I picked one up at HF about a week ago for 149.00 on sale at HF. Before I start I have a LOT of brass, well over 60,000 cases of just about every caliber, (except shotgun). I've never been very impressed with HF stuff but I had to get started on the brass. My little RCBS tumbler would take forever to get the quantities I have to get done.
I started last Friday by dumping 900+ .308 cases in it using lizard litter and a cap full of NU-Finish, I didn't weigh it but it felt like it was more than 18lbs. Since last Friday I've been running straight night and day stopping only to empty and load cases. I just finished about 3k 40's dumping well over a thousand case per load and now I'm starting the 9mm. The one thing I noticed most is the lizard litter is turning to dust and powder a lot faster than I expected. I also noticed the cases, when I compare them with my RCBS using the same media and caliber are not very clean in the same one hour time limit.
So far it works pretty well. I figure if it survives it should be a pretty good deal for what I needed it to do. If not, I kept the receipt and can return it for another one.
I started last Friday by dumping 900+ .308 cases in it using lizard litter and a cap full of NU-Finish, I didn't weigh it but it felt like it was more than 18lbs. Since last Friday I've been running straight night and day stopping only to empty and load cases. I just finished about 3k 40's dumping well over a thousand case per load and now I'm starting the 9mm. The one thing I noticed most is the lizard litter is turning to dust and powder a lot faster than I expected. I also noticed the cases, when I compare them with my RCBS using the same media and caliber are not very clean in the same one hour time limit.
So far it works pretty well. I figure if it survives it should be a pretty good deal for what I needed it to do. If not, I kept the receipt and can return it for another one.
