Brass Processing

[kacerrob]

Does anyone in the Orange County area process brass? I have some older brass for a wildcat cartridge that I am looking to reload. I can de-prime if necessary.

Thanks
Robert

[JackEllis]

What do you mean by "process"? If it's a wildcat and you have the dies (surely you have the dies or you can't load it), you can size it yourself. Trimming it to length might be a bit of a problem IF it needs trimming.

If you're thinking about polishing, the only reason for doing that is appearance. If you want to clean the cases up a bit, some hot water, a dab of dish soap and a minch of Lemishine or some other form of citric acid will get the dirt and make them look pretty nice.

[Divernhunter]

Jack---Trimming is not a problem. The wildcat started as a standard cartridge so the base is something you can get an holder for and the mouth will need to be a common size also so you can get a guide for it. Then it is just a matter of adjusting the trimmer to the correct length.
Same can be said for deburring the flash hole and chamfering the case mouth.
That just leaves tumbling and and if you do much loading you should own one.

[kacerrob]

Thanks. I was looking for the tumbling, cleaning the flash holes. I do not own a tumbler and will look into purchasing one. The brass is 50 years old and wanted to get them shined up.

[divingin]

0000 steel wool and a primer pocket cleaner will handle what you asked for. It won't do the case interior though (but neither will dry tumbling.)

[newbie1234]

Thanks. I was looking for the tumbling, cleaning the flash holes. I do not own a tumbler and will look into purchasing one. The brass is 50 years old and wanted to get them shined up.

The tumbling machine cost from $60 - couple hundred. What is your budget ? How many brass you need to clean a week ?

How about this experiment:
- Get a 2 liter soft drink bottle with the cap.
- Put your small amount (20-30) of the brass in the 2 liter bottle.
- Fill in about half to 3/4 of hot/warm water + dish washer + Lemi Shine and CLOSE THE CAP. See post #2.
- Turn on the TV, watch your favorite gun channel (?) and roll the bottle back and forth with your feet for about one hour.
- Then rinse the brass to see the result. To take out the brass just cut the bottle to a half.

[sirgrumps]

Check out this link. There is a tumbler for sale

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=1637806&highlight=Tumbler