Waterboy3313
Member
I will start this off by saying I haven't been on here lately and I have not been at the range as much as usual. The other day I decided to buy a cheap ebay tumbler and some stainless steel pins. About $80 total investment from ebay to my door step.
I have been reloading for about 2 years with a pretty minimal investment. I have also been using a $50 ebay ultrasonic cleaner since I started reloading. The ultrasonic cleaner with my homebrew concoction had done a fairly decent cleaning my cases.
My range has decomposed granite where you set up and shoot from. My spent cases seem to blend in quite well after they have hit the ground. Making them hard to find after emptying a magazine.
I am not a snob by any means and as long as the cases are clean reload them again and again.
I decided for the sake of easier retrieval to try to make them more shiny so they will hopefully stand out better and be easier to spot. I spend probably about 3 times longer looking for my spent cases than I do pulling the trigger.
Today after work I decided to load up about 100 .223 cases that were already cleaned using the ultrasonic cleaner into the cheapo ebay tumbler. The timer maxes out at 60 min. I used my same ultrasonic cleaner homebrew and let it run.
I can not believe the difference it made on my cases. They look new or actually better than new than some of my factory junk. I feel like for the last two years I have been wasting my time with the ultrasonic cleaner.
I just thought I would pass this along in case some new reloader or even an experienced reloader was on the fence about what setup to go with. I can't see a reason to ever go back to the ultrasonic cleaner.
I have been reloading for about 2 years with a pretty minimal investment. I have also been using a $50 ebay ultrasonic cleaner since I started reloading. The ultrasonic cleaner with my homebrew concoction had done a fairly decent cleaning my cases.
My range has decomposed granite where you set up and shoot from. My spent cases seem to blend in quite well after they have hit the ground. Making them hard to find after emptying a magazine.
I am not a snob by any means and as long as the cases are clean reload them again and again.
I decided for the sake of easier retrieval to try to make them more shiny so they will hopefully stand out better and be easier to spot. I spend probably about 3 times longer looking for my spent cases than I do pulling the trigger.
Today after work I decided to load up about 100 .223 cases that were already cleaned using the ultrasonic cleaner into the cheapo ebay tumbler. The timer maxes out at 60 min. I used my same ultrasonic cleaner homebrew and let it run.
I can not believe the difference it made on my cases. They look new or actually better than new than some of my factory junk. I feel like for the last two years I have been wasting my time with the ultrasonic cleaner.
I just thought I would pass this along in case some new reloader or even an experienced reloader was on the fence about what setup to go with. I can't see a reason to ever go back to the ultrasonic cleaner.