Your reloading videos are by far the best on utube and I’ve learned my bench skills directly from you! I do use a tumbler, however, as you mentioned, I may want to get that box of 20 hunting rounds perfectly reloaded including the steel wool shine. Thanks so much for another great lesson!
That was awesome man. Who cares how long it takes if your pleased with the final product. I want my brass shiny! I am and have always been proud of my work and like it to show. I was leaving the real dirty stuff on the range but now I wont. Thanks for the video.
Believe it or not, Ajax, hot water, some cleaning vinegar, and a tiny bit of citriclean(think that’s what it’s called) will do an amazing job of taking off a lot of that tarnish. It’s not as good as the steel wool, but I take a bunch of cases and just let em soak in the solution for about an hour turning them over a few times, then strain them, wash off the solution, and let em dry. Then I’ll throw them in the walnut media with some polishing compound for a even cleaner case. Does a excellent job. But like you said for one or two or few cases I’ll just wash em off and use steel wool , I like to get the inside of the case clean too though so I’ll try and squeeze some steel wool in inside the case too and run it with the drill.
Thank you so much for this video, I've been watching UA-cam all morning and most of them are like "First let's get your tumblr ready". I found a few dozen shells and want to get them to a shine just for fun, so I cannot buy a tumbr. I'm going to test the vinegar salt one I've been seeing, but this seems simple enough. Thanks again!
Another top notch quality video. I always wondered if I was the only reloader who went the extra attention to detail mile. I really like this process, especially on brass that is that dirty. Like you said, if you're only reloading some rounds for precision shooting/hunting, this is really a cool way to go.
Thank you for the support to my channel and the kind words! I love the reloading process and it sounds like we may have some things in common. Have a great evening! :)
A tumbler wont clean brass that is that tarnished, I've tried it. You will find that if you use a green scrubber first it will get most of the tarnish off quickly but it leaves abrasion lines in the brass. You can then follow up with the steel wool to smooth and polish the brass. It works very well and free brass is worth the effort.
I don't care what anyone else think's, that's a beautiful shine for reloading,and if you are financially challenged and cant afford a tumbler right now, by all mean's,this is a great way to make your brass look great!........Thank you for another interesting video!!!...
For brass that wasnt left outside for days, just shot and picked up, i find a dawn soap and hot water bath works good, agitate them alot, then pick em out 1 by 1 rinse under the faucet real quick and rough dry with a rag, throw them in the oven for a bit to fully dry then if they are still dirty when reloading hit them with some steel wool for a second in the case holder on a drill. Thats good enough, not polished unless its still close to new brass, but pretty clean!
When I started reloading, I inherited a lot of 257 AI brass. It was all dark brown, and I didn't have a wet tumbler yet. I polished-- by hand-- no power tools-- around 300 cases with steel whool and mother's mag polish. The gun and brass I inherited was owned and shot/reloaded by my grandfather. It was nice to sit back and do a good job while thinking of him and what the good old days must have been like on a mountain with that gun taking deer.
I agree with your idea of steel wool for the really oxidized brass. The brass exposed to the elements , oxidizes quickly. I sometimes pick up brass like that and have them tumbled several times and not polish up very well.... your method will make it much easier to tumble the next time. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.....
I can't imagine giving this kind of time to each casing. My tumbler full of stainless pins, water, dawn, and lemi shine make my brass look just as shiny and I don't lift a finger for it. Props to you for your patience though.
If you use a soft cloth and a tiny weeny spot of metal polish (autosol, barkeepers friend, whatever) it will mirror-shine in seconds without using a scourer.
I've used a very similar method to clean up "those" range pickups. I typically don't dry or wet tumble for long periods of time to keep from banging up the mouths. This lets me catch up the grungy pickups and put all the brass in the tumbler on an even playing field. I keep a scotch brite pad on my bench for quick touchups.
There are so many ways to clean cases. This one is pretty safe (no chemicals) and does a good job, but it is s...l...o...wwwww... I'd definitely consider for oddball or rare cases (e.g., 303 Savage, 25-35, or formed wilcats).
