Since I'm the one that said "you should be tumbling with stainless" I'll explain.
First, I wasn't trying to sound superior, simply promoting the superior way to clean brass.
Full disclosure: I still dry tumble often to remove lube or quick clean pistol brass. I'm more anal about rifle loads. I haven't noticed or been able to quantify any increase in precision of my rifle loads.
The lead laden dust issue has been mentioned.
I put off wet tumbling with stainless for many years because it seemed tedious and unnecessary. While it is true that dry tumbling with corn cobb media will work fine and I did it for decades, after my father (who is a perfectionist) started wet tumbling I'll never go back. The extra time or effort I originally perceived for the process hasn't been an issue.
Letting brass dry isn't an issue for me because it happens when I'm at work or tending to other obligations and I tumble for less time overall.
The brass is cleaner inside and out and the work just doesn't seem any more time consuming than dry tumbling.
To stay on topic, I haven't tried a Giraud YET but it is in my future. I have hand trimmed and trimmed with an RCBS electronic three way trimmer head. I wore the head out quickly on 223 brass and learned that stainless tumbling will round off the burrs instead of using the three way cutter. Not perfect but ok.
I have often thought of using the little crow gun works trimmer but for now the rcbs electric trimmer will work till I get a Giraud trimmer.
I have severely scratched or etched dies in the past and that doesn't happen now.
For small batches of test ammo I will still dry tumble at times, but for large batches where I'm prepping a lot of brass to load up for the long run (like during winter when I shoot less and load up more ammo) I will only wet tumble because why not. Shiny brass doesn't shoot better but damn it looks more professional and has no downsides.
I understand the reluctance to start, however once you do you won't regret it.
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