Scrounger
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First, I don’t have any pictures so please don’t ask.
Finally got around to cleaning brass again. For years my media of choice was fine corncob. Recently I came into a large quantity of fine walnut media and decided it was time to try it. The cleaner is the large Dillon model and the brass is once fired military 5.56, not particularly dirty. One 50 cal can cleaned with corncob. One 50 cal can cleaned with walnut.
The first batch with corncob was cleaned for over three hours. It was clean enough to load, shoot and would have been acceptable to most people. The second batch was cleaned with walnut and after only two hours was better looking than the other batch. The walnut removed the staining from the necks better than the corncob.
The thing that was most different was when emptying and sifting the brass. The walnut produces more dust than the corncob, that could also be from the better cleaning action. However, since the emptying and sifting is done outside of the garage it isn’t an issue for me.
Next on the shopping list is a large cement mixer. That should speed things up.
Finally got around to cleaning brass again. For years my media of choice was fine corncob. Recently I came into a large quantity of fine walnut media and decided it was time to try it. The cleaner is the large Dillon model and the brass is once fired military 5.56, not particularly dirty. One 50 cal can cleaned with corncob. One 50 cal can cleaned with walnut.
The first batch with corncob was cleaned for over three hours. It was clean enough to load, shoot and would have been acceptable to most people. The second batch was cleaned with walnut and after only two hours was better looking than the other batch. The walnut removed the staining from the necks better than the corncob.
The thing that was most different was when emptying and sifting the brass. The walnut produces more dust than the corncob, that could also be from the better cleaning action. However, since the emptying and sifting is done outside of the garage it isn’t an issue for me.
Next on the shopping list is a large cement mixer. That should speed things up.