@@michaellacy8510 no chemicals? None but the insane amounts of lead barium and antimony he’s making air born by aggressively dry brushing the inside (absolutely idiotic) Soap is the majority of wet case cleaning agents. He also risks damaging in the chuck. There are so many ways but this is the worst and not safe.
Well lets see : 15 minutes per case = 25 hours to clean 100 cases vs 15 minutes to load 100 cases in a tumbler and turn it on. I think I will stick with tumblers.
I got to give you allot of credit on your video here. For 20 or so, that makes sense. But to do thousand or so no. So I like how you went into depth. Wonderfull job. Thanks for sharing.
Nice video on your method. Looks like it really gets the job done. Do you do anything special for the primer pocket or just ream it out with a primer brush, thanks
Hi again I'm just wondering if you have ever mic the brass before you've started doing that that cleaned it to see what tolerances your at, I've just got done rebuilding a motor and I do that process to the crank and rod barrings on thee outside of them when I want my tolerances perfect,does it make your brass thin for chambering just wondering your friend ?
Reason I asked you was I'm getting started in reloading and I'm doing a lot of research on reloading and your one of the most ppl I watch to get ideas and information from, by the way I watch your video on your way you got the name jujitsu2000 and I'm impressed because I putt my son through wrestling and did it like you did from a young age to now and he is 24 and is in world in Nevada took second place and quit after that it broke him when he lost there and right after that two days later I had a heart attack which I think stopped him all together butt anyway keep up the " good " work I'm having fun watching your work have a nice day sir.
Yes sir! It's definatly a slow process and I use my tumbler very much. I made this video for those who don't have one and want shiny brass. To me quality beats quantity and I don't mind polishing 20 cases at all. I appreciate your comment and thank you for the support you give to my channel! Have a good day! :)
I’m glad that you have & use a tumbler. 1 thing about me is that I’m a conservative western Okie especially my own energy. I’ll just use my tumbler, I don’t have the patience or time to do this. Thank you for your video. Thank you Sir
Have you thought about using a rag impregnated with a hard wax to finish it off and retain the shine that much longer, the electric drill will help generate the heat to make a hard wax move.and stick.
I'm a bass player. My fingers aren't for laboring on the business end of something that can drill holes through concrete. A tumbler full of walnut media and a few teaspoons of citrus scented brass polish, makes any (357 Sig too) and as much brass as I want to reload, worthy of a jeweler's showcase. Meanwhile, the two hours my tumbler runs while filling the room with that very pleasant lemony scent, are spent practicing my other passion; rehearsing for gigs, and transcribing music. But to each his own. Guns N Basses Forever 🔫🎸
What a great idea. That is very resourceful. It gives me another idea... You could rig up some sort of rod to do multiples, like 10 at a time or something like that. I guess it would have to be with the primers out, sort of like a lathe-type attachment for your battery-operated drill. I haven't started reloading yet so I don't know if that would work or not but it sounds good.
Awesome! I know most people say it only matters for aesthetics, but if you're going to put effort into the craft of making your own ammo, why not make it shine and look as good as possible?
I know this is really old, but why not just glue something you can chuck up to the drill to a old food container with a lid and use it as a tumbler instead of going through all that for each round?
I use the Lee case trimmer also with my electric drill in a vise. Prior to chucking up the brass in the Lee trimmer I clean the primer pocket. I chuck up and trimming the brass to the correct length then debur the throat of the brass. I then use Nevr-Dull polish to make quick work of bringing a brilliant shine to the brass. The brass is already chucked up in the Lee trimmer so it is only one additional step to polish it. FWIW you will not find a polish that will produce a better shine on brass than Nevr-Dull.
