How often do you polish pistol brass?

[gonoles_1980]

I tumble it, then deprime and size it, then I tumble and polish.

 

[winkzoot]

Every time.

 

[Reinz]

A- gotta take care of the equip so it will take care of you.

 

[ADKWOODSMAN]

Every time. Keeps the carbide die fresh forever.

 

[GBExpat]

I clean & polish them every time.

Deprime, then citric-acid-solution bath, then, after dry, into one of the vibratory case cleaners with corncob media with a bit of polish added.

With filthy range pickup brass I will first wash them in a Simple Green or Dawn solution.

 

[303load]

Every time

 

[GunSlanger]

I tumble mine in SS media, prime it then tumble it in corn cob media. It gets my brass super shiny every time. I do that after every trip to the range.

 

[Dudedog]

A
Flitz and corn cob will make them SHINE!
Left some in longer than normal one time had a hard time telling brass from nickel plated in bright light.

 

[Glockula]

a. I tumble in corn cobb media with a little Nufinish. I like shiny brass. What can I say?

 

[AlliedArmory]

Every case gets tumbled before being reloaded.

 

[wddodge]

I clean my brass after each firing. There is no way I want to run dirty brass thru my dies.

Denny

 

[TooManyToys]

A friend picked up some walnut shell media from a pet store.
It was very finely ground material compared to the regular stuff usually sold for tumbling,. it is also very very dusty too.
Is this typical of pet store walnut shell media?

 

[Buck13]

D. Never. Very little of my brass ever touches the ground, and even that's usually on concrete.

 

[41wheelgun]

As with most folks, i polish after firing so its easier on the dies. And if i have a batch of brass that had been resized and has tarnished a bit, i will throw them in the tumbler for a couple hours before loading them.

 

[Bovice]

I don't know about using a polish per se, but I always tumble in corn cob media before I spray lube it and load it. The only fouling I want in the chamber is from the current firing, not the junk from the last time. Particularly the extractor groove. If you lock up your extractor, you're down for the count.

 

[rchery59]

Every time. Keeps the carbide die fresh forever.[/QUOTE
This, if only to protect my dies

 

[jcwit]

Every time. Keeps the carbide die fresh forever.[/QUOTE
This, if only to protect my dies

Deprime, Resize, then tumble/polish, some of my dies have been doing this way for 50 years with no issues. Carbide is almost as hard as a diamond.

 

[ATLDave]

Every time.

 

[Arkansas Paul]

Every time.

 

[ksimons]

I ultrasonic clean, deprime and size then tumble polish every time. Keeps the dies happy and the look good when done. Clean shells go a long way to keeping magazines clean.

 

[303load]

Every time. Don't wanna gunk up and abrade my dies.

 

[Average Joe]

After every discharge.