No auto trickler?
No auto trickler?
Did you get your MRI yet…?got that far setting up the new press.
This morning. (Fell asleep and had a good nap in there) See Doc tomorrow afternoon.Did you get your MRI yet…?
Good wishes for ya…This morning. (Fell asleep and had a good nap in there) See Doc tomorrow afternoon.
`Its a tool, not a toy!Played with my new scale.
Its a wrist pin out of a large Cummins.That’s a heck of a chunk-o-metal she’s sitting on..,!
A rockchucker is just a thing of beauty isn’t it? I love my lil Lyman but the mean green sho’ nuff woulda worked!I hooked up my Elite 3D (Ebay) primer catcher. Very nice! It fixes the weak point of the Rockchucker and should help keep spent primers off of the floor and that nasty primer dust out of my system.
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Per usual for me I didn't think this through and didn't get the optional primer catcher box. I had to improvise something, and ended up with this arrangement:'
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If I live long enough to have to empty that bottle, I'll have lived a good life (I load much of my ammo on a Dillon too). I'm pretty well caught up with my sizing needs, but ran 10 .223's through to check it out. Flawless!
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Welcome back.Back into it after a long hiatus (health),decided to get into the wet tumbling with pins, dug out an old Loreton drum tumbler from my metal detector equipment and tried a few handfuls of 22 Hornet brass Dawn soap and lemon juice with the pins, what a mess, had pins all over the place and plenty of primer pockets and cases jammed with pins so decided to try 45 auto and they showed the advantages of this system.
Wound up springing for a Frankford Arsenal small tumbler, and spent the earlier part of this evening de-priming 250 45 Auto mixed head stamps range brass with my Lee Hand press, was feeling the difference in force it took to dislodge some of the primers and PPU headstamps seemed to be the hardest, thought maybe they were crimped but couldn't see any signs of that around the pockets, maybe they were primed with some type of sealer but couldn't see that either but they had been tumbled before by the fellow I traded with.
While I have some of y'alls attention I need a recipe for the Limi Shine Dawn and whatever else to get the cases nice and purty, would be much obliged for any response!
While I have some of y'alls attention I need a recipe for the Limi Shine Dawn and whatever else to get the cases nice and purty, would be much obliged for any response!
The comment about the water is spot on. I work in water treatment for a living. If your water is soft, or if you have access to a reverse osmosis, it helps with a lot of spots, etc.! I like to use a blend of water and Frankfurt Arsenal‘s citric acid-based solution, mainly because I got it very cheap. I often will tumble the first time when I have crummy range stuff without any pins, and just use Dawn dish soap. I have got to prefer the dawn platinum as it does bite junk a little bit better. Most of the time use the car wash and wax as well; I will include a little of it in deionized water for a rinse.Back into it after a long hiatus (health),decided to get into the wet tumbling with pins, dug out an old Loreton drum tumbler from my metal detector equipment and tried a few handfuls of 22 Hornet brass Dawn soap and lemon juice with the pins, what a mess, had pins all over the place and plenty of primer pockets and cases jammed with pins so decided to try 45 auto and they showed the advantages of this system.
Wound up springing for a Frankford Arsenal small tumbler, and spent the earlier part of this evening de-priming 250 45 Auto mixed head stamps range brass with my Lee Hand press, was feeling the difference in force it took to dislodge some of the primers and PPU headstamps seemed to be the hardest, thought maybe they were crimped but couldn't see any signs of that around the pockets, maybe they were primed with some type of sealer but couldn't see that either but they had been tumbled before by the fellow I traded with.
While I have some of y'alls attention I need a recipe for the Limi Shine Dawn and whatever else to get the cases nice and purty, would be much obliged for any response!
Thanks, Hey "necessity is the mother of invention", I was looking at a youtube post and the Folgers plastic coffee can has grab handles molded into it they extended into the interior of the can and would help agitate the brass and solution, you might try one of those.Welcome back.
I don't use pins, but when I wet tumble I use about 1/16 teaspoon of Lemi-Shine and just a few drops of Dawn in a quart of water. My "tumbler" is a plastic spaghetti sauce jar, so that's why I only use a quart.
Thanks for taking the time to measure. This will work out perfect for me.
WelcomeThanks for taking the time to measure. This will work out perfect for me.
The comment about the water is spot on. I work in water treatment for a living. If your water is soft, or if you have access to a reverse osmosis, it helps with a lot of spots, etc.! I like to use a blend of water and Frankfurt Arsenal‘s citric acid-based solution, mainly because I got it very cheap. I often will tumble the first time when I have crummy range stuff without any pins, and just use Dawn dish soap. I have got to prefer the dawn platinum as it does bite junk a little bit better. Most of the time use the car wash and wax as well; I will include a little of it in deionized water for a rinse.
Though generally correct, That can depend on the water; if it’s soft, or purified&/or deionized, that scum/film can be soap that can’t be utilized so is left behind… it can actually chemically react with glass and etch it… (why I despise the “pod” dishwasher soap things on soft water)I never measure the soap, just add a blob and go. If you don't use enough soap, you will have dirty pins and a film of crud on the inside of the tumbler. So always go heavy vs light.
The spaghetti jar has that same kind of handles, which is why I chose it. I ran a bolt through the cap, lay the jar on its side on a set of rollers and chuck the bolt in my cordless drill to rotate the jar. I don't think the Folger's can would seal well enough to do the same, but thanks for the idea.Thanks, Hey "necessity is the mother of invention", I was looking at a youtube post and the Folgers plastic coffee can has grab handles molded into it they extended into the interior of the can and would help agitate the brass and solution, you might try one of those.