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I don't care if my brass I'd bright and shiny. I prefer not to introduce the the cleaning media into he cases where it may get left behind. I also don't want to increase my exposure to lead. Mostly, I would be happier with my money back from my unused case vibratory cleaner.

I thought you had to clean your brass. Is it. A correct statement that you do not need to clean it to make accurate effective ammunition? If I do not have to o sure don't want to.

Also, can anyone list a few reasons to clean the brass?
 
To get the most out of your brass you'll need to clean it at some point because it will get grungy. With clean brass you'll ensure smooth feeding and you'll be more able to spot failures, like head separations, cracks and dings . You can certainly load accurate ammo with out cleaning, but dirty brass will scratch and degrade your dies, and less be less likely get a clean case stuck as opposed a dirty one
 
This can be debated till the cows come home. I agree I don't like the residue left in the cases I don't know if it hurts or not. I do believe dirty cases are hard on dies. I do like my cases clean and shinny that is just me. I went with using stainless still pins to clean my cases, my be a little extra work but I like it.
 
Case cleaning is not completely cosmetic for all the reasons listed above.

Case preparation is a topic in and of itself. Think I'll start a thread.

Personally, my Brass shines like the sun. I can use it as a flasher if I get lost in the forest.

Red Walnut meda leaves behind a faint trace, very light, of dust. It accumulates in your die and eventually will cause the die to start scratching the case. I have some examples....
The dust inside the case, never had any issue with that.

Best reason in the world for a sonic cleaner is to clean your dies, bolts, & trigger assemblies.
 
DaveB":25fzshth said:
Case cleaning is not completely cosmetic for all the reasons listed above.

Case preparation is a topic in and of itself. Think I'll start a thread.

Personally, my Brass shines like the sun. I can use it as a flasher if I get lost in the forest.

Red Walnut meda leaves behind a faint trace, very light, of dust. It accumulates in your die and eventually will cause the die to start scratching the case. I have some examples....
The dust inside the case, never had any issue with that.

Best reason in the world for a sonic cleaner is to clean your dies, bolts, & trigger assemblies.
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I can see the point about the dust. I'm sure most of us have done it but I generally put in some used dryer sheets torn up in smaller pieces to collect the dust. Change them out fairly regular. I don't use walnut media tho. I use corn cob media. The dust on cases isn't near as visible. If I was more concerned I'd wipe them off after taking them out.


Big or small, kill em all
 
Jcalder":2h7ey75t said:
DaveB":2h7ey75t said:
Case cleaning is not completely cosmetic for all the reasons listed above.

Case preparation is a topic in and of itself. Think I'll start a thread.

Personally, my Brass shines like the sun. I can use it as a flasher if I get lost in the forest.

Red Walnut meda leaves behind a faint trace, very light, of dust. It accumulates in your die and eventually will cause the die to start scratching the case. I have some examples....
The dust inside the case, never had any issue with that.

Best reason in the world for a sonic cleaner is to clean your dies, bolts, & trigger assemblies.
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I can see the point about the dust. I'm sure most of us have done it but I generally put in some used dryer sheets torn up in smaller pieces to collect the dust. Change them out fairly regular. I don't use walnut media tho. I use corn cob media. The dust on cases isn't near as visible. If I was more concerned I'd wipe them off after taking them out.


Big or small, kill em all
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I just spray them off with a compressor
 
Yes, I long for Stainless media. I have a miracle whip jar and I stuff bills into it to pay for a setup. Here is what I want

http://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/pro ... ctId/27279

Never buy a tumbler. Never buy a sonic cleaner. Go with the SS pins.

I of course have two tumblers, a dead sonic, a working sonic.

Cleans inside, cleans primer pocket, cleans exterior. No residue. No picking primer pocket or flash hole. The finished brass glows like Sunset, on the high side of extremely nice.

OTOH, a tumbler is good if you purchase once-fired military brass. Whooeee that stuff is nasty dirty. Sonic cleaners are great for bolt, trigger, and dies.

Nickel brass is good, a lot of folks DO NOT like it at all. Neck cracks are why and max loads speed up that cracking.

BTW, I have seen some brass come back on the market. Not R-P just yet, Winchester is so sporadic I think its warehouse residue just being found, Federal is a no-show. PRIVI Partizan now and then. I have 400 R-P brass 30.06 on their final load. I'd like to get going on case prep before I shoot up the last rounds.
 
Deer Assassin":1895dzrf said:
man talking about over thinking it

i have never once worried about residue in the case or lead exposure

i simply lube size tumble prep load
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I agree 1,000%! This is why some people are so intimidated to start reloading. Some real finicky guys go so far overboard with steps that make no difference and make it sound like every step they do is essential. If you take care to wipe each case with a white paper towel that has is moist with some kind of thin oil - such as 3-In-One - before you lube to run them in the sizer die, then that's all you have to do to protect your sizer die. I've been reloading since 1978 and have never scratched a sizer die doing this. I clean some cases with walnut media sometimes but don't consider it even remotely essential to do that type cleaning.
 

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