Tumbling - What Media??? - Page 2

ithacaartist · 12-08-2013, 01:27 PM

How does the lube/no lube question reconcile with the advice to apply a couple of drops of oil or lube to a loaded mag?

DavidJayUden · 12-08-2013, 02:17 PM

Good question David.
Brownell's sells a special magazine lube, which I have somewhere around here, that smells more like starter fluid than it smells like oil. Sort of a dry-lube.
I'm not shy about lightly lubing the mag. follower, but again I do avoid excessive lube that would get into the chamber.
And regarding nickel cased rounds, please note the last time you saw 30-06 ammo. for sale in nickel plated steel cases.
dju

sheepherder · 12-08-2013, 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by DavidJayUden

And regarding nickel cased rounds, please note the last time you saw 30-06 ammo. for sale in nickel plated steel cases.
dju

Nine of the .223 cases I bought yesterday are Winchester nickle plated commercial cases. The cases are nickle plated brass. I've never seen a nickle plated steel case.

But I don't fault your practice of using unlubed cartridges. Whatever your preferences are, are fine with me.

Sergio Natali · 12-09-2013, 04:51 AM

I've been using the SmartReloader Case Tumbler for years now, that gets filled with Lyman turbo tumbler media made by
a mixture of corncob green (about 80%) and sort of crushed nutshell (about 20%)
While I'm writing, my "yellow pumpkin" (that's what I usually call my tumbler) is cleaning the 40 S&W cases that I shot last saturday afternoon.

Leif Thoreson · 12-09-2013, 11:32 PM

I just started reloading. I have a rock tumbler I bought from harbor freight. http://www.harborfreight.com/dual-dr...ler-67632.html
I use a 2lb stainless steel media "refresh" kit I bought from http://www.stainlesstumblingmedia.com. Works like a charm. Though it's a wet tumble. Not sure your tumbler would handle wet media. I have to say the stainless media plus a little dish soap and vinegar works great.

sheepherder · 12-09-2013, 11:57 PM

Back when I worked in the aerospace industry, we 'tumbled' all our stringer clips [aluminum] to break the sharp edges...It left a distinctive finish...The media was small triangular-rounded gray stones...IIRC, it was a dry tumble...

I can't describe the look of the finish because I don't know the words...And the 38 Special reloads I bought with that distinctive finish have all been shot off or otherwise disposed of...So I can't take a picture...

I'll have to try a lapidary supply house and see if they carry the stones/media...

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Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,087 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	I've been using the SmartReloader Case Tumbler for years now, that gets filled with Lyman turbo tumbler media made by a mixture of corncob green (about 80%) and sort of crushed nutshell (about 20%) While I'm writing, my "yellow pumpkin" (that's what I usually call my tumbler) is cleaning the 40 S&W cases that I shot last saturday afternoon. __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list.

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sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,208 Thanks: 1,425 Thanked 4,474 Times in 2,343 Posts	Back when I worked in the aerospace industry, we 'tumbled' all our stringer clips [aluminum] to break the sharp edges...It left a distinctive finish...The media was small triangular-rounded gray stones...IIRC, it was a dry tumble... I can't describe the look of the finish because I don't know the words...And the 38 Special reloads I bought with that distinctive finish have all been shot off or otherwise disposed of...So I can't take a picture... I'll have to try a lapidary supply house and see if they carry the stones/media... __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

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12-08-2013, 02:17 PM	#2
DavidJayUden Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,047 Thanks: 578 Thanked 1,414 Times in 887 Posts	Good question David. Brownell's sells a special magazine lube, which I have somewhere around here, that smells more like starter fluid than it smells like oil. Sort of a dry-lube. I'm not shy about lightly lubing the mag. follower, but again I do avoid excessive lube that would get into the chamber. And regarding nickel cased rounds, please note the last time you saw 30-06 ammo. for sale in nickel plated steel cases. dju

12-09-2013, 11:32 PM	#5
Leif Thoreson User Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 24 Thanks: 3 Thanked 10 Times in 1 Post	I just started reloading. I have a rock tumbler I bought from harbor freight. http://www.harborfreight.com/dual-dr...ler-67632.html I use a 2lb stainless steel media "refresh" kit I bought from http://www.stainlesstumblingmedia.com. Works like a charm. Though it's a wet tumble. Not sure your tumbler would handle wet media. I have to say the stainless media plus a little dish soap and vinegar works great.