Maybe I'm naive but why do you polish casings when you will just shoot with them again and they will retarnish. Plus, I doubt if you would display them on your mantle. i can understand polishing a figurine or nik nak. Thanks.
if you make a narrow"v" of brush, with some logs at the top of the "v", you can make a big animal put his head RIGHT where you want it. Then a powerful spring pole can drive one of 6 stakes (lashed to a 1" OD stick rectangle, 6" wide and long) right thru his skull or spine. Instant death, so you don't need to waste lots of your snare wire cabling him to the jungle whip, as is the case with a horizontal whip. Reserve the wire-cable for the areas that are too rocky, etc, to have any stakes, no trees, etc, and all you can arrange is foot snares, using 8 strand cable to hook the critter to 150 lbs of drag log. The 20 ga wire is only good for 20 lbs of breaking strength. So you can only make at most 7 such traps. If you don't need that many, wonderful. The stakes should be at leas 8",of projected length, triangular in cross section, bladed, serrated, barbed and fire hardened. If the animal gets outside of your little 1.2 mile radius of allowed land, centered on your drop off point ,you don't get to claim the meat.. So keep that in mind when setting traps for big animals or arrowing same.
Just FYI, you can use scotchbrite (scrunge) if you don't have any steel wool. I have several different coarseness of scotchbrite & that works pretty well.
This seems to be a pretty effective way to polish brass, but slow. I'm wondering if it would be more effective if you decapped first so that while you already have each case chucked in the lock stud, you could trim and deburr saving from having to go through that step later? And when you had each case in the drill primer out you could stick a primer pocket tool in there. I also even think, since you have them in the drill already, that you could eliminate another step by finishing them off with a rag damp with case lube, and some more on a neck brush for inside, then sizing each one when you take it off the drill. Whenever I've seen brass around water, it seems if you don't dry it soon enough, or wipe it with an oily cloth, you get tarnish, corrosion, or at least water spots. A tumbler could do what you've done in the video easier, but it can't inspect, trim, deburr, clean the pockets, and lube each case. If you're going to handle each case like that, you might as well get all this stuff done and be done with it. I wouldn't prime them or charge them yet, until I knew they were good and dry.
Very cool idea. If one was to use this method regularly they would be garunteed a quickly progressive case of arthritis in their hands. . ( it is cool though. ) Best to ya.
Love your vids, thanks for posting! I am a subscriber. Have you ever tried wet tumbling? I am new to reloading and went with a wet tumbling system. I don't even own a dry tumbler. Give it a shot if you're in a situation where you need to tumble in volume and want similar results!
Polishing brass in this manner introduces minor structural stresses to the case and if repeated, weakens cases over time. Not a good idea. Better to use Birchwood Casey Case cleaner. Much quicker to use, cleans inside and out, and it doesn't damage the cases.
That's fabulous, if you're only polishing 3 or 4 cases. But due to time restrictions (ie: Job, family, romantic pursuits, sanity...) I bought a tumbler for 40 bucks.
I'm in the process of doing this on some old loaded ammo that isn't too pretty. I will shoot it for practice and then go for the final polish before reloading it. I've used this method for years in addition to tumblers. I want to prep up a a sizeable batch of hunting ammo to gold medal status and save it for a rainy day. I will use the uglier stuff for range plinking.
Life's too short & time can be better spent doing something other than than individually handling several hundred pieces of brass. A tumbler, especially the wet media using stainless steel pins does an awesome job of cleaning brass to look as good as new. And the nice part is that you don't have to handle each piece of brass - you can be out shopping for a new gun, watching a movie with the family, reloading ammo, or spending a day out at the range.
Very thorough and detailed! Kinda slow going, but I turned up the playback speed. I do that for darn near ALL UA-camrs, however... SUBBED! Thanks for being a VET! :D
I did a couple hundred 30-06 rounds this way, sans drill. I was turned onto a product called "Mr. Brassey" it is really fast and non corrosive. I have also thought about hard wax, but was worried about wax buildup, Anyone had any experience with it?
same here. I have a video on it and my brass gets just as shiny as this even from a corroded state. I've also tried the fine steel wool by hand and finishing it off with some metal polish and it comes out great but takes too long to do.
Only thing I’m worried about is how much brass you take off, it seems a rather harsh way of cleaning. However cartridges are pretty robust I suppose! Lol.
it takes the same amount of time for a tumbler to make 1 as it does many so to save time if your doing something like 20 as he said then it saves time if that matters to any one
Hey buddy! How've things been? That would be sweet to be able to do like 10 at a time. I don't use this technique unless I'm only loading a box of 20 or something like that. If I'm going to clean large quantities, I use my tumbler. Are you going to start reloading? If you need any help, I'm always here. It may take me a little time to respond because I get tons of comments, e-mails and private messages, but I'll help out in any way that I can! I miss you my friend! Have a great day! :)
Bro, let's lobby history channel for a 200 day Alone, and 2 million $. They take out an insurance policy, so it will probably only cost them 1/2 mill. its a lot harder to last thru the winter and anyone who can do so can obviously stock up during the summer and make it thru the next winter.
