Recent content by JohnMc

Cool news. I'd like them to it in the PP, because that's the real OG, but that's asking a lot.

I skipped this bit before. I get those results by not putting too much brass in the tumbler or by repeating the wash with fresh water, soap, and lemishine. Yes, that's me.

My problem is I pick up too much brass...and then clean it. I have at least 500, maybe more, .40 S&W all clean and shiny. The problem? I don't own a .40 S&W. If I picked it up, it went into the bag and later cleaned and sorted it. 'Cause, you know, someday. It's slightly less of a problem...

I'll bet it's wet tumbling with pins, soap (Dawn, Armor-All Wash and Wax, or something along those lines) and a mild acid (citric, Lemishine or vinegar). Separate pins, rinse well, dry, and store. Also, they were decapped prior to cleaning. I happen to like the Armor All stuff, because the light...

It was definitely the odd one out. It was about 1/2 the length of the rest of 'em; large primer pocket ID. 100%, I use the laundry sink. I don't have one either. I get by with North Carolina sun 8 or 9 months a year. Granted, our humidity is quite a bit more than yours, but it works very...

Virtually never - I did have one short pin, the same length as a primer pocket diameter, get stuck. I got it out and chucked it. So far, just that one. :)

Go to the Powder Valley website. Scroll down to the F Facebook icon. Click on it, it takes you to the Facebook page Powder Valley controls. There you will see the Alliant announcement. Obviously, this was typed by someone at least affiliated with Powder Valley, correct or not, unless it got...

Ouch!

My wife occasionally uses a website for cooking where the user puts in what ingredients they have and it spits out a list of recipes. Quite a bit different use case, but maybe along the lines of what the OP is thinking.

I think it would be. It's more or less what Shawn Dodson wrote in his post, if one's thinking is "checking to see if the firearm is unloaded", that's a bias one will seek to confirm. If the thought process is to determine the current state with regard to the presence of ammo, then there's no...

If there was one in the chamber and you drop the magazine, then there's still a round in the firearm, 100% of the time.

The Frankford Arsenal one has a cover, too. The cover is particularly useful for rinsing on its own, as it has a very fine mesh screen in the center. It isn't hinged, just flip it over and pour the stuff in, the water drains right out. I think most of them do have covers; as covers keep dust...

I separate mine in the dirty, soapy water straight from tumbling and it works just fine. It's called adhesion when two things stick through a third thing, such as pin-water-case. Water isn't a great adhesive, so putting things stuck with water in water breaks what little adhesive tension there...

As FROGO207 said, do it underwater. Then they don't shake out as much as slide out. The media tumbler makes it super easy, mine happens to be Frankford Arsenal, but I'm sure it doesn't matter. I did have one get stuck in a primer pocket once, it was shorter than standard, its length was about...

Unless it somehow prevents simultaneous sizing, flaring, powder charging, bullet seating, and crimping, and, depending on the press, priming on a different part of the stroke, then no. As has been said above, the cases dry faster and you don't find corrosion-welded primer ringers while running...