Cleaning 5.56 brass - tricks?

[Bimmer]

When I'm tumbling off wet brass, I get some primer pocket clumps if I try to short run the tumbler for 30 min.... and that's only water.

And that's in Arizona... I wonder if tumbling wet brass would ever dry here, where humidity is sometimes 70-80%.

[markm]

And that's in Arizona... I wonder if tumbling wet brass would ever dry here, where humidity is sometimes 70-80%.

Yikes. Yeah. Your media would never get a chance to dry out.

[Sparky5019]

Yikes. Yeah. Your media would never get a chance to dry out.

You have now hit reason 3,276.3 that I won’t wet clean here in NC. LOL.


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[bb223]

90m for lube removal? How long do you let them go for cleaning?





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That is my cleaning usually

I never really find brass that's so dirty I need to clean it before resizing, if I have a pile I'll maybe throw it all in a towel and try to wipe down most of it. But that's about it.

[Bimmer]

Yikes. Yeah. Your media would never get a chance to dry out.

You have now hit reason 3,276.3 that I won’t wet clean here in NC.

I have a stainless tumbler, but I also have an old toaster-oven I plan to use for drying when it's rainy here...

[1_click_off]

How full is your tumbler with media? I found mine really wakes up how fast it tumbles if I run less media in it. Try pulling a cup to a cup and a half media out of it.

[Bimmer]

How full is your tumbler with media? I found mine really wakes up how fast it tumbles if I run less media in it.

Amen to this... I have the smaller Frankford Arsenal dry tumbler (it's 25+ years old), and it slows waaaay down if it's more than 3/4ths full.

[fedupflyer]

You have now hit reason 3,276.3 that I won’t wet clean here in NC. LOL.


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You are missing out.

[Sparky5019]

You are missing out.

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[m1a_scoutguy]

You are missing out.

You can NEVER convince me that I'm missing out on multiple more steps in the reloading process! My brass is going back in my gun, not walking down a runway for display, LOL Anyways I tumble before I size but this still could work for you. I use the Lyman media, yea it cost more but I feel its worth it,at least for me. I use 1/3 of the Red media and 2/3 of the Green. I learned this from a buddy years ago that loads thousands of rds a year,both 223 & 9mm and a few others. This mix works great,lasts a long time and dust is at a minimum,when the media gets older I'll start tossing in dryer sheets. This could be worth a shot for you,I know its worked good for me for years.