A viable method for getting cases shiny if you only have a few hunting or long range cartridges to make. But definitely too time consuming if you want to make 100+ cases each week...
damn thats alot of wasted water and wasted electricity to run the drill. just get a wet tumber and some stainless steel media and you can get the same results for alot less effort. ive done your method when cleaning up some dirty brass.
tank2449 Ive tried the method in the video too...for real dirty brass. But its WAY too much time and effort. It only takes a fraction of a second to fire off a round. So I try to keep reloading time to a minimum.
use the lee shell / case holder and lock stud polish the whole case the only part that is not polished is the bottom of the shell no need for water use a 000 steel wool been doin it for years , but I only do match ammo like this and some ammo I want too look like it came from the factory , or you can use steel media and a rock polisher and get the same result. cool way too do it if you don't own a tumbler, or a rock polisher
Throw that brass in a tumbler loaded with cob media and a tablespoon of brass polish, let it run a couple of hours and you've got cases shiny enough to diamond stud! All that other stuff is fine if the end objective is to just obtain shiny brass for show. As a handloader for the past thirty years or so, my time is better spent working up and testing loads, (I assume you'll fire them at some point) not polishing cases as an end unto itself, which is what all that tedium appears to be geared towards. (Yawnnn)
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Man,that brass look's great! I love watching your video's,I can spend an entire afternoon watching your reloading vid's! thank's again!!!...
Your reloading videos are by far the best on utube and I’ve learned my bench skills directly from you! I do use a tumbler, however, as you mentioned, I may want to get that box of 20 hunting rounds perfectly reloaded including the steel wool shine. Thanks so much for another great lesson!
Thank you for the very kind words and support that you give my channel
Going to the range every other week and use 200-400 rounds , I clean my brass once after three round of reload , dirty or shiny same accuracy ;)
That was awesome man. Who cares how long it takes if your pleased with the final product. I want my brass shiny! I am and have always been proud of my work and like it to show. I was leaving the real dirty stuff on the range but now I wont. Thanks for the video.
Awesome! Thank you!
Believe it or not, Ajax, hot water, some cleaning vinegar, and a tiny bit of citriclean(think that’s what it’s called) will do an amazing job of taking off a lot of that tarnish. It’s not as good as the steel wool, but I take a bunch of cases and just let em soak in the solution for about an hour turning them over a few times, then strain them, wash off the solution, and let em dry. Then I’ll throw them in the walnut media with some polishing compound for a even cleaner case. Does a excellent job. But like you said for one or two or few cases I’ll just wash em off and use steel wool , I like to get the inside of the case clean too though so I’ll try and squeeze some steel wool in inside the case too and run it with the drill.
Thank you so much for this video, I've been watching UA-cam all morning and most of them are like "First let's get your tumblr ready". I found a few dozen shells and want to get them to a shine just for fun, so I cannot buy a tumbr. I'm going to test the vinegar salt one I've been seeing, but this seems simple enough. Thanks again!
Another top notch quality video. I always wondered if I was the only reloader who went the extra attention to detail mile. I really like this process, especially on brass that is that dirty. Like you said, if you're only reloading some rounds for precision shooting/hunting, this is really a cool way to go.
What was the purpose of the liquid dish soap? Any way I think for a few rounds is ok but not for more than a few. thanks
Cleaning. I agree, Thank you! Blessings
Thank you for the support to my channel and the kind words! I love the reloading process and it sounds like we may have some things in common. Have a great evening! :)
Want your brass looks like new - use felt and paste GOI. It will shine like jewellery.
A tumbler wont clean brass that is that tarnished, I've tried it. You will find that if you use a green scrubber first it will get most of the tarnish off quickly but it leaves abrasion lines in the brass. You can then follow up with the steel wool to smooth and polish the brass. It works very well and free brass is worth the effort.
