Tumbling - What Media???

sheepherder · 12-07-2013, 11:10 PM

I finished my comparison of brass 'cleaning' in my Midway vibrator...Pic attached...

All three were 'vibrated' for 8 - 10 hours in the indicated media, with no additives.

(The middle case has a shadow near the base...That case has not yet been resized in the .223 Remington sizing die...It's as-fired...The other two have been .223 resized, and measure .372"/.373", while the fired case measures .385"...It expanded .012" from the sized .223 sized case when fired in my Mauser C96...)

They all turned out acceptably clean, but if I had to choose, I'd say the crushed walnut shells got the cases the cleanest...the insides even look cleaner...

12-07-2013, 11:10 PM	#12
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,202 Thanks: 1,418 Thanked 4,464 Times in 2,338 Posts	I finished my comparison of brass 'cleaning' in my Midway vibrator...Pic attached... All three were 'vibrated' for 8 - 10 hours in the indicated media, with no additives. (The middle case has a shadow near the base...That case has not yet been resized in the .223 Remington sizing die...It's as-fired...The other two have been .223 resized, and measure .372"/.373", while the fired case measures .385"...It expanded .012" from the sized .223 sized case when fired in my Mauser C96...) They all turned out acceptably clean, but if I had to choose, I'd say the crushed walnut shells got the cases the cleanest...the insides even look cleaner... Attached Thumbnails __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...