at those, first of all as has been pointed out you have 1 lb vs 5 lb.

No biggie there.

But the single lb sucks for sure.

Look at the length. They are 1/4" long. that is about .250 so that means that in some cases (about 1%-5% actually) you will find these pins jammed inside the case going across the case. 9mm, .38, .357, 40, 10mm, .44, .45, you get the picture? Those all have the tendency to jam up pins inside the cases so now you will need to inspect each case because of these stupid little pins that are inside. There is a link in my sig that shows various issues with older styled pins.

And those little pins ALSO like to get caught crossways in the large primer pockets.

TL:DNR: The smaller the pin the faster they clean and the more susceptible to getting jammed somewhere they are. The longer the pin, the slower they clean, but the chances of getting jammed are tremendously reduced.

Ahh now 'Ol Shooter, you sir are too kind.

[kcstott]

What do you suggest for clean primer pockets and insides?

Never had an issue in 28 years of reloading using walnut hulls and corn cobb. But i also don't decap prior to tumbling. i have a hand turned primer pocket tool if needed. I don't bother on handgun ammo nor anything non match grade.
i just tumble it an go. I have better things to do with my time and money. My match ammo is loaded in small batches so personal attention is easy to give. but even then i'm not worried about what the case looks like. I usually get three to four reloadings before i tumble my bass.

[TimRB]

5lbs

Okay, so I'm dislex...dixl...dilex...don't read too well.

Tim

[lead.flyer]

for $6.50+shipping i would give them a whirl.

as previously stated most tumblers ship with 5lbs of media. if you're concerned about operating costs start by using 1/2 of supplied media and set aside the other half for the future. just because you have 5lbs of media doesn't mean you have to use it. i regularly tumble 140 cases of 6.5 creedmoor (i.e. med. size case) and 3 to 3.5 lbs of media is just fine for 1-2 hr tumble depending on desired level of cleanliness. the amount of media you actually use is easily adjustable as needed. i have the STM rebel 17 and it works great. the franklin rotary tumbler has a trough that minimizes media loss. the glass lid also gives you insight into how your brass is interacting with the media.