+CplSki USMC Thank you!
I don't care what anyone else think's, that's a beautiful shine for reloading,and if you are financially challenged and cant afford a tumbler right now, by all mean's,this is a great way to make your brass look great!........Thank you for another interesting video!!!...
Do you Polish your nails before you drive them in with your polished hammer?
For brass that wasnt left outside for days, just shot and picked up, i find a dawn soap and hot water bath works good, agitate them alot, then pick em out 1 by 1 rinse under the faucet real quick and rough dry with a rag, throw them in the oven for a bit to fully dry then if they are still dirty when reloading hit them with some steel wool for a second in the case holder on a drill. Thats good enough, not polished unless its still close to new brass, but pretty clean!
Can you please post a link to where I can buy the stud and shell holder that you use? I have not been able to find them.
Can you please provide the link where I can order the lock stud and shell holder?
Do you just shoot 1 round a week? Or 10 rounds a Month?
When I started reloading, I inherited a lot of 257 AI brass. It was all dark brown, and I didn't have a wet tumbler yet. I polished-- by hand-- no power tools-- around 300 cases with steel whool and mother's mag polish.
The gun and brass I inherited was owned and shot/reloaded by my grandfather. It was nice to sit back and do a good job while thinking of him and what the good old days must have been like on a mountain with that gun taking deer.
A drop of flitz and a cleaning patch works really well also. Its a little quicker too.
I agree with your idea of steel wool for the really oxidized brass. The brass exposed to the elements , oxidizes quickly. I sometimes pick up brass like that and have them tumbled several times and not polish up very well.... your method will make it much easier to tumble the next time. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.....
I can't imagine giving this kind of time to each casing. My tumbler full of stainless pins, water, dawn, and lemi shine make my brass look just as shiny and I don't lift a finger for it. Props to you for your patience though.
If you use a soft cloth and a tiny weeny spot of metal polish (autosol, barkeepers friend, whatever) it will mirror-shine in seconds without using a scourer.
I've used a very similar method to clean up "those" range pickups. I typically don't dry or wet tumble for long periods of time to keep from banging up the mouths. This lets me catch up the grungy pickups and put all the brass in the tumbler on an even playing field. I keep a scotch brite pad on my bench for quick touchups.
This would be a perfect method if cases ran $5 a piece. Or if you shoot 10 rounds a month.
There are so many ways to clean cases. This one is pretty safe (no chemicals) and does a good job, but it is s...l...o...wwwww...
I'd definitely consider for oddball or rare cases (e.g., 303 Savage, 25-35, or formed wilcats).
@@michaellacy8510 no chemicals? None but the insane amounts of lead barium and antimony he’s making air born by aggressively dry brushing the inside (absolutely idiotic) Soap is the majority of wet case cleaning agents. He also risks damaging in the chuck. There are so many ways but this is the worst and not safe.
Well lets see : 15 minutes per case = 25 hours to clean 100 cases vs 15 minutes to load 100 cases in a tumbler and turn it on. I think I will stick with tumblers.
While I agree, there are sometimes I miss brass on the ground and need more than a tumbler
about how much does it cost to buy the case mouth brush, lock stud, and shell holders?
I got to give you allot of credit on your video here. For 20 or so, that makes sense. But to do thousand or so no. So I like how you went into depth. Wonderfull job. Thanks for sharing.
+James Sween wet tumble in that case. Thank you!
Kudos. I reload a lot of black powder cartridge and the tumbler doesn't do anything to restore shine to the cases. This worked great.
Do you not have a shotgun? Or do you not reload shotgun shells?
Nice video on your method. Looks like it really gets the job done. Do you do anything special for the primer pocket or just ream it out with a primer brush, thanks
2541968joey Thank you for stopping by! I just clean them with a brush
Hi again I'm just wondering if you have ever mic the brass before you've started doing that that cleaned it to see what tolerances your at, I've just got done rebuilding a motor and I do that process to the crank and rod barrings on thee outside of them when I want my tolerances perfect,does it make your brass thin for chambering just wondering your friend ?
