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    Annealing

    Looks good... are you using tempilaq?
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    What to do with scrap brass?

    Consider it yours. Make sure you take lots of pics!
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    What to do with scrap brass?

    Best idea yet...
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    What to do with scrap brass?

    I have about 30lbs of scrap brass casings and spent primers. Normally I’d drop something like this into the scrap copper-brass bin at a buddy’s shop, but this load has quite a few unfired primers in it from takedowns and salvaged bad cases with unknown origin primers. Any suggestions on how to...

  5. New to reloading; Brass cleaning questions!!!

    I avoid pretreated walnut or corncob. Either with a capfull of Nufinish will make brass look great. Before I started wet tumbling, I kept aside some non-treated and non- polish added media to use for removing case lube on rifle rounds. Now, I wet tumble my rifle rounds after...

  6. .44 Mag Brass life

    If you limit flaring/belling and crimp lightly on your light lead target loads, the brass will last a LONG time... I agree with steelringer that 20+ loads should be expected.

  7. Reloading Question

    Something that I didn't see mentioned in this thread is the wide availability of used equipment. Reloading gear, with few exceptions, doesn't really wear out or otherwise fail due to age. My two main presses were bought used for around thirty cents on the dollar, and they both included large...
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    Picked up some 9mm and .40 brass today

    Please tell me you are not trimming those pistol cases by hand! I don't trim pistol brass at all, and can't imagine doing a lot that size.

  9. home made tumbler

    Here is the info tag on the motor: I wound up spending quite a bit when you include the costs of the 6" PVC pipe and fittings I had to buy new to use to build the drums. In just the frame as pictured, I used square tubing, hardware, and welding machine gas and wire that I already had. Motor...

  10. home made tumbler

    Not sure what thread you're referring to. See below for pictures of mine. The thread I found most helpful is on ar15.com called 'how I built my own rotary tumbler' posted by member 'biggdawg.' My photos:

  11. 223 based reloading with more oomph?

    Right there is why I haven't gone to a 300blk yet. I can load sub-moa .223 with a 70gr Barnes TSX bullet and a hot load of Varget that will effectively take down anything I'd consider shooting with an AR. I don't have a .30 suppressor, but if I did 300blk would be a no brainer. The 6.8 guys...

  12. Cleaning very weathered brass

    I haven't run in to any brass that a wet/stainless rotary tumbler can't make look new. Regarding the Brasso, I made that mistake with some .45acp cases when I was a new reloading. Added a big squirt into my vibratory tumbler, and ran it for way longer than necessary (6+ hours if I remember...

  13. Cost Per Round

    Regarding pistol case life, I only load .45acp in enough quantity to expect to need to cull cases. Having said that, I've never had a case come up that I thought was 'worn out' to the point it would be unsafe to shoot. I have .45acp cases that I've reloaded a dozen or so times and that are...
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    Stainless Steel tumbling...

    I was directed to this thread by Clarke123 above after he saw my home-built tumbler. Pics of mine: I've only run three loads of brass through it, but the results make me very happy. No more cleaning primer pocket holes or inside cases manually. Saves a ton of time. My procedure has...

  15. Live ammo tumbler?

    http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/989047_Tumble_live_ammo_Tumbler_Oandapos__thruth_EXTREME_edition__200hour_torture_test__UPDATE__fired_rounds_in_OP.html Ammo after spending 300 hours in a vibratory tumbler.

  16. Live ammo tumbler?

    So, the great mystery here is... How do commercial ammo manufacturers polish loaded ammo without blowing up all of our guns from degraded powder? How is a coating applied to gun powder in the first place? What is this coating made up of? Why is it there? Is the box of ammo that has...
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