That’s nice and all, but what does that have to do with the reloading?
Methane powered?
That’s nice and all, but what does that have to do with the reloading?
Methane powered?
Have a vibratory tumbler and ultrasonic cleaner, but have been looking into the FART, supposed to be awesome for steel/Ti suppressors too. I normally tumble range brass, size/decap/trim then clean again before loading, would be nice to just dump all the dirt from range brass instead of keeping it in the corncob media.
I have a FA Lite tumbler, and use it for brass cleaning with SS pins. It does a good job, seems to be sturdy, and I would recommend it. However, I have identified two issues with it: one a design issue; and the other a use issue. I have modified the tumbler and my cleaning procedure to help with these issues.
1) I noticed that cases and pins tumbling in the "round" sections of the barrel (as opposed to the hexagonal portion) simply did not tumble, but stayed in the same place as the tumbler went round and round. To address this I shaped and screwed in two small 1/2" wide acetyl plastic "paddles" into the grooves of the round sections, on alternate sides (180 degrees apart - top and bottom). Now there is no "dead spot" when the tumbler is in motion, and all cases get equally tumbled in the pins.
2) I've mentioned this here before. If you have cases with chamfered/deburred neck mouths, and even with non-deburred necks, and leave them in the tumbler running for too long, the brass edges at the case mouth can get flattened, and can actually form a lip that sticks out into the neck inside diameter space and outside, forming a definite lip. This inner and outer lip can affect or alter neck tension during neck sizing. While this may not be significant for "blasting ammo", it is for precision reloading. I've found that if tumbling is limited to 1 to 1.5 hours, no lip is formed.