Great comment! To be honest, I've never measured the brass to find out. I've shot many rounds and never had any issues. Thank you for stopping by! :-)
Reason I asked you was I'm getting started in reloading and I'm doing a lot of research on reloading and your one of the most ppl I watch to get ideas and information from, by the way I watch your video on your way you got the name jujitsu2000 and I'm impressed because I putt my son through wrestling and did it like you did from a young age to now and he is 24 and is in world in Nevada took second place and quit after that it broke him when he lost there and right after that two days later I had a heart attack which I think stopped him all together butt anyway keep up the " good " work I'm having fun watching your work have a nice day sir.
Jason Anderson
Wow! Thank you for sharing you and your sons story. I hope he gets back on his horse and finds his passion again! :-)
good job dude...anyone can tumble brass...but it takes a real man to do this
thank you. I want a wet tumbler
Yes sir! It's definatly a slow process and I use my tumbler very much. I made this video for those who don't have one and want shiny brass. To me quality beats quantity and I don't mind polishing 20 cases at all. I appreciate your comment and thank you for the support you give to my channel! Have a good day! :)
I’m glad that you have & use a tumbler.
1 thing about me is that I’m a conservative western Okie especially my own energy.
I’ll just use my tumbler, I don’t have the patience or time to do this.
Thank you for your video. Thank you Sir
Dang that's clean! Yeah if it's bad like the one you showed, you only gotta clean it like that once.
Your Amazing Bro 😎👍🇺🇸💯
How too making new brass
Have you thought about using a rag impregnated with a hard wax to finish it off and retain the shine that much longer, the electric drill will help generate the heat to make a hard wax move.and stick.
that's a great idea!
Thank you for your service. God bless you.
I'm a bass player. My fingers aren't for laboring on the business end of something that can drill holes through concrete. A tumbler full of walnut media and a few teaspoons of citrus scented brass polish, makes any (357 Sig too) and as much brass as I want to reload, worthy of a jeweler's showcase. Meanwhile, the two hours my tumbler runs while filling the room with that very pleasant lemony scent, are spent practicing my other passion; rehearsing for gigs, and transcribing music. But to each his own. Guns N Basses Forever 🔫🎸
Steel wool is actually reducing the thickness of your brass casing. How many times can you do this abrasive action before you've destroyed the brass?
What a great idea. That is very resourceful. It gives me another idea... You could rig up some sort of rod to do multiples, like 10 at a time or something like that. I guess it would have to be with the primers out, sort of like a lathe-type attachment for your battery-operated drill. I haven't started reloading yet so I don't know if that would work or not but it sounds good.
Have you compared these results with wet tumbling w/ SS pins?
wet is much better!
Awesome! I know most people say it only matters for aesthetics, but if you're going to put effort into the craft of making your own ammo, why not make it shine and look as good as possible?
+varanidguy Absolutly
Thank you, Sir! God Bless!
I know this is really old, but why not just glue something you can chuck up to the drill to a old food container with a lid and use it as a tumbler instead of going through all that for each round?
Sweet! Brass is getting harder to get these days! Have a good day. :)
I use the Lee case trimmer also with my electric drill in a vise. Prior to chucking up the brass in the Lee trimmer I clean the primer pocket. I chuck up and trimming the brass to the correct length then debur the throat of the brass. I then use Nevr-Dull polish to make quick work of bringing a brilliant shine to the brass. The brass is already chucked up in the Lee trimmer so it is only one additional step to polish it. FWIW you will not find a polish that will produce a better shine on brass than Nevr-Dull.
Thank you! I will keep the good material coming! Quality beats quantity! Have a great day! :)
Maybe I'm naive but why do you polish casings when you will just shoot with them again and they will retarnish. Plus, I doubt if you would display them on your mantle. i can understand polishing a figurine or nik nak. Thanks.
