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    Post has anybody used this?

    has any out there used this product/system to clean there brass? http://www.stainlesstumblingmedia.com/

    does it work?

    worth the money?

    what are your good and bad about it?

    they state never wares out... but sell a replenish bag???

    yes i would love to have all of my brass nice and shiny.
    does this "fix" tarnished brass?


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    It does work. I use steel shot and does the same.

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    It's all I use, and pin diameter size does matter. I used the .043 pins and some would lodge in the flash hole, use the .063 pins now and no problem.

    Just click this link, then click the threads and look at the pictures... http://castboolits.gunloads.com/foru...php?117-Grumpa

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    Yep, I can get brass that ends up looking like this when I'm done.
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    only the 0.43 pin size is listed on there web page. other source for the 0.63 size?

    but they say there media will last a life time, buut they sell "refresher mix" says two ways about there product.

    about sold on it. just need to get cash up first, but tires for the truck must come first.
    had started this thread to see what if any out there that use this product think about it, so far sounds like it is a good product, not snake oil.

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    The larger pins I got those from a vendor over on CastBoolits by the name of orisolo. There are other places that sell pins but I don't know who or where they are.Pins get lost by falling on the ground, an oops or whatever. I use the largest Dillon media separator they have and even at that I'm finding pins here and there.

    If you go that route, get yourself 1 of those telescoping magnets they sell at auto parts stores. Drying as fast as you can is important, after rinsing......dry with a towel. I get my towels at the thrift store for cheap, and generally pay less than $1ea for them. I set my brass on a drying rack, it's 4x6 expanded metal and out in the sun.

    I use the SS pin cleaning method for a few reasons. I don't need anything shipped to me as far as media is concerned. I don't need to spend coin on special polish. My media never goes bad, and it's way cheaper in the long run.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GRUMPA View Post
    The larger pins I got those from a vendor over on CastBoolits by the name of orisolo. There are other places that sell pins but I don't know who or where they are.Pins get lost by falling on the ground, an oops or whatever. I use the largest Dillon media separator they have and even at that I'm finding pins here and there.

    If you go that route, get yourself 1 of those telescoping magnets they sell at auto parts stores. Drying as fast as you can is important, after rinsing......dry with a towel. I get my towels at the thrift store for cheap, and generally pay less than $1ea for them. I set my brass on a drying rack, it's 4x6 expanded metal and out in the sun.

    I use the SS pin cleaning method for a few reasons. I don't need anything shipped to me as far as media is concerned. I don't need to spend coin on special polish. My media never goes bad, and it's way cheaper in the long run.
    with my body i have a number of those gadgets. good to always have one within reach.

    so looks like i just might buy one in feb-march. (money...or really lack there of).


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    I use the basic wet tumbling kit from frankford Arsenal, it does well, and has a large capacity.

    It comes with 5 pounds of pins and a sample pack of brass cleaning solution.

    I'm still trying to get my mix just right, but they're still coming out looking almost like new.

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    They sell refresher packs to me because no matter how careful I try to be, when I separate the media from the brass, I alsays seem to have a few get loose and bounce to the floor or go down my drain as I am rinsing the brass off of the Dawn and Lemishine. You slowly loose some media. But a 2 pound refresher pack will last me a year or two. And I am getting better at recovering most of it.

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    I've had mine for almost a year now and have probably lost 1/2pound of pins, but sometimes I will run it without the pins. It works very well for deburring 223 after cutting it down for 300aac.

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    ok so sounds like when i buy one i will have to "improve" the filtering to keep from losing too many pins. easy enough to do.

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    My gun club has a lot of grass encroachment into the shooting areas, so super shiny brass is typically easier for me to find. I started wet tumbling a few years ago and that's the only way I'll do it now. I bought a little two barrel tumbler from Harbor Freight. Each barrel will hold about a pound of brass. I tumbled some brass the other day and fit 64 pieces of 7.62 NATO, 46 pieces of 7.62 X 25, and a few pieces of 9mm/.380 Auto into the barrels. The HF tumbler isn't the route to go if you are tumbling large quantities of brass frequently, though. I purchase some steel pins from BestByte computers. They are .047" in diameter. I have never had any stick in any flash holes, though I did have some stick inside of .30 carbine cases, but that was more a function of their length (.255").

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    I rinse them in a colander and quickly put them on a towel. I roll them around in the towel and then transfer them to another towel which usually ends up on top of the dryer. The heat produced while drying clothes will dry the cases fairly quickly. I have lost some pins and, from time to time when I move things around in the garage, will find one or two under whatever I move.

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    I put my pin tumbled brass into a food dehydrator on HIGH for 45 minutes. They come out too hot to handle in my hands, and perfectly DRY, including inside the primer pockets. I leave primers in place while pin tumbling. I polish in my walnut shell vibrating system, to leave a coat of NuFinish car polish on the brass. Keeps em bright for a long time.

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    I ended up pouring them into a big plastic colander with a big cheesecloth bag that just fits around it. Not many strays now when I separate.

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    Quote Originally Posted by WarEagleEd View Post
    My gun club has a lot of grass encroachment into the shooting areas, so super shiny brass is typically easier for me to find. I started wet tumbling a few years ago and that's the only way I'll do it now. I bought a little two barrel tumbler from Harbor Freight. Each barrel will hold about a pound of brass. I tumbled some brass the other day and fit 64 pieces of 7.62 NATO, 46 pieces of 7.62 X 25, and a few pieces of 9mm/.380 Auto into the barrels. The HF tumbler isn't the route to go if you are tumbling large quantities of brass frequently, though. I purchase some steel pins from BestByte computers. They are .047" in diameter. I have never had any stick in any flash holes, though I did have some stick inside of .30 carbine cases, but that was more a function of their length (.255").

    Wet tumbled 1.jpg

    I rinse them in a colander and quickly put them on a towel. I roll them around in the towel and then transfer them to another towel which usually ends up on top of the dryer. The heat produced while drying clothes will dry the cases fairly quickly. I have lost some pins and, from time to time when I move things around in the garage, will find one or two under whatever I move.

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    Yeah I was thinking about trying that Harbor Freight dual drum, but did decide bigger was better and got the Thumlers Model "B" with a 15 pound capacity. Now they have an even bigger version, A Thumler's Extreme Rebel 17 with a 17 pound capacity drum.

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    I think the FA tumbler has a 35lb capacity, and a rubber coated drum. The rubber coated drum is very nice, the only noise is from the gears in the drive unit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DukeInFlorida View Post
    I put my pin tumbled brass into a food dehydrator on HIGH for 45 minutes. They come out too hot to handle in my hands, and perfectly DRY, including inside the primer pockets. I leave primers in place while pin tumbling. I polish in my walnut shell vibrating system, to leave a coat of NuFinish car polish on the brass. Keeps em bright for a long time.
    And one of my Xmas presents was a food dehydrator! Interesting. Make dry brass and beef jerkey with it!

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    I asked for a dehydrator but got a mini-fridge instead... Oh well, close enough

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mbaker78 View Post
    I asked for a dehydrator but got a mini-fridge instead... Oh well, close enough
    And I need a mini fridge, too. I am building a reloading/man cave shed out in my back yard. Gonna electrify and climate control it. Need a cool one while I am reloading out there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gandog56 View Post
    Need a cool one while I am reloading out there.
    Hopefully you mean soda

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