Down side to wet tumbling

[wiiawiwb]

One of the side benefits of the CoAx is that is feeds all the primers and dirt though a tube and into a collection jar. The press stays pristine.

I wet tumble and do the same as 9mmepiphany except I also add a little Dawn to the mix. The best part about wet tumbling is that it is quick (usually an hour) and all the dirt goes down the drain rather than in the air.

 

[CLP]

Lee universal decapper + Dillon 650 w casefeeder = quick work of large amounts of brass- and it's clean

 

[spanky1968]

1. I dump them in the dry tumbler for about an hour to get most of the grit off them.

2. Decap and wet tumble

3. Towel dry then put back in wax treated dry media to shine them up and add a layer of tarnish protection in case they sit in the bucket (used coffee tub) for a while.

 

[judgedelta]

For pistol brass, I deprime and resize on my Rockchucker; then wet tumble with pins; then load on a Lee turret. Clean the press occasionally with an old toothbrush and canned gas. Cuts out a step from just depriming, then cleaning, which I used to do. Can't do that with rifle brass, with the lube and all. I just use my own brass which I pick up after shooting. Just soot from the powder and primer residue to deal with.

 

[Wreck-n-Crew]

I don't have a problem with a little grime on the press but whats been left in my primer pockets leaves much to be desired!

I have been trying to avoid depriming as an extra step in reloading and use the progressive to bang the pistol loads out.

I recently went back to dry tumble and discovered why they were sticking before. When i deprimed dirty brass before tumbling in Lyman media the lube mixes with the soot from the dirty cases and i have to clean the dies or they start sticking bad. Bad enough that i have had to beat a couple back out of the die after removing the decapping pin. So no more depriming dirty cases with the regular die.

I guess i could forgo the Lyman media and use some walnut or lizard bedding without the polish...but i like the polish otherwise. It runs smoother through the press if the sizing die is clean and keeps the brass from tarnishing.

When i went to wet tumbling it was simple enough and i left the primers in ( trying to avoid an extra step in reloading)...but the gunk settles in the primer pocket through the hole it seems and builds up bad. It gets so bad i have to clean the pockets every now and then or it gets so built up that it keeps the primers from seating easily. Federal, Winchester, CCI, and S&b...makes no difference.

I'm now leaving marks from the primer ram on the primer in order to seat them deep enough!

So time to clean the pockets and go back to dry tumble ( leave the primer in after i get done cleaning the pockets on the ones i have) and leave the wet alone because the gunk did not build up like that when i dry tumbled.

If i ever wanted an automated depriming setup its now! Its detracting from the progressives potential of mass loading and much needed free time for me!








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[USSR]

In 35 some years of reloading, I have never felt the need to disassemble a press for cleaning. It just does not get that dirty that a simple brushing and wipe down won't handle

Ditto. For several years I was decapping thousands of primers on my single stage press, and I had no problem wiping away the grime.

Don

 

[gwpercle]

You have to deal with water , water gets all over the floor , all over the bench, the wet cases must be completely dried before you can reload them. And you have to clean up spilled water from around your reloading tools.
Dry is much...drier !

 

[Handloader109]

Wet tumble without depriming. I'm not looking for clean primer pockets, I'm looking for clean brass. just let it dry for a while.

 

[ih772]

Bright shiny wet tumbled brass isn't any more accurate than clean dry tumbled brass.

Wet tumbling adds more steps and time to the reloading process that I don't want to get involved with.

How did the old timers get along without stainless steel pins.....

 

[9mmepiphany]

You have to deal with water , water gets all over the floor , all over the bench, You have to clean up spilled water from around your reloading tools.

I didn't know that anyone wet tumbled inside

How did the old timers get along without stainless steel pins.....

If you're not going to deprime before hand, you don't need to use pins at all.

 

[Jim Watson]

Rinsing and drying are the main drawbacks of wet tumbling.

I only do it to black powder brass, which I decap on the range and bring home in a jug of water to keep the fouling soft until I can get it in the tumbler.