Does Everyone Tumble Cases?

kmw1954 said:

That would appear to be more a usage code than a builders code.

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Good luck using it right, if it’s built wrong!


Spontaneous Disassembly.
It’s not for ease of cleaning.

The more you know!

(Darn, that shooting star thing from the PSAs won’t copy correctly...)

Demi-human said:

Good luck using it right, if it’s built wrong!


Spontaneous Disassembly.
It’s not for ease of cleaning.

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Many more reasons for a projectile to not leave the barrel or a Spontaneous Disassembly than just faulty reloads. It happens with Factory loads also.
One of the reasons the range I shoot at and now work part time for does not allow Mag Dumps, Double Taps or rapid fire. They try to enforce a 1 second per shot rule. Just to try and keep everyone safe.

I had one once that failed to leave the barrel because of contaminated powder. Scariest thing I ever experienced in my like including a heart attack.

Count me among the tumbling crowd. I only have a small Lyman vibratory tumbler but it does a nice job. I start out with walnut shell with maybe a tablespoon of mineral spirits for cleaning then I switch to corncob with a small squirt of Turtle Wax liquid car polish.

This process works well and helps me to see any cracks or other damage to cases.

An added benefit is how good those bright, shiny cases look stored in their transparent containers under my bench

kmw1954 said:

Many more reasons

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RedRyder73 said:

An added benefit is how good those bright, shiny cases look stored in their transparent containers under my bench

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I am not in disagreement!

Demi-human said:

I am not in disagreement!

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Just think what it would be like to have a Reloading Inspector showing up at your bench every time you sat down! YIKES

I browsed through and did not see this mentioned.

For me tumbling is also essential for long term storage. NuFinish and a dab of mineral spirits will clean, polish, and protect the cases from things like finger oils and acids that will corrode the brass.

Before I had a dry tumbler I just put them it a bucket with dish soap for a couple days and stirred them every so often.
Never had any issues with the ammo loaded with them.

Then I got a dry tumbler, cleaner brass,
Finally broke down and spent the money for a wet tumbler (Lyman Cyclone), waited a long time thinking how could it be worth the $$$.
First batch, YEP worth the $$$ and wish I would have done it sooner!