Brass cleaning, and primer pocket concern

[HowieG]

I dry tumble my cases in a mix of corncob and walnut with Nu finish car polish added. That does a pretty good job on everything including the pockets, but I tend to hit them lightly with a primer pocket uniformer if I think the level of remaining black warrants it.

 

[Palladan44]

Thanks for the info guys. Im gathering that there should be no issues with dirty primer pockets, obviously provided that it doesnt inhibit primer seating. As for tarnishing or oxidation i shant worry.

 

[BigIron76]

Of all the 10's of thousands of rounds I've reloaded I've never de-primed before tumbling and never once have I had a failure to go bang because of my de-priming and reloading practices. If there are any accuracy gains to be found I don't shoot pistols well enough to find it.

Ditto! I clean the primer pocket when I feel like doing it (wasting time). I have noticed NO difference in precision load accuracy! I won't waste time cleaning pistol primer pockets. Although, I just bought a Lee universal de-capping die to have something to do when I'm watch TV or listening to the ham radio. I'll use it in the Lee hand press, just to use it! The Lee hand press box has been collecting too much dust!

As for the original question, shoot it! Buy another gun too! Santa is giving me a new present that the significant other knows nothing about! It'll be from her, and I'll be so happy and loving that hopefully she doesn't ask too many questions when I unwrap it. Yeah.....now that I said it, this is a bad idea! Oh well.

 

[wst38tx]

I clean used brass thoroughly because I can and it looks pretty. (LOL). Also, it keeps the dies clean and there's less mess at my reloading bench, which is in the house where my cleanliness-obsessive wife patrols. I'm retired and have way more reloading time available than shooting time. I even swap out media between cycles in the vibratory cleaner. First pass is corncob-walnut shell mix, then brass goes sonic with Simple Green, rinsed, dried, and back to vibratory with corncob only for poliching. I always use dryer sheets - I find thAT the dirty stuff out of the brass sticks to them. Media lasts much longer. Nice to open a box of ammo and see nice shiny stuff. I doubt it shoots any better, but I like it.

 

[wst38tx]

Forgot to include in the above, I decap with a Lee decapper before going into the sonic cleaner. After polishing, I handle brass with gloves - no tarnishing fingerprints!