Reloading Tip: Cheap Tumbling Media?

Are you paying too much for tumbling media?

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• tumbler
• tumbling
• media
• frankfurt
• arsenal
• Hornady
• Lyman
• corn
• cob
• walnut
• shell
• shells
• crushed
• polish
• polisher
• brasso

[Dp908]

How long did you tumble those? I tumble my brass for 3+ hours in treated corn cob media with a little bit of cleaning solution. Talk about clean and shiny... I do this after I prep the cases though. Before I prep the cases, I tumble the for just 1 hour to remove and dirt and soot off the outside so I don't scratch my dies.

[Iraqveteran8888]

@Dp908 This brass tumbled about 45 minutes.

[palehorseone]

IV8888 - How much Brasso do you recommend?

[Iraqveteran8888]

@palehorseone About 2 quarter sized squirts.

[sorrycharly5750]

Cool trick, you can also use ground up walnut shells as non skid by maxing it with paint.

[Iraqveteran8888]

@sorrycharly5750 Thats actually a very good idea!

[JohnLoganMcKee03]

Thanks for the Info, very helpful.

[GRIEME3]

A friend of mine has a stainless steel media tumbler and it puts everything else to shame. After 2 hours, the brass is brand new inside and out, even the primer pockets and flash holes. The best part is that the stainless steel media lasts forever. Do a web search for stainless steel media online, they have a kit where you get a high speed tumbler, 5 pounds of ss media and some lemi shine for around $230.

[hinermad]

For polishing you might consider the wood pellet bedding, also available at the pet store. I've just started playing with it but it shined up my .45-70 brass nicely. It does get stuck in the flash hole though so you'd need to blow or poke it out afterwards.

The stuff is great for filling lightweight shooting sandbags too. It's rigid enough to support the weight of a gun without crushing flat, but a lot lighter to carry than actual sand or shot.

[FLDad]

Thanks for another great video. I've been using walnut shells from Harbor Freight and it works well enough, but the lizard bedding looks more coarse and might work faster.

Oh, and thanks for the nice intro music, too!

[PaddyTheYankBastard]

Just to Confirm. The shells you are showing at the end are pre-polish? In other words, you just ran them through the walnut media? Thanks, Nice video. I appreciate the 'bottom line' style of your video.

[Amologist]

Wow! I didn't know Midway charged so much. You can buy this for about one fourth the price at Buffalo Arms Co. and it won't stick in the flash hole! It is very fine and polishes the brass as shiney as you want.

[OlUncleJoe]

This guy tells me he cleans & shines brass with leather strips (from old shoes). I never tried it myself tho'.

[dbach7]

Please say basically a few hundred more times.

[masterprepper]

@Iraqveteran8888 Haha I just made a video today suggesting this same product as an alternative to tumbler media. Nice work !

[thinktwicez71]

i use the same bedding , i found 2 caps full of nufinish car polish does a great job of polishing them at the same time