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I have never tried it without depriming, but it may be possible for even the pins that are sized so as not to be trapped may do so. I don't know, just supposing.
The inexpensive Lee decapping die has worked very well for me, especially with crimped in primers, and it didn't break the bank.
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I have run primed cases with the stainless pins. I haven't had any pins stick in primed cases.
But the old primer residue will be wet. It takes longer for things to dry.
De-prime 1st and the primer pockets will be somewhat clean.
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I run deprimed cases never have had a pin stuck in a flash hole , cases inside, outside, primer pockets and flash hole all come out looking brnad new !! I do belive there a like 3 sizes of pins , I don't remember what size mine are , they are bigger than the smallest so two can try to go through flash hole and hang up, but are still smalle enough to pass through , the biggest size won't pass through.
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Yours are probably .047". It's the .041" ones that will stick two-at-a-time in the flash hole.
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I use tap water (warm), 2 tablespoons dawn, and � teaspoon lemishine. 1/4 Tsp Lemi-Shine
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Pick up a Lee Universal Decapping die and run your brass thru it prior to tossing in the tumbler. Then, you're good to go. I usually set my tumbler on the bench and just as soon as the brass comes out of the decapping die, t goes immediately into the tumbler. Here is a picture of a drying rack I made one afternoon. Usually let the brass dry overnight and it's ready to go the following day.
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Yours are probably .047". It's the .041" ones that will stick two-at-a-time in the flash hole. That's true. I ended up with 0.041" pins when I bought my kit, and I'd have two or three percent of cases with pins stuck in flash holes (.223 and 5.56 brass) when I started using it. I just tumbled 1000 cases though, and have loaded 500 of them and I have not seen a single case with pins stuck in the flash hole. I'm kinda puzzled over it but I suppose I'll be able to sleep at night even if I never know why.
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Thank you again for all the help guys. I have the .047 pins, lemi-shine and a thumler tumbler on the way.
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Varmints inc, How you liking the tumbler and pins? Tough to separate brass from pins?
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I ordered a double drum tumbler from harbor freight for 44 bucks.
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Is there any practical advantage of using SS case cleaning over more conventional methods?
I use a conventional tumbler and add a little white spirit and ammonia free brass cleaner to the media, and the cases come out pretty decent..Just wondering what benefits using SS would bring?
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I just bought the Rebel 17 from stainlesstumblingmedia.com. I had used a conventional tumbler up until now. Here's my $.02.
The conventional tumbler is quicker to use and works just fine. However, if you have old grungy brass that was picked up at the range or you want to remove the tasks of cleaning primer pockets from your loading process, stainless tumbling is the way to go. It's somewhat more cumbersome to separate brass from media in that you also have to deal with water. In saying all of this, I'm extremely impressed.
I'll continue to use the conventional tumbler for my long range loads as I feel the SS tumbler gets necks too clean and can create tension/cold weld issues. However, for a first cleaning on old brass, it's the way to go.
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I have all three
Stainless media & rotary tumbler Ultra Sonic And vibrating media
Stainless media in a rotary tumbler no question.
I only use the ultra sonic for cleaning bolts and such.
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I have a Hornady Ultra Sonic L&L 2L
It is a piece of junk
Waste of $90
It makes noise like an ultrasonic should but so far no mater what the liquid concoction it has totally failed to impress
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