Tumbling riffle brass

[bhilliker@comcast.net]

I posted the other day I am going to switch from hand gun loading to riffle loading. One question I have tumbling riffle brass. I currently use a wet tumbler with SS media. Is that a good system for riffle brass??

Thanks

[baih777]

Yes

[Featureless]

I use a dry vibe tumbler with some walnut shells, a little nu finish car wax and some used dryer sheets to keep the media clean.

[highpower790]

Walnut shell tumble.I don't need bright shiny brass when its in a rifle chamber.

[67Cuda]

You're good to go.

[J-cat]

I posted the other day I am going to switch from hand gun loading to riffle loading. One question I have tumbling riffle brass. I currently use a wet tumbler with SS media. Is that a good system for riffle brass??

Thanks

[bohoki]

its a bit harder to get the media out of bottleneck cases compared to say 45acp

[Sir Toast]

Yeah, but stainless is a pain with bottleneck cases.

Do not bother with walnut media or corn cob media. Use buckwheat! It does a better job, closer to stainless, and much faster. Four hours with buckwheat is like 8 with other media, but not stainless.

I just use buckwheat and don't bother with wet stainless. I've used both and have both.

Just my 2 cents

[ar15barrels]

I posted the other day I am going to switch from hand gun loading to riffle loading. One question I have tumbling riffle brass. I currently use a wet tumbler with SS media. Is that a good system for riffle brass??

Thanks

Make sure you get EVERY pin out when you are separating the brass and pins.
I have seen a few muzzle devices get trashed when a pin was missed and then sent down the barrel behind a bullet.

[JackEllis]

...or you could simply not tumble at all. I wash my cases in a little Dawn and Lemishine with hot water and it gets them clean enough, including the primer pockets.

If you do decide to tumble, buckwheat is good, it’s durable, and it can be cleaned by tumbling the media with a bit of mineral spirits (don’t use water) and dryer sheets or cut up paper towels to absorb the dirt.

[NorCalFocus]

Stainless pins can chew up your case mouths. For bulk rounds you may not care too much. But for match ammo and premium brass that I run, I care.

[J-cat]

Yeah, but stainless is a pain with bottleneck cases.

[kcheung2]

There's lots of different methods & opinions for tumbling rifle brass, just like there's lots of opinions about pistol brass. But in your 46,000 rounds of pistol brass you've tumbled, you've presumably come up with a method that works for you. When you transition to rifle brass, carry on...

[tonyjr]

I don't know about buckwheat [ I have not found yet , but have not
looked just for it ]
I have had SS pins , walnut and corn stuck in cases and primer holes .
I put the cases on top of vibrator [ in a bunt cake pan ] and let them
shake loose the stuff .
As for stuff in primer pockets - easy to find since I hand prime .

[longrange1]

Stainless pins can chew up your case mouths. For bulk rounds you may not care too much. But for match ammo and premium brass that I run, I care.

i shoot matches and use premium brass and dont have any issues and ive been SS tumbling for 8yrs and tumble every time.

SS tumbling does pein the mouths a little but after sizing and trimming none of that matters...if the mouths are peined so bad its causing a problem then its from tumbling 50 or less pieces at a time....but even then sizing and trimming will fix that.