Cleaning the brass is a rather simple procedure. It requires a brass cleaner(either a vibrating or rotary cleaner), media and, of course the spent brass.
I throw my spent brass in the cleaner with the spent primers still in the casing. I've also tried this with the spent primer removed and the only difference I noticed was that the media needed to be cleaned out of the priming pocket if the primer is not left in there.I'm using a Hornady vibratory brass cleaner with Lyman Turbo Tumbler media. I put about 3.5 lbs of media in with 100 casings of .270 WIN brass and turn it on for 4-6 hours. One note of safety is that I tend not to leave it running while I'm out of the house...better safe than sorry.
I've heard that that you can leave the brass in the cleaner longer if
you want to have more of a shine on it. Personally I don't see a benefit to it. There are also several different kinds of media you can put in with your brass, depending on how pretty you want to make it. I've only tried this Lyman stuff, but it does work so I've kept with it.Hopefully when you're done the brass should come out clean and ready to go.
-Steven Kipp
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ReplyDeleteThe cat is not a big fan of the vibratory cleaner. Our new kitten, that has been following me around like a puppy, took off to anywhere but near me when I turned it on.
Just as a side note, you may wish to continue to keep tumbling the cases with the primer pockets in, but most high-accuracy handloaders clean/ream the primer pockets anyway. If you choose to do this, it makes sense to de-prime before cleaning.
ReplyDeleteThe pocket reaming/cleaning is done very carefully, as removing too much material from the pocket will result in a loose pocket. Many accuracy buffs also trim the pocket from the inside, removing primer pocket burrs that are found on the inside of the case.
This is tedious work, but if you are looking to get the absolute most accurate results, it is often worth the extra effort!
Keep up the good work guys!
Tyger006: Care to elaborate on cleaning and reaming the primer pockets? I've heard of it, but haven't even seen it, let alone have done it. We'd love some more info on that.
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