Hey there!
Continuing thanks for all the advice that's been offered on this forum; I doubt that I'd be even making the baby steps I am at this point without it. (I'm starting with .45 ACP for various reasons.)
I asked a little while back about how clean brass needs to be after tumbling for reloading, and now I've tumbled perhaps 1.5-2 hours total), de-primed, and tumbled some more (perhaps another hour) my first small batch of cases, all of which come from a box of ammo kindly sent to me by a fellow THR reader.
I've attached a picture showing some of the cases, and seek comment. I tumbled in corncob (don't worry -- no peanut shells, dandruff flakes, or lentils), and did not use any brass polishing stuff; on the next round I intend to do that, though.
In the center (MM) is one I think looks pretty good -- no gunk in the primer pocket at all. The others in the middle row are close.
On the corners (just coincidence in where I GIMPed in the pictures) are the dirtiest looking ones; I realize that a 3D object isn't best shown in 2D, but I hope it's clear enough.
The Speer cases at ML and LR are some of the more beaten-up examples, but I have read many people on this forum endorse (or at least report) reloading .45 cases until the headstamps are illegible, which these aren't ... quite
The casemouths on all of these look great -- the whole batch didn't have any splits, and I could discern no cracking toward the web on any of them, either, perhaps simply because the donor was circumspect in what he sent.
The Winchester case at UR is one of the small flash-hole ones I mentioned in an earlier post; some people mentioned that it may be WinClean (but before I posted a picture); does WinClean's headstamp just say "Winchester" like this, or would it actually say WinClean?
I'd appreciate any comments on whether these indeed look clean enough for happy reloading, or if I need to clean more crud out.
Cheers,
timothy
Continuing thanks for all the advice that's been offered on this forum; I doubt that I'd be even making the baby steps I am at this point without it. (I'm starting with .45 ACP for various reasons.)
I asked a little while back about how clean brass needs to be after tumbling for reloading, and now I've tumbled perhaps 1.5-2 hours total), de-primed, and tumbled some more (perhaps another hour) my first small batch of cases, all of which come from a box of ammo kindly sent to me by a fellow THR reader.
I've attached a picture showing some of the cases, and seek comment. I tumbled in corncob (don't worry -- no peanut shells, dandruff flakes, or lentils), and did not use any brass polishing stuff; on the next round I intend to do that, though.
In the center (MM) is one I think looks pretty good -- no gunk in the primer pocket at all. The others in the middle row are close.
On the corners (just coincidence in where I GIMPed in the pictures) are the dirtiest looking ones; I realize that a 3D object isn't best shown in 2D, but I hope it's clear enough.
The Speer cases at ML and LR are some of the more beaten-up examples, but I have read many people on this forum endorse (or at least report) reloading .45 cases until the headstamps are illegible, which these aren't ... quite
The casemouths on all of these look great -- the whole batch didn't have any splits, and I could discern no cracking toward the web on any of them, either, perhaps simply because the donor was circumspect in what he sent. The Winchester case at UR is one of the small flash-hole ones I mentioned in an earlier post; some people mentioned that it may be WinClean (but before I posted a picture); does WinClean's headstamp just say "Winchester" like this, or would it actually say WinClean?
I'd appreciate any comments on whether these indeed look clean enough for happy reloading, or if I need to clean more crud out.
Cheers,
timothy
