Glad it is helpful. Many have moved on to wet tumbling; but dry still has the appeal of being relatively inexpensive.

Credit to you and your resourcefulness!!! I would have thought the grits would be too soft - good to hear they worked. Check the primer pocket and hole to make sure no grits get stuck in there. Now you just need to find powder and primers (bullets are fairly available). Try powder valley if you don't already have.

@@forseeit I live in South Carolina . Grits are a common food here and similar to Italian polenta . I often shop at C&C Ammo in Boiling Springs and sometimes shop at Palmetto State Armory in Greenville . By the way , you should try grits with salt , black pepper , butter , and bacon bits . Maybe add some cheese and eggs .

@@victorwaddell6530 spent my first few years out of school working down south. I've had grits at least 10 ways and like them all (except shrimp and grits - thought that was a waste of food grits and food shrimp 😁). Grits with butter and eggs over easy - THAT'S a breakfast.

Glad it was helpful!

You're welcome!

Glad you enjoyed it

I have to give that a try

@@forseeit so what did you think?

Brasso has AMMONIA: Use at your own risk on cartridge brass!

bucsfan116 , I tried dryer sheets. Ripped them into strips and put about 10 strips (about two sheets) in with media and brass. Did not notice any real difference. Scrips cam out dusty and shredded, but I didn't notice a real change in the amount of dust. I'm lazy, so I concluded not worth the effort. That said, I have heard of others using the dryer sheets with success.

Glad you enjoyed it!

Since this video I have switched to One Shot - works very well.

so will a wash water. Powdered citric acid is readily available and much cheaper than the Lemu shine

couldn't you use baking soda in stead of barkeepers friend as they are both abrasive? and why do you do a second go around in the vibrator? Just don't use the lanolin and then you don't need to vibrate aftterwards.

Run a test with just a handful. I have gotten overly ambitious with the media I try and end up with cases that have a very brushed finish (work fine, just look ugly)

​@@forseeit OK greatly appreciate time saving info.

Not sure. Maybe try something simple like adding a few cutup dryer sheets to the tumbling media to suck up the dust?

Steel (even stainless steel) is way harder than brass, so it's going to tear them up a bit. I would be very hesitant to use metal shavings, since you end up having to root about a bit in the bix to get out the cases and clean them up (media gets inside and in primer pocket). I can't get within 6 feet of a metal chip without getting something in my hand or finger. The stainless pins they use in wet tumbling are way to large to get into skin, so they are fine. Shavings and chips, not so much... That said, if you ever get around to trying it, make a video (or at least let me know how it went). Good luck!

I keep using it till it turns dark/dirty. I put the NuFinish in each time (I tried skimping, but no good)

Use it until it gets grimy and takes longer to polish your brass. Buy lizard litter at PetSmart. Cheaper than commercial crushed walnut. Mix a 50/50 solution of Nu Finish car polish/mineral spirits into a squeeze bottle with a marble in it. Squirt a little in the tumbler while it's running for about a minute(to disperse) before tossing your brass in. Rip up a used dryer sheet into approx 2 inch squares. Throw 4 or 5 pieces into your tumbler when running it. They will act like a grime magnet. Discard after each use. Happy reloading.

It still runs fine, but to do it again, I would go with stainless steel wet tumbling - seems to be what everyone is moving to. I have not tumbled in a while (low ammo costs mean I just hoard brass).

Also, if you are going to dry tumble, harbor freight has a new larger tumbler. The one I have still runs fine, but bigger is always better...

thanksfor the reply .. I was just at harbor freight and with a coupon i got it for 42 bucks so I bought it... they also have 25 pounds of walnut media fine fir 20 or 25??? is that a good price on walnut media?? I am new to reloading but not with firearms.. I just want to mess around with fine tuning some 223 loads for my different barrel twist rates I have.. thanks man

I paid $15 for 10 pounds so $20 for 25# is a decent price. But, you don't go through it that quickly, so 25 pounds is a bit (you can reuse tumbling media for a while before it get's "used up"). A REALLY good idem to get is a timer for the outlet - On Amazon they call it the "Woods 8-Hour Countdown Plug-In Timer For Indoors, 1 Grounded Outlet" - it's like $11. It lets you choose 1-8 hours of "on time" so you can turn on your tumbler and walk away. ***make sure the nut is on tight, or you will come back to an open top dust mess***

avoid Harbor freight tumblers unless you buy the warranty. they have a weight that hangs off the motor shaft that will destroy the motor in a month or so. a Lyman tumbler has a complete different motor design.

I considered that, but it seemed unlikely much material was being removed. Focused more on some type of oxidation, but I expected green, but thought I had to research oxidation options for brass and copper.

Not much at all - like a teaspoon, maybe less. If you put too much, it tends to make the media clump up, and some of it opts to clump up inside the cases - annoying to remove (with a paperclip or long probe)

Ok thanx bud

Please the new finish in first run the tumbler for a half HR. It will already be mixed in the media then just throw in your cases

Which defeats the purpose of the vinegar?

@@gettingpast4391 during the rinse it neutralizes the vinegar so if you don’t get it all off it won’t affect the brass.

