When I first started reloading I didn't have a large budget. I used an emptied peanut butter jar with some Amazon steel pins, laundry soap, citric acid from the canning supplies and hot water. Then I just sat down and shook the jar with everything in it for 5 minutes, let sit for 5 minutes repeat until the water has gone from hot to cool about an hour and a half. My first 3,000 rounds were done that way. Then I got a Frankford Arsenal Lite as a gift from my wife. (a woman who appreciates less expensive but quality ammo. I've seen her shoot a golf ball at 30 yards with a different handguns many times. Yes, I'm happily married.)

Thanks for your explanationation men, really clear to me.

Great video and great looking brass

I'm poor AF! So I just use a 5 gallon bucket, fill it 2/3 full of brass, add hot water, staples, Dawn/Lemi Shine and roll the bucket for a distance of about 3 miles. I couldn't be happier with the results...I got clean sparkly brass and I'm fit AF yo!😀

@gscotty311

Жыл бұрын

@@thereloadingcraft I'll film my process one of these days! You'll just have to ignore the haters I get along my brass route...assholes!

I just ordered the FART. I’m excited to get it.

Have you seen pins getting stuck inside of the casings before (have you seen pins come out during your wax/rinse)?

I was wondering if lemishine + dawn combo was enough. Seems like stainless steel pins for agitation was missing from the equation. Great work!

@jamesmlsna2731

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, I found that a good wash and wax is great for protecting the brass as well. It's helpful to store brass in an airtight if limited air environment. Like Ziploc bags, plastic containers and such. Exposure to open air environment will tarnish brass much more quickly.

@pashabeigi5854

5 ай бұрын

Its definitely enough

In the beginning you mention armor all wash and wax……when do you use that. I watched the video twice to see if I missed you doing that but you didn’t. Thank you! Great video!

@thereloadingcraft

Жыл бұрын

Great question, I technically use it twice-once with lemishine for the second wash cycle, and then after everything has been rinsed and pins are removed for a final coating wash (maybe 5 mins worth) to properly wax everything to prevent from tarnishing.

@Skeetersbuzz

Жыл бұрын

@@thereloadingcraft i have wet tumbled 100’s of thousands of cases and even have a few wet tumble videos of my own up. I have never used any wax and have never had any cases tarnish 🤷🏻‍♂️ I would think that the wax would help prevent the powder drop from sticking.

@thereloadingcraft

Жыл бұрын

Part of it depends on climate, the other part depends on the acidity in your skin 😅 It DOES help with the powder drop/expander from sticking, and makes seating more consistent as well. The actual wax coating is incredibly thin and doesn’t affect any function or gum things up, but it does protect them well. What do you use as your tumbling media/solution?

@Skeetersbuzz

Жыл бұрын

@@thereloadingcraft I use 1/4 tsp. Of lemi-shine, 2 healthy squirts of blue dawn and 10 pounds of pins in 2 different sizes!

Does the spoon come with the Lemi Shine or where can I get it? Thanks!!

Throw 3 Tbsp shinebrite burnishing compound in with the lemishine and soap

@thereloadingcraft

Жыл бұрын

Can’t say as I’m familiar with it. Does it work off of chemical action or is it an abrasive?

Where can i buy that sifter tray from?

The pins can stick to the side of wet case as well as be stuck in weird angles. Dry tumbling helps. But it just takes one pin still in a case to ruin a barrel. Im back to walnut. I really dont care if the primer pocket is shiny on mixed brass plinking ammo

@thereloadingcraft

Жыл бұрын

I had a viewer suggest to me that when I tumble the brass to remove the pins, to let the bottom of the drum ride in a bucket full of water. (Frankford Arsenal media separator) It works WONDERS and in several tumbler loads I haven’t found a single remaining pin in any of the cases. I think the water rushing into and out of the cases pulls the pins out, while destroying surface tension.

do you tumble before or after sizing? I always thought it was better to size clean brass, to avoid contaminants damaging brass, or dies.

@thereloadingcraft

Жыл бұрын

It depends on how dirty the brass is. Unless it’s been dropped in mud or fine gravel that would be abrasive on the sizing die, I tumble after sizing. A little bit of firing carbon buildup actually helps when running an expander mandrel through the neck on rifle cartridges, and the little bit of soot on pistol cartridges doesn’t hurt. I prefer to tumble after sizing and depriming, so the case lube is removed and primer pockets cleaned.

