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Stainless Pin Tumbling "too clean"?
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<blockquote data-quote="Oldtime Shooter13" data-source="post: 1885847" data-attributes="member: 109503"><p>This thread confirmed what I thought may be happening. I just could not make myself believe that cleaning my would cause any issues. I have change my thought now reading the posts.</p><p></p><p>On a recent trip to the range I noticed erratic SD/ES readings from my 6.5 Creedmor. This was from a proven load that I have shot before. These were hand loads that I had recently changed my seating depth out closer to the lans. I had loaded 20 rounds to try and first three shots were same cloverleaf as previous loaded. Then I started getting erratic velocities. My group opened up and was now throwing shots and I started noticing flattening primers. I stopped shooting still have 10 rounds. I thought that seating the bullets closer to the lans might be my issue causing higher pressure. I had loaded thes bullets about 2 months prior to this range trip. When I started seating these loads to my pervious seating depth, I noticed some of the loads would snap. Ah ha, neck weld? Out of the 10 rounds that I seated I had I had 6 that had neck weld? Never have I had this before, I so I started going through what I have change in my reloading process?</p><p></p><p>I started cleaning my brass with wet stainless steel pins to a nice beautiful shinny like new condition. Reading this post made me start thinking about the process for my bolt action rifles. I don't need petty brass, I need accurate reloads. I am going to let my rifle brass become dirty again. it is going to take me a little while because I like my like new shinny brass that cleaned everything I have for rifle brass over the winter. The next time I go shooting I am going to load before I go and see how my loads shoot. I curious if my cleaning process is the cause?</p><p></p><p>I will continue to clean my auto pistol brass that I really don't care as long as I can hit a 18" target at 25 yards. I'm not trying to shoot tiny groups.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oldtime Shooter13, post: 1885847, member: 109503"] This thread confirmed what I thought may be happening. I just could not make myself believe that cleaning my would cause any issues. I have change my thought now reading the posts. On a recent trip to the range I noticed erratic SD/ES readings from my 6.5 Creedmor. This was from a proven load that I have shot before. These were hand loads that I had recently changed my seating depth out closer to the lans. I had loaded 20 rounds to try and first three shots were same cloverleaf as previous loaded. Then I started getting erratic velocities. My group opened up and was now throwing shots and I started noticing flattening primers. I stopped shooting still have 10 rounds. I thought that seating the bullets closer to the lans might be my issue causing higher pressure. I had loaded thes bullets about 2 months prior to this range trip. When I started seating these loads to my pervious seating depth, I noticed some of the loads would snap. Ah ha, neck weld? Out of the 10 rounds that I seated I had I had 6 that had neck weld? Never have I had this before, I so I started going through what I have change in my reloading process? I started cleaning my brass with wet stainless steel pins to a nice beautiful shinny like new condition. Reading this post made me start thinking about the process for my bolt action rifles. I don’t need petty brass, I need accurate reloads. I am going to let my rifle brass become dirty again. it is going to take me a little while because I like my like new shinny brass that cleaned everything I have for rifle brass over the winter. The next time I go shooting I am going to load before I go and see how my loads shoot. I curious if my cleaning process is the cause? I will continue to clean my auto pistol brass that I really don’t care as long as I can hit a 18” target at 25 yards. I’m not trying to shoot tiny groups. [/QUOTE]
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