@@AgrippaKCsGunTime Sorry I missed the part about it being in the RINSE water. Yes that's a good idea.

Grits work well .

Will try next time I tumble.

You are mainly tumbling them to clean them up and get rid of debris inside the cases (assuming you have dug up some of these cases from the ground). Once you tumble them and then shake media off them, you can reload them. I deprime them before tumbling and then size them, and then tumble again to get lube off them) and then you are all set to prime, put powder into the case and then put bullet and then crimp)

forseeit no these are farely clean brass just factory loads that i have shot. But the walnut media seems to clean the cartridge but dulls the shine of clean brass. i was just wondering if that had any affect on the action since it looks like mirco abrasions

El Pescador Fishing Channel No, the micro abrasions will have no effect. If they are clean, then just deprime, make sure the primer pocket and flash hole are clean, and then just reload.

awesome! thanks man

Ehhhh...It's not quite. If I run it outside, no one complains. If I run it inside, you can hear it on that floor, but if you go up one floor, it's just a slight noise you have to listen to hear for. That said, I can't run it at night - no one in the house would be able to sleep.

It depends on how dirty they are. You cna't tumble them too much (though the noise may drive you crazy). Start with two hours and give them a peek. The more cases you put in, the longer it will take. For me 3-4 hrs did the trick most of the time. I would empty them out, remove all teh media with an old fryer strainer, and then pick out any that were still a bit dirty and throw them in with the next batch.

Gotcha just did my 300. Win mag for 4.5 hours they look tip top Magoo.

I have not tried compressed air - might work.

I tell people "Crushed walnuts" as a test. If they do no research on realoading at all, and go out and buy walnuts and then crush them up and tumble them with brass, it fills the brass and prevents them from reloading it. Keeps everyone safer. ;)

LOL. That video was made in 2013 with a cell phone that was at least three years old at the time. The goal was to convey information. At the time there was a decent shortage of guns and ammo. Was just giving people some ideas on some of the basic steps of reloading. Focus, framing, lighting, etc. were not a huge focus (yep, I did that) when I made the video. I've had more than a few people comment on how I clean brass - that they do it differntly (and they seem to get angry that I am not doing it like them). You ae the first person to comment on the focus. I have since changed cell phones - so hopefully any vid I make in the future wil be in focus.

When I made this video, wet tumbling was not yet popular. I'm sure SOMEONE was doing it; bu it was FAR from common. Materials - specifically the stainless steel pins - were VERY pricey. I know it can be hard to imageine a time when something WASN't there. I tell people stories of breaking down in the middle of the night on a snowy road, and they ask, "Why didn't you call someone?" and I explain the nearest payphone was two exists back. They can't imagine a time of no cell phones. Imagine a time when the only wet tumbling was of rocks.

@@forseeit lol that’s funny bc I actually work at a gun shop, that was founded in 1967 because the man who started it, noticed there was a need for quality hunting ammunition and he started reloading out of his Garage. It’s now one of the biggest independent firearms & outdoors stores in South Louisiana. Well that man has since passed away and his son is the owner of the company, and I purchased one of those Frankfort Arsenal Platinum wet tumblers. The real big one. Well I didn’t realize how loud it was in my old apartment so I really couldn’t use it at home so I brought it to work and tumble big batches of brass there. The owner of the store and I are the only two people who work there that reload. Well he asked me about the tumbler, he didn’t understand, he said “you tumble it with those stainless steel pins in there?” Yes sir I’ve got a bunch of them “do you put water in it?” This mans father started an extremely successful business by reloading out of his garage and he didn’t even know much about wet tumbling. So no I cannot imagine not having wet tumbling, but I do understand that it’s only within the last decade that it has really gained popularity. I wasn’t being hateful. I was just saying I hope you’ve gotten a wet tumbler since this video was made several years ago and I know that wet tumbling has only really become prominent in the last few years.

@@Traderjoe337 Ah, interesting. Wet tumbling definitly works (ironically, I assumed it was fairly quite). It's all good - I didn't assume anyting hateful - I'm old enough that I only assume you're being hateful if your spitting at me or shooting at me. Now, as for you being in South Louisiana, there is some envy in my soul. I like to eat and I dislike snow. Not sure why I didn't move down there years ago.

@@forseeit well don’t be too envious, we’ve had freezing rain for the past few days and everything is iced over lol. It’ll be back in the 70s in a few days though :) and I’ll be back at the range.

Words evolve. Used to call them cases, now 50/50 call them casings. Just like many people call empty shotgun cases "shells", when they were originally called "hulls". Now, if you want to point out the error of "clip" being used in place of "magazine" I would agree.

You are correct, words (and word pronunciations) evolve and it is usually people who don't have a good grasp of the correct words and pronunciations who cause this. IOW, the ignorant cause the language to change unnecessarily (not talking about you here). That's a shame. I hang out on gun, hunting, shooting, and reloading forums, read hunting books, have reloading manuals, etc. and all these are holding firm with "case" instead of "casing" so I ain't changing.

So you use the word casings instead of cases?

@@robertbrandywine I call mine tree stumps and they shoot fine