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Been working on my attempt at a bulk pistol brass prep setup.

So far I am using a 4 cu ft concrete mixer (currently just water, soap & lemishine). Brass is decent, but by no means perfect after 60 minus of tumbling. Just ordered 25 lbs of stainless pins to see if I can get down to 30-45min with better results. Got my roll sizer set up & connected to my case feeder - took a bit of fiddling to get it working consistently, but I am super happy now that I have it worked out.

Need to figure out a better way to dry it - currently using a smaller de-hydrator that works great for < 1k pieces of pistol brass. Considering a larger food dehydrator - but also curious to see if a cheap(ish)/used electric smoker would do the trick as well.

Also rigged up some strainers using steel lathe to help with media separation.

A bunch of work, but fun and rewarding - albeit kinda insane.

<blockquote data-quote="ILikeGlocks" data-source="post: 5984659" data-attributes="member: 59636">Been working on my attempt at a bulk pistol brass prep setup.So far I am using a 4 cu ft concrete mixer (currently just water, soap &amp; lemishine). Brass is decent, but by no means perfect after 60 minus of tumbling. Just ordered 25 lbs of stainless pins to see if I can get down to 30-45min with better results. Got my roll sizer set up &amp; connected to my case feeder - took a bit of fiddling to get it working consistently, but I am super happy now that I have it worked out.Need to figure out a better way to dry it - currently using a smaller de-hydrator that works great for &lt; 1k pieces of pistol brass. Considering a larger food dehydrator - but also curious to see if a cheap(ish)/used electric smoker would do the trick as well.Also rigged up some strainers using steel lathe to help with media separation.A bunch of work, but fun and rewarding - albeit kinda insane.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ILikeGlocks, post: 5984659, member: 59636"] Been working on my attempt at a bulk pistol brass prep setup. So far I am using a 4 cu ft concrete mixer (currently just water, soap & lemishine). Brass is decent, but by no means perfect after 60 minus of tumbling. Just ordered 25 lbs of stainless pins to see if I can get down to 30-45min with better results. Got my roll sizer set up & connected to my case feeder - took a bit of fiddling to get it working consistently, but I am super happy now that I have it worked out. Need to figure out a better way to dry it - currently using a smaller de-hydrator that works great for < 1k pieces of pistol brass. Considering a larger food dehydrator - but also curious to see if a cheap(ish)/used electric smoker would do the trick as well. Also rigged up some strainers using steel lathe to help with media separation. A bunch of work, but fun and rewarding - albeit kinda insane. [/QUOTE]

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