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  • hundy
    CGN/CGSSA Contributor
    CGN Contributor
    • Jun 2013
    • 550

    Tumbling brass post reload

    I have been reloading for quite awhile. I have always tumbled my brass with media and polish prior to reloading. I was curious if anyone has ever tumbled brass after reloading. I was considering tumbling my bottle neck rifle rounds after reloading to get the lube and every thing that sticks to the lube during the reload process.
    Now I have not done this yet, because I cant help but wonder if that is safe. I don't really see the harm, but the thought is there.
    I was considering maybe 30 minutes in straight corn media just to remove all the stuff from the process.

    Thank you

    Jay
  • #2
    Bikertrash
    Senior Member
    • Feb 2011
    • 1079

    I do it without any issues.

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    • #3
      Germz
      Vendor/Retailer
      • Apr 2013
      • 4691

      IN BEFORE SOMEONE CLAIMS ITS SUPER DANGEROUS AND SAYS, "DON'T DO IT!!!!"

      Seriously. It's fine though...they will not explode or ignite, anyone who states that it's a definite is just spreading FUD.
      I tumbled 9mm for some 4 hours or so and guess what? Nothing went boom.
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      • #4
        hundy
        CGN/CGSSA Contributor
        CGN Contributor
        • Jun 2013
        • 550

        Thank you

        Thank you for the replies. I did not think anything would happen, but I feel better asking. I appreciate the help

        Jay

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        • #5
          highpower790
          Veteran Member
          • Jun 2013
          • 3481

          the possibility is their to increase the burning rate of the powder.
          Keep it simple!

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          • #6
            Germz
            Vendor/Retailer
            • Apr 2013
            • 4691

            Originally posted by highpower790
            the possibility is their to increase the burning rate of the powder.
            an hour in a tumbler does not even compare to the amount of rattling, rumbling, and jiggling that factory ammunition undertakes as it's being produced, packaged, palletized, shipped, and sold.

            the ammo will be fine
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            • #7
              Full Clip
              I need a LIFE!!
              • Dec 2006
              • 10260

              I've also tumbled tarnished old factory ammo, just to make it pretty again...

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              • #8
                Bumslie
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                CGN Contributor
                • Oct 2011
                • 5358

                seriously my post from yesterday...

                Originally posted by Bumslie
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                • #9
                  'ol shooter
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                  • Mar 2011
                  • 4646

                  Honestly don't know why I would need to tumble these again.
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                  • #10
                    Braddah Jay
                    Member
                    • May 2012
                    • 395

                    Just the thought of one of the bullet tips from a 223/556 making contact on one of the primers on another round just makes me a little nervous.

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                    • #11
                      OldShooter32
                      Senior Member
                      • Jan 2012
                      • 2051

                      I tumble the brass to remove the lube after resizing before priming and trimming. Why wait until they are loaded? You don't need lube in a seating die.
                      "If we make enough laws, we can all be criminals."

                      Walnut media for bright brass
                      http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/s...d.php?t=621214

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                      • #12
                        Bumslie
                        CGN/CGSSA Contributor
                        CGN Contributor
                        • Oct 2011
                        • 5358

                        Originally posted by Braddah Jay
                        Just the thought of one of the bullet tips from a 223/556 making contact on one of the primers on another round just makes me a little nervous.
                        Carry loose rounds in an ammo can?

                        There's nothing wrong with being cautious, but spreading fud (like the self defense shooting your own reloads crap) is different


                        Originally posted by OldShooter32
                        I tumble the brass to remove the lube after resizing before priming and trimming. Why wait until they are loaded? You don't need lube in a seating die.
                        I use a lube die for reloading 223. So from clean empty case to finish product in one sitting. Different stokes for different folks.
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                        • #13
                          stilly
                          I need a LIFE!!
                          • Jul 2009
                          • 10680

                          But the REAL question remains...

                          What would happen if you tumbled wet + ss post loading?

                          certainly would need to seal the primers and bullets I would think...
                          7 Billion people on the planet. They aint ALL gonna astronauts. Some will get hit by trains...

                          Need GOOD SS pins to clean your brass? Try the new and improved model...



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                          • #14
                            SonofWWIIDI
                            I need a LIFE!!
                            • Nov 2011
                            • 21583

                            We need a YouTube video showing how much force it takes to ignite a primer.

                            Maybe a primer in a sawed off case (no pill), locked into a vice or something and a way to take the tip of a 5.56 pill and tap on the primer with various amounts of force until it goes bang.

                            Personally I don't think that the energy exerted inside a tumbler would be sufficient to ignite the primer. Even if the tip of a projectile struck it squarely.

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                            • #15
                              Kurgan
                              Veteran Member
                              • Dec 2012
                              • 2942

                              I've tumbled tens of thousands of loaded pistol rounds.

                              How do you think factory ammo is cleaned after loading?
                              My mother always told me to be careful what you ask for.

                              Just one more piece of parental advice I stupidly ignored.

                              <shrug>

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