pdog shooter
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Thanks for all the help, will send link to this forum. This friend is also my cousin, we don't listen to each other and apparently my training was somewhat lacking.
Exactly what I do. Roughly an hour, more can't hurt so I let it run longer if I'm busy. I just did this yesterday, cases have no lube on them. I easily marked the looser primer pockets with a sharpy.Tumbler and walnut shell media for about an hour.
Joking right? Wet tumble after priming? Carb cleaner? 4 to 8 hours with pins? None of this is good fwiw.After sizing and repriming I wipe all cases with Spray Carburetor Cleaner, to get the major amount of Royal Case Lube Wax off the cases. THEN, they all go into the Wet Tumbler with the stainless-steel pins. Minimum amount 4 hours, Max time 8 hours . Clean and shiny . My ritual is very simple, Fire the rounds all from the same box so they are all the same weight and they all stay together. No Mixing up cases. Then come home and anneal them ; then resize and de prime them ; then toss them in the wet tumbler. Remove and allow to Dry , and Examine and Measure. Then load them. Simple and easy !!I'm sure there are better or more sophisticated ways to do this, but this method works well for me.
Usually the neck mouth has a tiny burr from trimming it. You can barely feel it. A piece if steel wool to clean it then try it, or better yet; use a cartridge checker. If it goes in easy it will chamber too. Know your headspace.Got a friend that started reloading about a year ago. His goal is long range precision shooting. He's doing pretty good but has one (several) reoccurring problems that I believe related. Hard bolt lift, stuck cases, and blown primers. We have varified powder charges, chamber measurements, die adjustments annealing. trim length, and others that I cant remember right now. Heck, we even changed out the barrel.
There is one subject that keeps coming to mind and thats his method for final case cleaning. He wipes with a rag and assumes that if a sharpie will write on it then its oil free. He says that eric cortina or somebody does it that way. I have had pressure problems in the past due to petterson fat brass but we (long range hunting crew and myself) figured that out pretty quick.
I wash with a strong degreaser and heat gun dry
Would like some input from you guys as for your final cleaning.
All problems can be resolved. A 270 doesn't need to have a hot load! One of your problems.Sounds like more than a case lube problem.
I use rubbing alcohol applied with a paper towel while wearing nitrile gloves. After a wipe down of 50 cases or so the paper towel is real black - black stuff containing primer, powder & other residues not good for health. I clean cases before priming. Takes about 15 minutes to do 50 cases including case inspection.
This is more than a case lube problem:
" Hard bolt lift, stuck cases, and blown primers. We have varified powder charges, chamber measurements, die adjustments annealing. trim length, and others that I cant remember right now. Heck, we even changed out the barrel."
Hard bolt lift, stuck cases, and blown primers.