mljdeckard
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First of all, thank you guys for putting up with me, I don't have a mentor closeby, and if I had tried this without books or internet, I would have blown myself up by now.
So I got my tumbler, and I'm tumbling the heck out of everything, rifle shells, pistol shells, the odd penny or two, etc. So I tumbled a bushel of 22-250s, and I just shake them out, making a point to agitate as I do, to knock out any lingering chunks of media. (By hand, individually, I haven't gotten a spare colander yet to shake them in.) I have been running them in media rich with Lyman Media Recharger, and then again in dry media. So when I tumbled a bunch of .45s, I noticed that sometimes there was a little bit of media clinging to the interior corners of the case. (I had some stubborn granules in some of the flash holes too, but I don't worry about those, they will be dislodged when I de-cap.) But it got me thinking. I only saw the granules in the .45s because they are so wide and shallow. If there were chunks still in the 22-250s, I would have no idea, because I can't see them as easily. With the .45s I just picked them out with a dental pick, but how do I see or remove them from bottle-neck cases?
What are the consequences of charging, loading, and firing a cartridge with a granule or two of media in it?
So I got my tumbler, and I'm tumbling the heck out of everything, rifle shells, pistol shells, the odd penny or two, etc. So I tumbled a bushel of 22-250s, and I just shake them out, making a point to agitate as I do, to knock out any lingering chunks of media. (By hand, individually, I haven't gotten a spare colander yet to shake them in.) I have been running them in media rich with Lyman Media Recharger, and then again in dry media. So when I tumbled a bunch of .45s, I noticed that sometimes there was a little bit of media clinging to the interior corners of the case. (I had some stubborn granules in some of the flash holes too, but I don't worry about those, they will be dislodged when I de-cap.) But it got me thinking. I only saw the granules in the .45s because they are so wide and shallow. If there were chunks still in the 22-250s, I would have no idea, because I can't see them as easily. With the .45s I just picked them out with a dental pick, but how do I see or remove them from bottle-neck cases?
What are the consequences of charging, loading, and firing a cartridge with a granule or two of media in it?