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[drifter001]

[baranski]

Wet tumbling with stainless can bring almost anything back from near death.



As for the press, I'd vote Dillon without question.

[drifter001]

Wet tumbling with stainless can bring almost anything back from near death.



As for the press, I'd vote Dillon without question.

Any wet tumblers you recommend?

[baranski]

Any wet tumblers you recommend?

I'm only about 100,000 rounds in, but the Frankfort Arsenal seems to be holding up well.

I would also suggest Southern Shine media (incredible stuff).

[drifter001]

I'm only about 100,000 rounds in, but the Frankfort Arsenal seems to be holding up well.

I would also suggest Southern Shine media (incredible stuff).

What do you use to dry them?

[divingin]

I use a dedicated dehydrator (about $80 on Amazon, as I recall.) I did make up some rack replacements that hold the brass mouth-down at about a 45 degree angle to eliminate pooling in the case. The disadvantage with that is I can only use every other or every third rack slot, depending on case length. Cases dry in an hour at 70C (probably faster, but an hour is the easiest to set.)

You can use the regular racks, but you'll need to figure out your run time to dry them completely.

Alternatively, you can use an oven set to anything less than about 400F. Or just set them outside, out of the rain, until they're dry.

[drifter001]

I use a dedicated dehydrator (about $80 on Amazon, as I recall.) I did make up some rack replacements that hold the brass mouth-down at about a 45 degree angle to eliminate pooling in the case. The disadvantage with that is I can only use every other or every third rack slot, depending on case length. Cases dry in an hour at 70C (probably faster, but an hour is the easiest to set.)

You can use the regular racks, but you'll need to figure out your run time to dry them completely.

Alternatively, you can use an oven set to anything less than about 400F. Or just set them outside, out of the rain, until they're dry.

Cool deal. Thanks much for the info

[anyracoon]

Plus one for Dillon

[slayer61]

Just for options, I am a believer in dry tumbling and my LnL.

My first tumbler was a Frankfort Arsenal and it lasted about 5 years before it started making a different kinda noise, & I replaced it with a Lyman PRO. It doesn't have enough miles on it to make any critical comments about it yet, but it's quieter than the FA.

I chose the Hornady over the Dillon because the Hornady powder hopper is made from iron and the Dillon was made from pot metal. That's it.

[ar15barrels]

As far as case tumbling goes.
Still have no idea which method to go with.
Some of my brass has been sitting for a while so it’s pretty dirty.
Thanks for all the help

Wet tumbling is more work than dry tumbling because of the case drying.

With dry tumbling, you just use a media separator to shake/tumble the cases until the media falls out.
Then the brass is ready to load immediately.
Separating dry media is dusty so you should do it outside.

With wet tumbling, you have to deal with drying as well as the cases being TOO clean.
Dry tumbling leaves a little bit of walnut/corn dust on the cases which acts as a dry lube.
This protects the cases and dies from galling.
With wet lubed cases, you have an extra step to dry lube the case necks and case mouths so they don't gall to the expander.

The easiest way to dry lube cases is to run the cleaned cases in a dry media tumbler.
So with wet tumbling, you end up buying two tumblers and dry media while with dry media tumbling, you only need to buy one tumbler.

[ysr_racer]

For me, it was s choice between a 23 step process for wet tumbling, or a 3 step process for dry tumbling

[bhilliker@comcast.net]

I prefer wet tumbling as I like my brass shinny. I have enough stockpiled brass that drying isn't an issue as it sets for a very long time before I use it. If I do need it during colder months I use a foil pan like for turkeys and put it in the oven for 5-6 minters and good to go. I use a 1 gallon zip lock---fill it half full, give the side of the bag a 4 second burst of hornady one shot---close bag tumble a round and dump em in the brass feeder and good to go. I have found that using lyman cleaner I really don't need the stainless media pins and they still come out clean.

[P-14]

Have been dry tumbling for years, my goal is to clean the brass of soot and dirt, not to make it like new. It all shoots the same and the cost and time is lower. Could not stand separating the steel pins the drying the brass making sure there was no moisture in the case. It looks nice to have shinny brass but I am the only one that see it, so I opted for less time and hassle.
However that’s up to you, again it all shot the same.
Good luck.

[drifter001]

Thanks everyone for your input

[racinjason233]

I also vote Dillon. I wish I would have bought LnL said no one ever with a blue machine.

If my brass hits the dirt I use hot water dawn dish soap and lemi shine in a bucket to remove the rocks and dirt. Stir it around a little and leave in the sun or dehydrator then tumble in dry media.