@canonmanmart

Жыл бұрын

@@thereloadingcraft That makes sense, when I dry, vibratory tumble, I give it a quick tumble before sizing, then thorough tumble after deprime/ size. But wet tumbling is a bit more involved so I wanted to avoid doing it twice.

That looks like more work than dry-media vibrating, but the results look great. I see that you de-prime before tumbling, so do you use a de-primer, or actually re-size and de-prime first?

@phild8095

2 жыл бұрын

@@thereloadingcraft I deprime furst but I wouldn't risk scratching my resize dies by running dirty brass through them.

@ucfsub

Жыл бұрын

@Rider's-Range it's a good idea to deprime before wet tumbling, the lead styphnate in the primers is some nasty stuff, it makes the wet tumbling water very toxic.

Ive had this for a while but only used it today,,I noticed the rear 2 wheels don`t spin only the 2 front ones,is this normal? my weight was under 30lbs,,

@andrewmontreal

2 жыл бұрын

@@thereloadingcraft phheeewww,,,thanks,,I was worried I might have to return it which is a hassle,,I had under 8lbs of brass,,5lbs of steel pins,rest water,,and it would not turn the tumbler I was afraid I blew something

Try only running it initally for 30 minutes instead of 2 hours. Mine come out looking like new brass that way. 50% of the brass is typically range pickups that are fairly dirty.

@DeanAdams

2 жыл бұрын

@@thereloadingcraft 30 minutes cleaning time and maybe 30 minutes with the wash/wax if you feel it's required. I've only cleaned it in the past with case lube (lanolin spray) to keep the brass from sticking when I get to the reloading point. De-prime, swage the pockets so they're all uniform, trim to length, de-burr, tumble for 30 minutes, dry it all, anneal and finally start loading.

@thescbaron

2 жыл бұрын

@@thereloadingcraft The chips do a MUCH better job cleaning.

Are those stainless pins just cylindrical roller bearings?

@phild8095

2 жыл бұрын

stainless wire cut to length in a low budget factory.

Where did you get the separating sifter from? And what is it called?

@thereloadingcraft

8 ай бұрын

It’s been so long since I got it, I’m genuinely not sure. I think Midway carries them and maybe Brownells

What sifter are you using in your bucket?

@thereloadingcraft

Жыл бұрын

That is just the 9/223 filter from the 3 filter set available in a bunch of reloading retailers for sorting brass. I think I got mine from either Midway or Ben Stoeger Pro Shops.

is it okay if i dont remove primer at this stage?

@thereloadingcraft

Жыл бұрын

Yes and no. The issue you run into by not removing the primer first before wet tumbling is it holds moisture, as well as can “copper weld” the primer into the pocket, so when you go to deprime it it just breaks off the end of the primer and leaves the primer walls in the primer pocket. Also if you decap first, it will actually clean the pocket and not require any post-cleaning before you re-prime.

Corn cob tumbler works way better and is easier .brass comes out brighter .I have a ss tumbler and never use it

@thereloadingcraft

5 ай бұрын

Safe to say you’re doing something wrong with your SS tumbler if corn cob is looking better. A large portion of the reloaders I’ve talked to get better results with SS wet tumbling, and can even recover tarnished and corroded brass to like new. It’s more aggressive than corn cob or even walnut, and as long as your tumbling solution is correct and your brass doesn’t have case lube on it (unless it’s water soluble lube, then it’s fine) you should be fine. I made the mistake a few years ago of trying to tumble lanolin-lubed cases without degreasing them first and they looked terrible, because the lanolin is very hard to break down. I used a degreaser rinse first, then tumbled and they came out perfect. Just my $0.02 though, not saying you have to change if it works for you, just that stainless tumbling done right is extremely hard to beat.

Get yourself the tumbler with the box. As you tumble, they are rinsed in water in the box. The pin all comes out and lays in the bottom of the box. Key point. Doing wet tumbling is a pain if not done correctly. When done with the correct gear, it is easy and ultra-fast. By the way, I built up to everything I use now. I started as cheap as I could go. Looking back, it was a painful process getting brass ready back them and took so long to complete.

@thereloadingcraft

Жыл бұрын

Ooo that’s an extent idea