tightgroup tiger
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I'm still using my old rotary case tumbler that I built about 25 yrs ago and it works great for tumbling brass. I'll never wear it out.
I wanted to clean up some of my older prized rifle loads but was afraid of damaging the lead points on these premium bullets.
Today I ran across 20 old 243 loads that were really tarnished up and decided to run them through tumbler to clean them up as an experiment. These had to be 40years old so I figured I would'nt be out a lot if it ruined the tips on the bullets , so when I took them out after a couple hours the cases were clean but the lead spear points on the bullets were all flattened.
I figured this would happen due to the nature of a rotary tumbler beating the crap out of them.
Do the vibratory tumblers do this also, or are they easier on the soft tips?
Is it time for me to upgrade my tumbler and what would be a good choice in the vibrating type?
I wanted to clean up some of my older prized rifle loads but was afraid of damaging the lead points on these premium bullets.
Today I ran across 20 old 243 loads that were really tarnished up and decided to run them through tumbler to clean them up as an experiment. These had to be 40years old so I figured I would'nt be out a lot if it ruined the tips on the bullets , so when I took them out after a couple hours the cases were clean but the lead spear points on the bullets were all flattened.
I figured this would happen due to the nature of a rotary tumbler beating the crap out of them.
Do the vibratory tumblers do this also, or are they easier on the soft tips?
Is it time for me to upgrade my tumbler and what would be a good choice in the vibrating type?