Cleaning your brass

[J E Custom]

I saw this Video and thought it could help those just getting started reloading and maybe a few others.



I don't use a suppressor and did not know that they were tough on brass.

J E CUSTOM

 

[Slick8]

Perhaps that's the case on an AR, I've never noticed it to look like that on a bolt rifle.

 

[rsmithsr]

yes you got to do some work on gas guns with suppressors and even then the gas is coming back and chit gets dirty

 

[ShtrRdy]

Brass fired in my AR without a suppressor looks like that. I always thought it was due to extraction starting before the pressure had subsided in the barrel.

 

[Mikecr]

The heavy sooting is interesting. I can picture it with a suppressor.
Initially the cases would seal to chamber walls, and soon the pressure drops enough for case release. However, the pressure is dropping way slower/longer in a suppressor, and there is purely carboned up gas held within it to suck back (instead of fresh air in a much longer barrel).

I'm not a proponent of over cleaning brass. But something would need to be done with that mess!

 

[Blackdirt Cowboy]

Thanks for the video. I just got into reloading a little over a year ago. I went with a stainless media tumbler and I'm so glad I did. Brings a smile to my face every time I open it up and the brass looks brand spanking new.

 

[jasonco]

I'v done all 3 during the years. Vibratory- unless you don't have anywhere to be for 12 hours. Sonic- cleans faster with a salt mixture & food citric acid (bulk Amazon) of Sams Club degreaser also, careful it's hot! Stainless pins- best of all. Used with food grade citric acid, a splash of Dawn and 2 caps of Sams Club degreaser, set for 40-45 minutes, more than 45 minutes and the case mouths will peen(not a big issue), completely tumble in media separator to remove ALL pins and shake as much water as possible, put in old food dehydrator to dry, DONE. I'm usually cycling 3-4 rifles at the same time so I make an evening of case prep/clean.

 

[J E Custom]

The heavy sooting is interesting. I can picture it with a suppressor.
Initially the cases would seal to chamber walls, and soon the pressure drops enough for case release. However, the pressure is dropping way slower/longer in a suppressor, and there is purely carboned up gas held within it to suck back (instead of fresh air in a much longer barrel).

I'm not a proponent of over cleaning brass. But something would need to be done with that mess!

If the suppressor is blowing that much back into the chamber, I would think It needs to be cleaned. Brakes need to be cleaned occasionally so why not suppressors ?

J E CUSTOM

 

[aushunter1]

I posted in that recent brass cleaning thread about my thoughts on SS tumbling & U/S cleaning(I have never done walnut vibration tumbling).

I do have a SS pin tumbler that I built myself & I use burnishing compound in it, they come up pretty good but it takes way longet than just U/S cleaning.
I can get my brass carbon free & fairly shiny with citric acid in 9 minutes.

I will have to put up a before & after.

I have tried many commercial cleaning solutions including one shot, Birchwood cases, Lyman brass cleaner & nothing works anywhere near as good a citric acid which I can just get from the baking isle in the supermarket.

 

[crystalgayleguy]

I saw this Video and thought it could help those just getting started reloading and maybe a few others.



I don't use a suppressor and did not know that they were tough on brass.

J E CUSTOMhe didn't try brass juice

 

[littlewhaler]

I saw this Video and thought it could help those just getting started reloading and maybe a few others.



I don't use a suppressor and did not know that they were tough on brass.

J E CUSTOM

Excellent video on comparing 3 technologies..with or without suppressors. I have the first two and probly use the corn cob tumbler method the most but learned from your video about the new technology. Thank you. I have been reloading for 50 years and wonder how they even fired fifty yrs ago given methods/tools back then. I love the advancements but nothing replaces the fundamentals of very careful methods/measurements and records. Safety rules.

 

[J E Custom]

I am still looking for a MSDS for brass juice to find out what chemical's are in it before I try it. Some chemicals can be harmful to brass and zinc, so I won't to be sure it wont mess up my cases before I use it. It does look good though.

J E CUSTOM

 

[Mikecr]

If the suppressor is blowing that much back into the chamber, I would think It needs to be cleaned. Brakes need to be cleaned occasionally so why not suppressors ?

I agree, and did not know about this sooting issue with supressors.

 

[6.5x300 WBY]

Been using my Dillion Vibratory cleaner for years. I always just put my brass in the night before I want to reload and in the morning it was perfectly clean and ready to go.

Dont think I will change anything.