Noz Posted April 17, 2014 Posted April 17, 2014 As I've stated in other threads I've been cleaning up a mess from moving my reloading area. Now I have a real mess on my hands. I've been throwing all empty brass I've found into my open Thumlers Tumbler with the pins in it. I hit a reasonable level so I added chemistry and closed it up. Three hours of tumbling later the cases are so-so but every 44-40 case has either a 38 special case or a 32-20 case in it. Some of the 38s have 32-20s stuck in them. AND I mean STUCK!! The pins have migrated into every tiny opening and wedged the cases together. I haven't tried yet but it looks like a job for needle nose pliers. Makes me rethink my choice of tumbling media. My attitude right now is to go back to the ceramic.
Knot Hardly Dunn, SASS 43113 Posted April 17, 2014 Posted April 17, 2014 Just a thought don't tumble cases that will fit inside each other.
J-BAR #18287 Posted April 17, 2014 Posted April 17, 2014 Bro, I am so sorry you are having trouble, and I'm trying so hard not to laugh....
Buckshot Dobbs Posted April 17, 2014 Posted April 17, 2014 ye sorting brass before tumbling is certainly a good idea.....a practice of the Dobbs household for a great many years......
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted April 17, 2014 Posted April 17, 2014 Expensive lesson. It bad enough when there are only a few mixed brass.
Bugs Bonney SASS # 10171 Posted April 17, 2014 Posted April 17, 2014 I just started using the pins and will warn you that they will also stick in flash holes, two pins wedge together in the hole and require a punch to push them out. I know I always had to sort brass when using corn cob or walnut media because as soon as the smaller case gets inside the larger case cleaning of the smaller case stops. If you were gewtting good results with the ceramic media I'd really like to know what media you were using and where I could get some. I am in the middle of cleaning brass that was in a garage fire. The cases are black and covered in soot and melted plastic from the carriers or boxed they were in. 48 hours of tumbling in the pins is removing all the soot and most of the plastic makin g recovery much easier than trying to clean each case first and then tumble. Thanks Bugs
Jackson Rose, SASS #45478 Posted April 17, 2014 Posted April 17, 2014 Try your inertia bullet puller.
Tom Bullweed Posted April 17, 2014 Posted April 17, 2014 Send any brass with stuck .32-20s and I will send you brass of the same chambering that is not stuck. I cannot find, beg, buy, borrow or steal .32-20 brass. I load .32-20, .32 Mag, and 7.62x25 Tokarev together, .38 and .357 together and .38-40, .44 Sp, .44 Mag, .45 (ACP, CS and Colt) in a third batch.
SOUTH-PACIFIC,SASS #59402 Posted April 17, 2014 Posted April 17, 2014 how does the steel pins work in vibrator cleaners
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted April 17, 2014 Posted April 17, 2014 As I've stated in other threads I've been cleaning up a mess from moving my reloading area. Now I have a real mess on my hands. I've been throwing all empty brass I've found into my open Thumlers Tumbler with the pins in it. I hit a reasonable level so I added chemistry and closed it up. Three hours of tumbling later the cases are so-so but every 44-40 case has either a 38 special case or a 32-20 case in it. Some of the 38s have 32-20s stuck in them. AND I mean STUCK!! The pins have migrated into every tiny opening and wedged the cases together. I haven't tried yet but it looks like a job for needle nose pliers. Makes me rethink my choice of tumbling media. My attitude right now is to go back to the ceramic. Why did you go to pins from ceramic? The 4 people I know who tried 'pins', are now use'n ceramic. LG
Chantry Posted April 18, 2014 Posted April 18, 2014 38/357 cases get stuck inside 45-70 cases real good using walnut. Certain calibers just shouldn't be tumbled together
Noz Posted April 18, 2014 Author Posted April 18, 2014 Try your inertia bullet puller. I like that!!!! Lumpy Grits. The pins had gotten such good reviews, I went looking on the internet and found some for a reasonable price. Frankly they have not, in the few tries I have made, done as well as the ceramic. I know to sort the brass. I've had 38s in 44-40 etc but I have always been able to pull them apart. But the point being, these are seriously stuck. The ceramic I use is from Dick Dastardly. I'd like to find some a little smaller but I don't want to buy 50 pounds.
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted April 18, 2014 Posted April 18, 2014 Noz-Get a hold of Dave Maurer. He has his ceramic media shaped just for cartridge case cleaning. He's on the Shiloh Sharp's Forum and(IIRC)sells through Buffalo Arms Co also. LG
Southpaw Gringo, SASS # 74217 Posted April 19, 2014 Posted April 19, 2014 how does the steel pins work in vibrator cleaners They Dont!
Gunner Gatlin, SASS 10274L Posted April 19, 2014 Posted April 19, 2014 Just a thought don't tumble cases that will fit inside each other. Yup. GG
Three Foot Johnson Posted April 20, 2014 Posted April 20, 2014 Just a thought don't tumble cases that will fit inside each other. That was covered the first morning of Reloading 101.
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted April 20, 2014 Posted April 20, 2014 That was covered the first morning of Reloading 101. while some attendees were wtill getting coffee.
Cheyenne Culpepper 32827 Posted April 20, 2014 Posted April 20, 2014 myself, I prefer soft mats when tumbling, all those little pins hurt my head and back when I do a summersault or a backwards rollover....
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted April 20, 2014 Posted April 20, 2014 HEY NOZ give me a call , I MAY have some in the shed think I got some a long time ago , will take a look this week CB
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