Eric1231 Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 How do you guys clean your pistol brass? I am looking at getting a Dillion 650 and the first station deprimes the brass so it made me wonder. Do you deprime it first then clean it and load it or clean it then deprime and load it? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Stainless pinning does best job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshxdm9 Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 You are going to get many different opinions on this subject and it is covered in many other threads. It seems a lot of people are wet tumbling, some use pins some don't . Some deprime the tumble some just tumble then load. some load then clean again in dry media tumblers . Like I said many different ways of doing it . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustygun Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 (edited) I am probably one of the last people that uses dry media to tumble brass. I always tumble for an hour or two then into the Dillon deprime and load. I load more for quantity than for quality but I still get clean pretty brass that shots more accurately than I can. Edited July 25, 2016 by Rustygun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RudyVey Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Dry tumble with walnut and Nufinish, then load and shoot - repeat.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Power Jack Posted July 25, 2016 Share Posted July 25, 2016 Dry tumble with walnut and Nufinish, then load and shoot - repeat.... +1. No reason to get any more complicated than this ... Just tumble it, lube it, let the lube dry, and you're off to the races. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jmoreno88 Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 i wet tumble first then run it through. There's really no reason to deprime and then clean as there isn't much or any benefit to clean primer pockets especially in pistol. Sent from my SM-G928V using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SV650Squid Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 I did pins for awhile. Too much work for blingy brass that I'm just going to shoot again. dry media and nufinish now for pistol brass. I still do SS pins for rifle because it's low volume for me and gets the primer pocket clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blueeyedme Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 I clean my brass like this... https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/57907457/Tumbler.mp4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterthefish Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 Wet tumble. No pins unless it's rifle brass that I trimmed (they deburr case mouth). Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biglou13 Posted July 26, 2016 Share Posted July 26, 2016 (edited) im sure im the minority here but i ultra sonic clean (http://www.6mmbr.com/ultrasonic.html) i tried ultrasound with citric acid. and a bit with citric acid only all work shiny brass sure is pretty.... bit I too don't think its necessary Edited July 26, 2016 by biglou13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyOne Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Dry tumble with corn cob /walnut mix then load...de-prime when loading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proudprado Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 I dry tumble. Then wash with tartaric acid and dish-washing soap in really hot water for about 20 minutes. Dry in the sun and reload. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansedgli Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Wet with pins. I don't deprime first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric1231 Posted July 27, 2016 Author Share Posted July 27, 2016 For the guys that use walnut how do you separate your media from your brass? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyOne Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 I use a cooking colander that fits in the top of a 5 gallon bucket...couple of shakes and all the media.falls through to the bucket. I have found a mix of corn cob and walnut does my my brass just fine. Not as shiny as wet tumbled, but shiny brass doesnt shoot any better than not so shiny brass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L3324temp Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Dry tumble for an hour in corn media. It comes out clean but dull. No reason to do anything more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge40 Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 I tumble in walnut for 6 hours. I know its a long time but it gets the inside pretty clean. I will be switching to wet tumbling soon tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry44 Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 For the guys that use walnut how do you separate your media from your brass? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I use one of these. Its cheap and it works https://www.amazon.com/Frankford-Arsenal-Standard-Media-Separator/dp/B004J4F09O/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1469729745&sr=8-2&keywords=reloading+media+separator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustybayonet Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Dry tumble with corn cob /walnut mix then load...de-prime when loading. +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbu Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 https://www.amazon.com/Frankford-Arsenal-Quick-n-EZ-Rotary-Seperator/dp/B004J4B2IW/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1470090322&sr=8-4&keywords=reloading+media+separator Slightly more money, but easier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garmil Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 Wet tumble, dry, deprime on the press while loading Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted August 1, 2016 Share Posted August 1, 2016 I like these as you don't lose stainless pins or spray corn or walnut around. Berry's makes them in different colors for different sellers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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