Wet tumbling brass
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Lyman cyclone usually can find on sale for about $150.00 and a Weston dehydrator has 6 trays I believe for around $50.00. Both work great for myself.
how does it work on nickel plated brass
how does it work on nickel plated brass
Braunschweiger
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I don't have any experience with it and nickel plated cases, but nickel plating typically wears a little better and tarnishes less than brass (of course it can still tarnish in the right conditions.) However, I have not used anything better so far.
I bought a cheap, unbranded one off eBay. Cost around $70 Aussie (probably around 50 US). Uses stainless steel balls, which are easy to recover post cleaning (I use an old aluminium colander for this). Works great with a little dish soap and citric acid. The small model I have is fine for running small batches (<50 cases) although a larger model is available. Had it about a year now and so far, so good.
SCSCHNUR
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Same as brass.
Varmint Hunter
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I picked up a load of 9mm and 40 S&W brass at the indoor range the other day. 1/4 of the brass was mine and the rest were from 3 other shooters on the line who didn't want their brass. It was a mixture of brass and nickle plated cases. They were so dirty that just picking them up left your hands black.
I dumped the entire mess in my STM tumbler with some Dawn and Lem-Shine. Two and a half hours later I opened the tumbler to find the blackest water I've ever seen. Three hot water rinses revealed the cleanest, shiniest brass you could imagine. Nickle and brass cases both looked great.
I dumped the entire mess in my STM tumbler with some Dawn and Lem-Shine. Two and a half hours later I opened the tumbler to find the blackest water I've ever seen. Three hot water rinses revealed the cleanest, shiniest brass you could imagine. Nickle and brass cases both looked great.
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how good does brass juice clean the primer pocket
I tried brass juice it makes the case shine like jewelry but doesn't clean the primer pocket so I put the pins back in and it cleans the primer pocket mostly where you can't tell it was shot
I changed to the stainless steel chips instead of pins it makes a difference
