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  • Timmm
    Member
    • Oct 2010
    • 141

    Cleaning Medium?

    I remember reading some posts about buying cheap cleaning medium at petfood store's. What do I ask for, what do they use it for?

    A little help Thanks Tim
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    bumpo628
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2009
    • 1142

    Crushed walnut shells
    Ronald Reagan once said that the most terrifying words in the English language are: "I'm from the government and I'm here to help".
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    • #3
      TKM
      Onward through the fog!
      CGN Contributor
      • Jul 2002
      • 10657

      FYI,,, Walnut good, corn cob bad.

      Lizard owners don't have to pry little chunks of corn cob out of their critters necks with a dental pick to have fun with them.
      It's not PTSD, it's nostalgia.

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      • #4
        Chief-7700
        Veteran Member
        • May 2008
        • 3382

        Originally posted by TKM
        FYI,,, Walnut good, corn cob bad.

        Lizard owners don't have to pry little chunks of corn cob out of their critters necks with a dental pick to have fun with them.
        I have better results with corn cob and Dillon's Rapid Polish!

        XL-650 to feed the: .45ACP's Les Baer Concept V, Ruger SR 1911, Ruger Nightwatchman,custom built Colt M1911, Springfield .45ACP Loaded.. 9MM SA Range Officer,Ruger P-85, Springfield Stainless 9MM loaded, SA 9MM 5.25" XDM, Springfield 9mm Stainless Range Officer, STI double stack .45ACP.
        IDPA A41750 Safety Officer
        NRA Certified RSO
        "Stay out of the deep end of the pool; correct the problem with your credit card, not your dremel!"

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        • #5
          bumpo628
          Senior Member
          • Nov 2009
          • 1142

          If grain size is your problem with the corn media (Wal Mart stuff is pretty large), then try the Drillspot blast media. Free 3 Business Day Shipping with either one.

          $25.88 - Corn Cob Blast Media, 40 Lbs
          Nominal Dia. Max. 0.0551"
          Nominal Dia. Min. 0.0236"


          $23.11 - Corn Cob Blast Media, 40 Lbs
          Nominal Dia. Max. 0.0393"
          Nominal Dia. Min. 0.0167"
          Last edited by bumpo628; 02-12-2011, 10:31 PM.
          Ronald Reagan once said that the most terrifying words in the English language are: "I'm from the government and I'm here to help".
          Download my alloy calculator here: http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=105952

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          • #6
            Eat Dirt
            Calguns Addict
            • Nov 2007
            • 9581

            Originally posted by TKM
            FYI,,, Walnut good, corn cob bad.

            Lizard owners don't have to pry little chunks of corn cob out of their critters necks with a dental pick to have fun with them.

            I.ve been useing Walnut for some time now

            Why is the corn cob better or worse ?
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            I miss the Good 'ol days of Cal -Guns

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            • #7
              TKM
              Onward through the fog!
              CGN Contributor
              • Jul 2002
              • 10657

              Cool, the CGN braintrust comes through again.

              I use the wallyworld corncob with my big stuff, but it inevitably gets mixed in with the rifle mix. Nothing like trying to decap milspec primers and Orville Redenbacher rejects through the same flash hole.
              It's not PTSD, it's nostalgia.

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              • #8
                Chief-7700
                Veteran Member
                • May 2008
                • 3382

                Go to your local feed store and ask for 1/8" corn cob. My local feed store has it in stock for reloaders.

                XL-650 to feed the: .45ACP's Les Baer Concept V, Ruger SR 1911, Ruger Nightwatchman,custom built Colt M1911, Springfield .45ACP Loaded.. 9MM SA Range Officer,Ruger P-85, Springfield Stainless 9MM loaded, SA 9MM 5.25" XDM, Springfield 9mm Stainless Range Officer, STI double stack .45ACP.
                IDPA A41750 Safety Officer
                NRA Certified RSO
                "Stay out of the deep end of the pool; correct the problem with your credit card, not your dremel!"

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                • #9
                  LGB Loader
                  Senior Member
                  • Jun 2008
                  • 727

                  Tim,

                  What city are you located in?? If you are near Long beach, PM me.

                  LGB
                  Training in The Peaceful Art to achieve unnatural naturalness and natural unnaturalness, BEcoming WATER while serving The Great I AM.

                  John 3:16

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                  • #10
                    mrrsquared79
                    Senior Member
                    • Mar 2009
                    • 807

                    My local feed store has a 50 lb bag of walnut for ~$14.50 out the door!! I will never again buy the stuff that has the expensive label that reads: tumbling corn cob/walnut media.
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                    • #11
                      RaymondMillbrae
                      Veteran Member
                      • Jun 2009
                      • 2659

                      I use walnut myself, and the feed stores are the way to go.

                      Click on the tutorials below.

                      In Christ: Raymond
                      Some of my tutorials:

                      RELOADING .223 VIDEO
                      HOME MADE RECOIL SPRING TESTER
                      SHORTENING THE LOP ON AN FN SLP SHOTGUN
                      INSTALLING SIGHTS ONTO A REMMY 870P
                      HORNADY 366 AUTO - INTRO OF PRESS & SLUG COMPONENTS (Part 1)
                      HORNADY 366 AUTO - PROGRESSIVE RELOADING OF LYMAN SABOT SLUGS (Part 2)

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                      • #12
                        Cowboy T
                        Calguns Addict
                        • Mar 2010
                        • 5725

                        Forget the feed stores, just buy Dillon corn cob and DON'T LOOK BACK!

                        "San Francisco Liberal With A Gun"
                        F***ing with people's heads, one gun show at a time. Hallelujah!
                        http://www.sanfranciscoliberalwithagun.com (reloading info w/ videos)
                        http://www.liberalsguncorner.com (podcast)
                        http://www.youtube.com/sfliberal (YouTube channel)
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                        • #13
                          bumpo628
                          Senior Member
                          • Nov 2009
                          • 1142

                          Anybody ever try rice?
                          Ronald Reagan once said that the most terrifying words in the English language are: "I'm from the government and I'm here to help".
                          Download my alloy calculator here: http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=105952

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                          • #14
                            EmmaGoldman
                            Member
                            • Jan 2011
                            • 369

                            Originally posted by bumpo628
                            Anybody ever try rice?
                            Tell us how it works! I'm guessing it might break up.
                            Left, not "liberal", not what gets called "left" in American politics, Actually Left, like the government shouldn't be set up to favor certain groups, radically and fanatically left, like the ideas in the American Constitution (except that crap about 3/5ths of a person).

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                            • #15
                              RaymondMillbrae
                              Veteran Member
                              • Jun 2009
                              • 2659

                              I have heard bad things about rice.

                              Something in regards to stickiness and a bad residue.

                              In Christ: Raymond
                              Some of my tutorials:

                              RELOADING .223 VIDEO
                              HOME MADE RECOIL SPRING TESTER
                              SHORTENING THE LOP ON AN FN SLP SHOTGUN
                              INSTALLING SIGHTS ONTO A REMMY 870P
                              HORNADY 366 AUTO - INTRO OF PRESS & SLUG COMPONENTS (Part 1)
                              HORNADY 366 AUTO - PROGRESSIVE RELOADING OF LYMAN SABOT SLUGS (Part 2)

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