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I guess a better question would have been - how clean is the inside supposed to be?
I only tell a select few how to really do it!I do 2 hours max with walnut and then after resizing with case wax/hand priming I do 15 minutes with treated corn cob to get the lube off and give it a nice final shine.
When I asked this question 5 years ago, @mac1911 told me he just drops his brass from waist height onto the floor to knock the sand off
I guess a better question would have been - how clean is the inside supposed to be?
Do you find the corn cob dust sticks to the inside of the casemouths and media sticks in the primer pockets? I don’t know wtf I’m doing wrong. Maybe I’m using too much lube?...I do 2 hours max with walnut and then after resizing with case wax/hand priming I do 15 minutes with treated corn cob to get the lube off and give it a nice final shine.
When I asked this question 5 years ago, @mac1911 told me he just drops his brass from waist height onto the floor to knock the sand off
I think our resident expert had declining accuracy with case being to clean inside?I don't know if there are experts on on that or not, but I just checked, and I don't happen to be one. My guess is that any normal amount of carbon fouling inside the casing wouldn't matter a bit. Most people don't de-prime before tumbling, which means that they'll end up seating a new primer in nasty-looking primer pocket (which they will never see). If that doesn't cause problems, I don't see how a case that has carbon fouling inside would.
Do you find the corn cob dust sticks to the inside of the casemouths and media sticks in the primer pockets? I don’t know wtf I’m doing wrong. Maybe I’m using too much lube?...
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Well I tumble the cases prior to sizing but to remove the lube I tumble them again - prior to priming. I guess I could prime then tumble but the cases are goey from the case lube. I may be using too much. I just throw them in a bin and spritz them with homemade lube (iso alcohol and lanolin oil).Tumble before you de-prime. No way to keep media other than properly sized stainless steel pins from jamming in the primer pockets. I used to take one of those small steel primer pocket brushes to every case, but that's overkill for almost any application except possibly benchrest. I don't waste time on that anymore. Just make sure the primer holes in the case are consistent- you'll want to ream one if it has some metal flash obstructing part of the hole. Any carbon fouling in primer pockets can be ignored- just press in the new primer and forget about it.
Media may be getting gunked up if it's sticking inside the case mouths. Time to change media if it is.
I just throw them in a bin