Stainless Steel Media Pins

[Buckshot Bear]

Still waiting for my wet tumbler to arrive, how do you store your Stainless Steel Media Pins? I've seen some youtube vids where they pick them up with a magnet so that means that they aren't high marine grade stainless. Do they rust if stored wet?

[Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933]

Mine have not.  I store them in the tumbler.

[Buckshot Bear]

1 minute ago, Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 said:

Mine have not.  I store them in the tumbler.

 

Thanks Larsen (pretend thumbs up emoji) 

[Chief Rick]

Mine are still stored in the plastic bag they were packaged in when they were shipped.

[Sedalia Dave]

Leave then in the tumbler. With the lid on loose. The water eventually evaporates. Pins have never rusted.

[Two Shoots]

I use a paint filter screen sitting over a 5 gallon bucket.  Pour the pins out of the media separator onto the paint screen and then dump and rinse out the bucket after a couple of days.  I leave the pins in the paint filter until they’re needed.  

[Matthew Duncan]

2 hours ago, Buckshot Bear said:

Still waiting for my wet tumbler to arrive, how do you store your Stainless Steel Media Pins? I've seen some youtube vids where they pick them up with a magnet so that means that they aren't high marine grade stainless. Do they rust if stored wet?

I store my SS pins in the tumbler.  No they don’t rust.

[Kid Rich]

Mine stay in the media separator in about 3 gallons of water. They have been there for years and never a problem. I take them out when needed for use.

kR

[Cholla]

I store mine in a boot sock and take it with as I collect my protection money. 

[Diamond Jake]

I let mine dry, then store them in a re-purposed plastic coffee can.  I only use them when wet tumbling brass from Black Powder.  When cleaning smokeless brass I don't use pins.

[Mister Badly]

I separate the pins and cases using the same separator and bucket used for other media. Then I put the cases in a bag made by sewing two towels together and shake them up to remove some moisture before spreading them and the brass out on a large bath towel with a small fan blowing across them overnight. On a sunny day I put the cases on a large cookie pan out in the sun. I always use pins so the inside of the cases get cleaned. Makes it easier to see the 3.5 gr powder charge at the bottom with a light shining at an angle at it. I use a Lee 4 hole turret press and verify the charge as I seat the bullet.

[Max Payne]

My experience says the pins add unnecessary steps & problems (stick in 38 cases & break decapping pins). I get the same shiny results without them. But, "To each his own".

[Captain Bill Burt]

10 minutes ago, Max Payne said:

My experience says the pins add unnecessary steps & problems (stick in 38 cases & break decapping pins). I get the same shiny results without them. But, "To each his own".

This!

[Kid Rich]

23 hours ago, Mister Badly said:

I separate the pins and cases using the same separator and bucket used for other media. Then I put the cases in a bag made by sewing two towels together and shake them up to remove some moisture before spreading them and the brass out on a large bath towel with a small fan blowing across them overnight. On a sunny day I put the cases on a large cookie pan out in the sun. I always use pins so the inside of the cases get cleaned. Makes it easier to see the 3.5 gr powder charge at the bottom with a light shining at an angle at it. I use a Lee 4 hole turret press and verify the charge as I seat the bullet.

It makes it much easier to see the powder when the inside of the case is clean and that does not happen when you don't use the pins.

kR

[Sedalia Dave]

I shoot a lot of BP and subs. Without the pins or ceramic media the insides of the cases are black and as KR pointed out it is awfully hard to see the powder charge.

[Yusta B.]

On 1/1/2022 at 9:00 PM, Cholla said:

I store mine in a boot sock and take it with as I collect my protection money. 

 

Now that's funny right there, don't care who ya are !