Reloading | Wet Tumbling vs Dry Tumbling | Best Way to Clean Brass for Handloading

Reloading | Wet Tumbling vs Dry Tumbling | Best Way to Clean Brass for Handloading | Which One Wins?

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2 жыл бұрын

This is a simple video showing a 30 minute tumbling session between a Hornady dry media tumbler and a Frankford Arsenal wet tumbler with 270 Winchester brass.
This brass has been fired 8 times and dry tumbled every time prior to this video. It will be tumbled in each tumbler and overviewed/compared on camera for reference.
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@DanY-zl3jg Ай бұрын

I’ve been reloading for a few years. You have convinced me to switch to wet tumbling. Plus my Harbor freight dry tumbler keeps breaking down on me anyway.

@RisenCitizen Ай бұрын

There are pros and cons to each, but I certainly feel like wet tumbling does a better job of legitimately "cleaning" the brass.

@sourdoughjoe5406 3 ай бұрын

Both methods have their advantages. If I want to "polsh" I will use dry tumble. To "clean" I will wet tumble. I use both methods depending on what I want to do.

@RisenCitizen 3 ай бұрын

There are definitely pros and cons to both 👍.

@brian_zx6r 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome video!

@RisenCitizen 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir!

@Gnor27 29 күн бұрын

You should try the different methods is same machine. So that way the difference between the dry and wet process would be more clear. Try wet process in a vibratory thumbler and try the dry process in a rotary thumbler too. :)

@RisenCitizen 28 күн бұрын

I would try it, but each machine is made specifically to do one task or the other. The vibratory tumbler might not even hold water because it isn't made to have a water-tight seal. In which case, that alone could potentially break the tumbler. Whether it does a good job or not, I don't really want to find out if I could lose the tumbler in the process, lol. Thank you for the idea, though!

@chris.eskimo Жыл бұрын

2 hrs seems to be sufficient, dry or wet.

@claywynn4507 Жыл бұрын

The residual material in the primer pockets is not carbon. It is ash from the lead styphnate primer burn. It is well known as the primary source of lead contamination in cleaning brass. It is best to remove the spent primer before tumbling to reduce this source of contamination. Otherwise the liquid residual of the wet tumbler is a toxic soup consisting of chelated lead in solution, with water and carbon and other materials. Dry tumbling does not generate this effluent. Although there may be some lead contamination from the primer in the dry tumbling media, it is dispersed in the dry media. Responsible reloaders should determine if tumbling waste effluents are harmful to their neighbors or the environment in general, and that disposal pathways are legal.

@2pugman Жыл бұрын

Dry tumbling releases the toxins into the air we have to breathe. I started wet tumbling in the FART machine two years ago and the brass is much cleaner. I flush the toxins down the drain and not into my COPD lungs.

@jturner5227 Жыл бұрын

Why is everyone obsessed with ultra clean primer pockets? Witch doctor did a video amd found it statistically insignificant.

@RisenCitizen Жыл бұрын

Precision reloading is a constant chase for consistency, so naturally, it's just another point of conversation.

@47vulcanride 6 ай бұрын

Sorry but it doesn't make sense to tumble all of them dry and then follow up with all of them in a wet tumbler. It's not a comparison

@RisenCitizen 5 ай бұрын

Do you think the outcome would have been different had I done otherwise?

@Andy152R 4 ай бұрын

I dry tumble mine in walnut and Meguiars Ultimate Compound (yes, for cars), anneal, deprime, swage primer pocketsz form and trim, then wet tumble before loading. Trust me. It makes a difference. Especially next loading session.