never mind the haters thanks for showing us an alternative
if you make a narrow"v" of brush, with some logs at the top of the "v", you can make a big animal put his head RIGHT where you want it. Then a powerful spring pole can drive one of 6 stakes (lashed to a 1" OD stick rectangle, 6" wide and long) right thru his skull or spine. Instant death, so you don't need to waste lots of your snare wire cabling him to the jungle whip, as is the case with a horizontal whip. Reserve the wire-cable for the areas that are too rocky, etc, to have any stakes, no trees, etc, and all you can arrange is foot snares, using 8 strand cable to hook the critter to 150 lbs of drag log. The 20 ga wire is only good for 20 lbs of breaking strength. So you can only make at most 7 such traps. If you don't need that many, wonderful. The stakes should be at leas 8",of projected length, triangular in cross section, bladed, serrated, barbed and fire hardened. If the animal gets outside of your little 1.2 mile radius of allowed land, centered on your drop off point ,you don't get to claim the meat.. So keep that in mind when setting traps for big animals or arrowing same.
Holy crap the one on the left looks like its steel case!
Awesome!! I was gonna toss out a lot of surplus brass bc I couldn't get it to shine up, now it's back in play
lotta time and effort for 1 case. brass polish works great[brasso]
Love the video had been waiting for this one thanks man
Put shellhouler in small vice insert case hold steelwool in other hand turn drill on trim and debur1. case then steel wool hole case much faster
Just FYI, you can use scotchbrite (scrunge) if you don't have any steel wool. I have several different coarseness of scotchbrite & that works pretty well.
+Medmann48 Sweet! Thank you for the support!
This seems to be a pretty effective way to polish brass, but slow. I'm wondering if it would be more effective if you decapped first so that while you already have each case chucked in the lock stud, you could trim and deburr saving from having to go through that step later? And when you had each case in the drill primer out you could stick a primer pocket tool in there. I also even think, since you have them in the drill already, that you could eliminate another step by finishing them off with a rag damp with case lube, and some more on a neck brush for inside, then sizing each one when you take it off the drill. Whenever I've seen brass around water, it seems if you don't dry it soon enough, or wipe it with an oily cloth, you get tarnish, corrosion, or at least water spots. A tumbler could do what you've done in the video easier, but it can't inspect, trim, deburr, clean the pockets, and lube each case. If you're going to handle each case like that, you might as well get all this stuff done and be done with it. I wouldn't prime them or charge them yet, until I knew they were good and dry.
+Brad Payn I agree! Great comment! Thank you for the kind words and support!
Thank you! Have a great day! :)
Very cool idea.
If one was to use this method regularly they would be garunteed a quickly progressive case of arthritis in their hands. .
( it is cool though. )
Best to ya.
Tumble or agitate with corn or walnut. A little nu finish mixed In. I can't imagine doing 100 rounds this method time wise
Use what you have, plain and simple.
Love your vids, thanks for posting! I am a subscriber. Have you ever tried wet tumbling? I am new to reloading and went with a wet tumbling system. I don't even own a dry tumbler. Give it a shot if you're in a situation where you need to tumble in volume and want similar results!
Polishing brass in this manner introduces minor structural stresses to the case and if repeated, weakens cases over time. Not a good idea. Better to use Birchwood Casey Case cleaner. Much quicker to use, cleans inside and out, and it doesn't damage the cases.
Great vid, nice results. thx much
thank you!
That's fabulous, if you're only polishing 3 or 4 cases. But due to time restrictions (ie: Job, family, romantic pursuits, sanity...) I bought a tumbler for 40 bucks.
Can someone provide me the lee part number for the shell holders for 308, and 223. I also need the part number for the lockstud
I'm in the process of doing this on some old loaded ammo that isn't too pretty. I will shoot it for practice and then go for the final polish before reloading it. I've used this method for years in addition to tumblers. I want to prep up a a sizeable batch of hunting ammo to gold medal status and save it for a rainy day. I will use the uglier stuff for range plinking.
Sweet! Thank you! I appreciate the kind words and the support to my channel. I have friends that wet tumble. It's awesome! Have a great day! :)
Life's too short & time can be better spent doing something other than than individually handling several hundred pieces of brass. A tumbler, especially the wet media using stainless steel pins does an awesome job of cleaning brass to look as good as new. And the nice part is that you don't have to handle each piece of brass - you can be out shopping for a new gun, watching a movie with the family, reloading ammo, or spending a day out at the range.
Very thorough and detailed!
Kinda slow going, but I turned up the playback speed.
