November 8, 2009, 06:37 PM | #1 |
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sort THEN tumble! lol
i just pulled a bunch of brass out of the tumbler, i was sorting it into the boxes when i pulled out a 45/70 case with a .44mag stuck in it. i pull out the .44 and am tossing it in its box when i decided it felt heavy.
looked in it and see a .32acp, i smacked out the .32 and look in to see another case, i grab my screw driver and pry out a 9mm, just to make sure i check again i look, and see ANOTHER case. it was a .40s&w. to recap; 45/70-.44mag-.40s&w-9mm-.32acp! lol i had to go back thru my boxes to double check that i didnt miss anything. lesson learned, sort then tumble! lol |
November 8, 2009, 06:56 PM | #2 |
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I am surprised there wasn't a few .22 rf in there also.
I was trying to load some .223 the other day and broke a primer pin on a 22 that was in the case that had been tumbled. Wonder what that wold of done the the load? Doug |
November 8, 2009, 09:20 PM | #3 |
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Never tumble 45 gap with 50 bmg unless you like puzzles.
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November 8, 2009, 10:03 PM | #4 |
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I don't feel so stupid now! I made a mistake of tumbling .45 with 9mm and some 45-70. I had to pull the 9MM out of the 45-70 and .45 cases and re-clean.
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November 9, 2009, 07:07 AM | #5 |
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Them big cases is always makin' whoopee with the small cases. They gots no shame at all.
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November 9, 2009, 12:03 PM | #6 |
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I made the same mistake by mixing 9mm w .40cal brass and let me tell you...those buggers get stuck pretty well. I had to use pliers on a couple cases because the media got stuck in there a well!
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November 9, 2009, 01:02 PM | #7 |
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Mixing brass
I have found if you leave the top of the tumbler on and don't disterb them, they will breed.
Nothing like a bunch of .25 autos running around. there cute. Ed |
November 9, 2009, 02:27 PM | #8 |
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Learned early on in the tumbling proccess, one caliber at a time. Tried .45Colts, .41mag, .357mag and .32mag. Will never do that again.
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November 9, 2009, 05:25 PM | #9 |
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edward5759 - Too Funny!
I try not to mix cases anymore after my first fiasco! Especially do not want the little brass breading! |
November 10, 2009, 11:32 AM | #10 |
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I do 9mm and .38/357 together and do .45 and .44 but have yet to figure out what to do with the .40. I just don't shoot enough to clean them separately they are a PITA
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November 10, 2009, 11:35 AM | #11 |
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When I first got into reloading I loaded my tumbler up on the back porch with some 9mm, some .40 and some .45. I came inside and posted a thread about it here on TFL. I was proud of myself you see . Then folks started the "OH NO!" posts. Too late to save me from an evening of unsticking cases.
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November 10, 2009, 01:58 PM | #12 |
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I think a lot of us have done this, only to have the same "well, DUH" moment after.
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November 10, 2009, 02:35 PM | #13 |
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Yeah, after it happened to me I thought to myself that I should have seen it coming...........but I didn't.........
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November 10, 2009, 03:33 PM | #14 |
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If I don't sort 223 from 45acp...I find em stuck together as well.
Sort, decap/resize, tumble, load, shoot, repeat. |
November 10, 2009, 08:49 PM | #15 |
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good to shoot one caliber.
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November 10, 2009, 11:05 PM | #16 |
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Agreed. I think we all make that mistake--ONCE.
For me, it was tumbling 9mm and .45acp together. They were almost all stuck inside one another. What a pain. |
November 11, 2009, 11:46 AM | #17 |
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Sort your brass for tumbling
Doesn't Lyman still make bags for tumbling mixed brass all in the same tumbler?
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