Chris Keen Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 (edited) As the title says, do you guys tumble brand new brass? Specifically Rem. 38 Super Edited March 10, 2006 by C.Keen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin c Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 I do, though it was .40. I hardly ever use new brass any more. It costs five times as much as once fired. It's true, though, that forty is a lot more available than super. I had all sorts of horrible problems with the brass sticking on the expander/flaring die. A professional reloader told me the brass I had bought (starline, fwiw) comes with a varnish to prevent tarnish. He said tumbling helps remove it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdragon Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 Nope never have, no matter who's brass I have used! Ivan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Keen Posted March 10, 2006 Author Share Posted March 10, 2006 (edited) I had all sorts of horrible problems with the brass sticking on the expander/flaring die. A professional reloader told me the brass I had bought (starline, fwiw) comes with a varnish to prevent tarnish. He said tumbling helps remove it. The 1st time I purchased brand-new .40 brass I had the same problem. Pistolsmith called it "cat-claws". Left some nasty looking scratches on the powder funnel ( which came out after tumbling the powder die BTW) and also left tiny little brass flakes all over the bench. He's the one who told me to try tumbling the brass first. Seemed to work on .40 Of course we all know the availability of good cheap $10/K .40 brass, I just wanted to see how much of a difference it would make in my chrono readings. Edited March 10, 2006 by C.Keen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tang Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdragon Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 I kind of like the glitter on my 1050, Like I care, I have an air hose! Ivan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ima45dv8 Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 Clean new brass? No. (Next thing you know someone will be asking me if I clean my guns ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackdragon Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 Ivan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterLefty Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 I kind of like the glitter on my 1050, Like I care, I have an air hose! Ivan The air hose rules !! The key is to adjust the regulator so that it only blows off the loose powder and not the brass glitter. Kenny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Moneypenny Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 May already know these but i'm going to toss some stuff out there. I don't tuble new brass because tumbling is to clean.. and new can't be dirty even though there is no primer I still "deprime" to insure there really IS a flash hole in that brass. I tumble the live rounds to make them all super shiny and slick after i'm done then box them so they look all neat and organized adn i can see those primers again then i take them to a match and shoot them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 I haven't seen new brass in five years...but, then again, I don't shoot Super/38. I do tumble "clean" brass, however. A couple minutes setup and the machine does the rest of the work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMS42 Posted March 12, 2006 Share Posted March 12, 2006 I tumble all brass, new, used, once fired and even brass that I'm not sure that I've tumbled before. The idea being that it cleans the brass and clean brass works better in the resizing die. New brass gets cleaned just to make sure all the factory forming lube is cleaned off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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