I do that for darn near ALL UA-camrs, however...
SUBBED! Thanks for being a VET! :D
thank you!
I did a couple hundred 30-06 rounds this way, sans drill. I was turned onto a product called "Mr. Brassey" it is really fast and non corrosive. I have also thought about hard wax, but was worried about wax buildup, Anyone had any experience with it?
I've never used wax, but I'd bet it works well!
Harbor Freight Rock tumbler, Turned into a Wet Tumbler, works way faster.
same here. I have a video on it and my brass gets just as shiny as this even from a corroded state. I've also tried the fine steel wool by hand and finishing it off with some metal polish and it comes out great but takes too long to do.
Thanks! Just for you my friend. Have a good day! :)
With 30-06 brass now unavailable and costing 0.75 cents each if it were available, range brass never looked so good.
Only thing I’m worried about is how much brass you take off, it seems a rather harsh way of cleaning. However cartridges are pretty robust I suppose! Lol.
Exactly! You hit the nail on the head! :)
Great info, as usual! Thanks!
Great idea but not Practical for over 100 rounds
it takes the same amount of time for a tumbler to make 1 as it does many so to save time if your doing something like 20 as he said then it saves time if that matters to any one
ya I should retract what i said cause i have started doing it lol.. it's actually a great idea
Jeff Nardi indeed
Thank you! :)
Hey buddy! How've things been? That would be sweet to be able to do like 10 at a time. I don't use this technique unless I'm only loading a box of 20 or something like that. If I'm going to clean large quantities, I use my tumbler. Are you going to start reloading? If you need any help, I'm always here. It may take me a little time to respond because I get tons of comments, e-mails and private messages, but I'll help out in any way that I can! I miss you my friend! Have a great day! :)
I'd say that some Brasso polish or jeweler's rouge would be a big help for the final steps.
I agree, thank you for stopping by!
I would of also put a small dab of metal polish on the 0000 part
I do have a shotgun. I'm in the process of filming some 12 gague shotgun reloading as we speak! Stay tuned! :)
Mine just got grey
Sweet! I had the dish soap. Just forgot to use it in the video. Ha ha... Have a great day! :)
Bro, let's lobby history channel for a 200 day Alone, and 2 million $. They take out an insurance policy, so it will probably only cost them 1/2 mill. its a lot harder to last thru the winter and anyone who can do so can obviously stock up during the summer and make it thru the next winter.
A viable method for getting cases shiny if you only have a few hunting or long range cartridges to make. But definitely too time consuming if you want to make 100+ cases each week...
Daniel Lea True! Thank you!!
Somewhere around $15 or so... Have a great day! Thanks for watching! :)
Thanks...slow but great results!
true, thank you. it works when there aren't other options
damn thats alot of wasted water and wasted electricity to run the drill. just get a wet tumber and some stainless steel media and you can get the same results for alot less effort. ive done your method when cleaning up some dirty brass.
tank2449 Ive tried the method in the video too...for real dirty brass. But its WAY too much time and effort. It only takes a fraction of a second to fire off a round. So I try to keep reloading time to a minimum.
EXCELLENT!
i use toothpaste and cloth or toilet tissue just rub it a few times and rinse it ends up loking like gold
use the lee shell / case holder and lock stud polish the whole case the only part that is not polished is the bottom of the shell no need for water use a 000 steel wool been doin it for years , but I only do match ammo like this and some ammo I want too look like it came from the factory , or you can use steel media and a rock polisher and get the same result. cool way too do it if you don't own a tumbler, or a rock polisher
+MAD DOG thank you
Only 999 left to go.
5 hours later, you have 20 cleaned shell casings.......
Oh yea! :)
Sweet!
Nobody does this
Throw that brass in a tumbler loaded with cob media and a tablespoon of brass polish, let it run a couple of hours and you've got cases shiny enough to diamond stud! All that other stuff is fine if the end objective is to just obtain shiny brass for show. As a handloader for the past thirty years or so, my time is better spent working up and testing loads, (I assume you'll fire them at some point) not polishing cases as an end unto itself, which is what all that tedium appears to be geared towards. (Yawnnn)
Shiny
Great video but maybe speak 2-3x faster?