sniperkona Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 hi there, whats the best case prep to do? from having the fired brass in your hand to reloading it? new to it so not sure what exactly to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1967spud Posted March 31, 2009 Report Share Posted March 31, 2009 first of all and above all buy one or even better two decent loading books/manuels and read read read mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1967spud Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 To be honest thats why i said two because by reading two or more books you get a better knowledge from a broader spectrum reloaders. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sniperkona Posted April 1, 2009 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 its really the cleaning of the cases, l dont want to spend a small forune on a tumbler, any othe ways? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest varmartin Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 Lyman 600 Turbo tumbler ...£77.00 ...Ask some of the site sponsors and see if you get a couple quid off. 50 casses at a time in .308 not a problem.... It will be the best ££ you have spent....I have had mine for 5 years ...never skipped a beat ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarinePMI Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 Vanmartin, I have the same tumbler, so I find it odd that you mention "50 .308 cases at a time"(?). Just my experience, but I get better results, loading the bejeezus out of the bowl. Even if I have only 50-100 cases that need tumbling, I typically will find some fodder brass (another 100 at least, depending on the casings) to toss in, just to fill the bowl. I'm using walnut media...perhaps that's difference? Curious... ??? Oh and I concur with you on it's reliability. I've had mine for close to 15yrs and it just keeps ticking (though it's beginning to look more yellow now, as the sun bleaches it, as it tumbles outside...). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest varmartin Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 I use the `corn cobb` media.... I wouldent mind betting your is a 1200 ? my little 600 looks a bit full with 50 casses in it...or maybe i should remove some media ? Hey..I also just read you can use liquid in the `600 `type bowl ??!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarinePMI Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 Hmmm...not you've got me guessing what I've got! LOL! I do only add enough media to cover the cases, as I want just enough to get between them, but want the cases dense enough to use their own weight to rub the media against the adjacent case. Snikeys, now I'm going to have to go home and look at what I've got... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TC Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 I noticed earlier Tim Hannam is selling the 1200 with media for £51 - cheap! http://timhannam.co.uk/catalog/product_inf...4f34a0f398218dd TC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menial 1 Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 I used to spend hours with wire wool cleaning cases, now use a Lyman 1200 Pro tumbler, lob in a couple of hundred cases, switch on and come back in three or four hours to clean cases, one of the best reloading accessories I've bought. Pete. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpile1 Posted April 3, 2009 Report Share Posted April 3, 2009 its really the cleaning of the cases, l dont want to spend a small forune on a tumbler, any othe ways? Hi Mate, For cleaning my 22-250 cases all I do is pop out the primer, run a pocket cleaner around the primer hole. Then I use something similar to this: http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=97187 I use 50% warm water and 50% vinegar solution. I can get about 20 .22-250 cases into the ultrasonic cleaner at a time and they take about 4 minutes to come out shining. Much cheaper than a tumbler. If you can rough up the surface inside of the cartridge with say a dremel or a bit of iron wool and then put it in the ultrasonic bath - so much the better. I then borrow the grill out of the oven, and put the cases onto the grill over a radiator to dry out. Hope this helps. Darren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarinePMI Posted April 13, 2009 Report Share Posted April 13, 2009 VarMartin, Went and checked...yep, mine is the 1200. Guess that explains me putting 200 cases into it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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