Vermincinerator Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 I was 3 away from finishing 100 257 Imp cases the other day when i realised that i had not pushed out the kernel of tumbling media that was trapped in the flash hole Had to de-prime them all and each primer had a crushed kernal of corn cob media embedded into it, they were 210 M's as well Ian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronin Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 Ouch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1967spud Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 i hate it when that happpens, i have done that more than once so you arnt alone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemasis243 Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 A brave man to admit that but I must confess I have done it as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarinePMI Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 Just be glad you didn't set a primer off with the media in the flash hole! And yes, I'm speaking from experience... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menial 1 Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 You stupid boy . As you know Ian, I'm a reloading guru and never make mistakes . Peter Perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tiff Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 Long live ultrasonic cleaners I say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vermincinerator Posted March 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 Long live ultrasonic cleaners I say Ultrasonic cleaners clean but they dont polish Ian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auquhollie Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 This was the exact reason i stopped using the tumbler. I just use really fine wire wool now and it takes seconds per case. Puts a real nice shine on them too. Ads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greenbear Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 been there done it too You are not alone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Tiff Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 Ultrasonic cleaners clean but they dont polish Ian. I'm working on correcting that . I don't want to give anything away (for obvious reasons...) but simply put by using a suspended media in the solution, it might well be possible to clean and polish . It's going to take another month or two, but initial results look promising. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ds1 Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 I use ceramic media - works ok for me, not yet really happy, but it cleans primer pockets out well without blocking them and does a half-ass job of cleaning the insides. Need to make very sure no ceramic is left in a case - would not do a barrel a world of good. david. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwight Posted March 21, 2009 Report Share Posted March 21, 2009 Long live ultrasonic cleaners I say ditto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Posted March 21, 2009 Report Share Posted March 21, 2009 I use a Lee "Zip Trim" outfit mounted with a 3-jaw chuck to trim my cases. One tug trims the case, I chamfer and deburr, then one more tug with #0000 steel wool. Clean as a whistle with no media mess. Years ago there was this push amongst local shooters to use jewelers stainless steel "ball and pin" media to clean cases. A customer of mine used it and managed to get a "pin" lodged in the case neck of a very collectible No 1, Mk I .303 service rifle. Despite being a very light cast bullet target load, it blew the head off of the case requiring me to worry the rest of it out for him. Tumbling media of any kind makes me leery.~Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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