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<blockquote data-quote="parshal" data-source="post: 2964820" data-attributes="member: 605"><p>I've done everything mentioned here at one point or another. I'm now processing 500-1000 pieces of brass at a time so the fewer steps I have the better.</p><p></p><p>I left wet tumbling (with or without pins) after two years due to having to deal with the water, drying cases (dehydrator, oven, sun), inspecting cases to verify all the pins are gone and the squeaky-clean necks requiring dry lube. All of this added up to more time and steps for no gain other than pretty brass.</p><p></p><p>I did the rice in both the vibratory and rotary tumblers. I liked it just fine although I did have rice stick in primer pockets every once in a while even with the suggested Nishiki rice. I also found it needed replacing sooner than walnut or corn cob. I've since gone to tumbling before removing primers so rice in the pockets would no longer be an issue.</p><p></p><p>I moved back to vibratory tumbling using walnut and corn cob blasting media. Walnut to clean and corn cob to tumble loaded ammo to remove sizing lube (8 mins in the tumbler is plenty of time to remove lube). I'm using a UV45 tumbler and can tumble 500+ Creedmoor or PRC cases at a time greatly reducing my workload.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="parshal, post: 2964820, member: 605"] I've done everything mentioned here at one point or another. I'm now processing 500-1000 pieces of brass at a time so the fewer steps I have the better. I left wet tumbling (with or without pins) after two years due to having to deal with the water, drying cases (dehydrator, oven, sun), inspecting cases to verify all the pins are gone and the squeaky-clean necks requiring dry lube. All of this added up to more time and steps for no gain other than pretty brass. I did the rice in both the vibratory and rotary tumblers. I liked it just fine although I did have rice stick in primer pockets every once in a while even with the suggested Nishiki rice. I also found it needed replacing sooner than walnut or corn cob. I've since gone to tumbling before removing primers so rice in the pockets would no longer be an issue. I moved back to vibratory tumbling using walnut and corn cob blasting media. Walnut to clean and corn cob to tumble loaded ammo to remove sizing lube (8 mins in the tumbler is plenty of time to remove lube). I'm using a UV45 tumbler and can tumble 500+ Creedmoor or PRC cases at a time greatly reducing my workload. [/QUOTE]
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