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Stainless Pin Tumbling "too clean"?
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<blockquote data-quote="25WSM" data-source="post: 1886951" data-attributes="member: 38048"><p>The carbon in your case is not building up layer upon layer. It is like a supressor for high power rifles. The pressure is enough to burn most of the carbon away every shot. There is always carbon going down your barrel. All your burnt powder is carbon and it almost all goes down your barrel. When I shot 1 and 2 hundred yard benchrest we didn't clean cases. I used the same 15 brass all day. Loading them 5 or more times each in a day. All I did was wipe them off after sizing them and brush the neck and hit the primer pocket with a cutter one twist. When I started shooting 1000 yard matches is when I really started to learn reloading. Matches are won on the loading bench. I'm friends with most of the top shooters at our club. Most leave the carbon in the neck and add more lube in the neck. You can put it in by dipping the neck and wiping the outside off. Done that. You can put it in with a qtip. Done that. Or you can lube your bullets. Done that. When I started I only brushed necks and didn't clean and shot many 5 inch groups and a bunch of 99s. Never got that 100 yet. But then I tried cleaning and lubing and my world of 5 inch groups disappeared. So back to not cleaning and no lube on bullets and leaving carbon in necks and I'm back to shooting 5 inches again. My best was 3.9 for 10 shots in a match. I've done 5 shot groups in evening practice less than 2 inches. All with dirty inside brass. When I cleaned my brass I didn't put 2 and 2 together fast enough and chased my tail thinking it was my scope of rifle or bullets. Then it hit me like a ton of bricks. I had started stainless pin tumbling. Beautiful brass and just garbage groups. Never ever again. Besides annealed brass is pretty. I like the colors you get why clean it all off. Lapua doesn't and it's the best brass in the world.</p><p>Shep</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="25WSM, post: 1886951, member: 38048"] The carbon in your case is not building up layer upon layer. It is like a supressor for high power rifles. The pressure is enough to burn most of the carbon away every shot. There is always carbon going down your barrel. All your burnt powder is carbon and it almost all goes down your barrel. When I shot 1 and 2 hundred yard benchrest we didn't clean cases. I used the same 15 brass all day. Loading them 5 or more times each in a day. All I did was wipe them off after sizing them and brush the neck and hit the primer pocket with a cutter one twist. When I started shooting 1000 yard matches is when I really started to learn reloading. Matches are won on the loading bench. I'm friends with most of the top shooters at our club. Most leave the carbon in the neck and add more lube in the neck. You can put it in by dipping the neck and wiping the outside off. Done that. You can put it in with a qtip. Done that. Or you can lube your bullets. Done that. When I started I only brushed necks and didn't clean and shot many 5 inch groups and a bunch of 99s. Never got that 100 yet. But then I tried cleaning and lubing and my world of 5 inch groups disappeared. So back to not cleaning and no lube on bullets and leaving carbon in necks and I'm back to shooting 5 inches again. My best was 3.9 for 10 shots in a match. I've done 5 shot groups in evening practice less than 2 inches. All with dirty inside brass. When I cleaned my brass I didn't put 2 and 2 together fast enough and chased my tail thinking it was my scope of rifle or bullets. Then it hit me like a ton of bricks. I had started stainless pin tumbling. Beautiful brass and just garbage groups. Never ever again. Besides annealed brass is pretty. I like the colors you get why clean it all off. Lapua doesn't and it's the best brass in the world. Shep [/QUOTE]
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