Vibrating or Rotary Tumbler

[R2rr]

If you're still looking for the pluses and the minuses, add in that the stainless-steel wet tumbling does ding up (pean) the case mouth edges a bit. Just have to address it with a close inspection for very tiny burrs hanging over to the inside of the case. They can grip on a bullet a little more, possibly increasing release pressure (likely a small influence, but if you're goal is consistency...).

 

[Rick Richard]

If you have a cloths dryer with a tennis shoe rack it works great as well. I have switched to vibratrating with rice, but when I was use the rotary tumbler I would just throw it in the dryer for an hour and they come out dry.

Curious on why the rice?

 

[2ndson]

I prefer wet tumbling. It cleans the inside of the cases and the primer pocket much better. My brass comes out looking beautiful! I built my own tumbler out of 80/20 and an old treadmill.

 

[Painless300]

Curious on why the rice?

4 reasons:
No Dust
Easy to separate
Leaves a certain amount of lubricity in the necks for much smoother and consistent bullet seating.
No "bullet welding" to necks.

 

[Rick Richard]

4 reasons:
No Dust
Easy to separate
Leaves a certain amount of lubricity in the necks for much smoother and consistent bullet seating.
No "bullet welding" to necks.

Long grain, short grain, white, brown, Mahatma, Uncle Bens…….Lol.

 

[Painless300]

Long grain, short grain, white, brown, Mahatma, Uncle Bens…….Lol.

Nishiki is the brand. Don't knock it till you try it.

 

[Hawkeye Pierce]

Ill try the rice,probably cheaper than buying more corncob.
I like the idea of cleaner primer pockets, but not the ding of the mouth with the SS pins

 

[Kmccord]

I used to use Corn Cob, then I went to Walnut media and it works great, but I am going to put rice on my list now.

 

[Painless300]

Primal Rights has a great article on their website with links to the rice and the reasons to use it.

Play With Your Food: Clean Brass With Rice :: Primal Rights, Inc

Cleaning your brass is a necessity. Foreign material in or on our cases can cause all kinds of problems. Damage to expensive reloading dies, damage to rifles, and various other issues can arise if proper care is not taken.

www.primalrights.com

 

[bluedog69]

I have both. The newest is a Frankford Arsenal rotary tumbler. I use walnut media and it seems to do a much better job than the vibrating tumbler in a shorter amount of time.

 

[Rick Richard]

Primal Rights has a great article on their website with links to the rice and the reasons to use it.

Play With Your Food: Clean Brass With Rice :: Primal Rights, Inc

Cleaning your brass is a necessity. Foreign material in or on our cases can cause all kinds of problems. Damage to expensive reloading dies, damage to rifles, and various other issues can arise if proper care is not taken.

www.primalrights.com

Interesting read. Cheap experiment too. Thanks for the info.

 

[Hawkeye Pierce]

Very interesting read, but the pictures weren't the best. Painless can you post some pictures and run times of yours?

 

[md66948]

If I buy a wet tumble I am going to use SS Chips, not pins.

 

[Hawkeye Pierce]

If I buy a wet tumble I am going to use SS Chips, not pins.

I haven't heard of chips, I've seen the pins and heard reference to BBs but not chips yet, how do they compare?