Brass tumbling rant: 50beo + 223

[grammaton76]

So, I decided to tumble a load of brass today, and figured that 50 Beowulf would be too big for 223 to get wedged inside of. So, I tumbled the two calibers together.

MISTAKE! I tumbled about 105 pieces of Beowulf brass, and when I pulled it all out, approximately 100 of them had a 223 casing nice and wedged into them.

Everything's all nice and shiny, as always, but it was somewhat annoying pulling the 223 cases out of the Beowulf cases.

[mike100]

haha, the other week I had a 40s&w case in on of my 45acp's and it fed all the way down the feed tube to my depriming station. I was really cramming the handle and it wasn't coming out doubled up the way it was.

40s&w is satans caliber..bending over for nothing everytime when I'm brass scrounging.

[thmpr]

Gram,
Thanks for the heads up. Finally got my dies and will start loading them up this saturday. Wont mix anything with the beowulf brass smaller than a 308.

[6172crew]

Gram,
Thanks for the heads up. Finally got my dies and will start loading them up this saturday. Wont mix anything with the beowulf brass smaller than a 308.

Just noticed your on the islands, which one? I have family on the big one in Hilo.... funny thing one of the guys has mor goodies than I could count but they arent allowed FMJ so he cant really shoot any of his military type rifles without spending big bucks on ammo.

[Technical Ted]

I've never used them, but Lyman markets mesh bags that you use to segregate brass in a tumbler. They call them "Brass Baggies" and their list price is $5.25 for 12.

They're the yellow rectangles in the package

Brass Baggies-Allows you to keep different batches of cases separate during the cleaning process. Use inside Tumbler while cleaning.

Brass Baggies (12 pack) Item #7631391

[Tzvia]

I just save the plastic baggies from fruit/veggies. You know, the stuff that onions and apples come in. The stronger ones will last a tumble or two. The lyman ones (I have two packages of 'em) will last 4 or 5 tumbles before they start breaking. I double bag the grocery store ones to be on the safe side. While I don't mix brass sizes if they can fit one in the other, I do seperate out different batches (headstamp, times fired) and it works. It is also easy to just lift out the bag and pour out the media (wearing lead filtering mask) so I don't need a seperator either.

[tankerman]

454 with 38 spl and 357's jammed inside. I know the feeling

[taloft]

40s&w is satans caliber..bending over for nothing everytime when I'm brass scrounging.

bwahahah, I did this to one of the regulars at the range yesterday. He kept bending over and picking up my .40s&w cases. He was shooting .45acp and he reloads. Everytime he got one of mine he'd mutter dammit under his breath and toss the case.

[Technical Ted]

I just save the plastic baggies from fruit/veggies. You know, the stuff that onions and apples come in. The stronger ones will last a tumble or two. The lyman ones (I have two packages of 'em) will last 4 or 5 tumbles before they start breaking. I double bag the grocery store ones to be on the safe side. While I don't mix brass sizes if they can fit one in the other, I do seperate out different batches (headstamp, times fired) and it works. It is also easy to just lift out the bag and pour out the media (wearing lead filtering mask) so I don't need a seperator either.

Thanks for the tip.

[Tzvia]

Thanks for the tip.

As the weather gets nicer, I shoot more so I buy more fruit . I eat healther every summer it seems as I run around Trader Joes buying bags of apples and mandarin oranges and then forcing myself to eat them So the next time you are in Trader Joes and see a lady with a cart full of fruit, that's me