I have 6 buckets of lake city once fired brass.
And a single stage press.
I don’t even want to start lol.
How are you rinsing your brass?
I use two good squeezes of Dawn and maybe a little less lemishine.
I rinse in hot water and a nylon strainer.
Most of the brass come out slick.
I also use a dehydrator to dry. Not only does it dry fast it seems to eliminate water spots and the patina look.
My first guess would be to cut back on Dawn and then lemishine.
I haven't tried Simple Greens. Might have too.
From what I have read, watch the time and rinse on Simple Green since it can leach zinc out of the brass.
Not a problem(citric acid does the same) just something to keep in mind.
The manageability of brass like that.. for me anyway, is the Thumler Tumbler capacity. Running about 130-140 pieces each 2 hour load makes VERY manageable re-sizing lots. If I have several hours, I'll stagger both of my tumblers so loads are finishing up one hour apart. So I'm getting 2 hours tumble with a load coming out every hour until I can't stand it any longer.
Last edited by markm; 10-01-21 at 19:00.
"What would a $2,000 Geissele Super Duty do that a $500 PSA door buster on Black Friday couldn't do?" - Stopsign32v
On the days when it's raining too hard to go outside, prep brass. On the days when the wind chill is -11 degrees, prep brass. On the days when the heat index is + 100 degrees, prep brass. You would be surprised how much brass you can process in a few hours. It will shave hours off your reloading time when you load the prepped brass during the shooting season.
6 buckets of brass is manageable. You eat an elephant one bite at a time.
Last edited by T2C; 10-01-21 at 22:19.
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^^^^^^^^
That is good advice.
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