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Cleaning cases is lame and I refuse to engage in such a time wasting activity unless ABSOLUTELY necessary.
I am MAGA.
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Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile.
Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)
Not only a less than minimally educated person, but stupid and out of touch as well.
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Once upon a time whilst cruising the aisles of wally world I came acrost a sack of corn cob bedding for critters , gerbils & rats & such.
Great ol big sack for nearly nothing.
OK , so it's coarser than corn cob media but it ought to work OK right ?
So I put it in my tumbler with a bunch of 223 brass & turned her on.
......hours later I open up the tumbler & find nice , clean , shiney 223 brass....Packed with that corn cob schit , jammed in the brass , set like fuggin concrete....
Mike
Always talk to the old guys , they know stuff.
Jerry Miculek
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Wore out a vibrator. Bought another. Been using for 40 years and works for me. Indeed.
l told my pap and mam I was going to be a mountain man; acted like they was gut-shot. Make your life go here. Here's where the peoples is. Mother Gue, I says, the Rocky Mountains is the marrow of the world, and by God, I was right.
- Del Gue
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Once upon a time whilst cruising the aisles of wally world I came acrost a sack of corn cob bedding for critters , gerbils & rats & such.
Great ol big sack for nearly nothing.
OK , so it's coarser than corn cob media but it ought to work OK right ?
So I put it in my tumbler with a bunch of 223 brass & turned her on.
......hours later I open up the tumbler & find nice , clean , shiney 223 brass....Packed with that corn cob schit , jammed in the brass , set like fuggin concrete....
Mike ................ Thanks for the warning........That sounds like something I eventually would have tried.
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Campfire Oracle
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One time I threw all of my red union suits into the wash.
Like 5 of em.
When done I looked inside. Inside one suit was the other 4. All wrapped around the agitator.
I nearly had to buy a new wash machine. I can picture that happening. Like blankets with too much synthetic content, they ball up in the dryer. Then only the outside one is dry. That's why I hang stuff on the fence instead. And I love the smell of "line dried" clothes, towels, sheets, and blankets. Especially the towels when I bath on Saturday. As the man of the house I get the washtub before the woman and the dogs (no kids you know) Geno PS, back on track. Who likes/dislikes the ultrasonic type cleaners? You and the flave meet up at the laundromat?
If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
--Pat Parelli
American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
--ironbender
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Clean brass?
Huh?
Geno
PS I generally inspect and wipe off any serious stuff with a green scrubby pad. Yup
“Factio democratica delenda est"
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Campfire Kahuna
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Paul
"I'd rather see a sermon than hear a sermon".... D.A.D.
Trump Won!, Sandmann Won!, Rittenhouse Won!, Suck it Liberal Fuuktards.
molɔ̀ːn labé skýla
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Wore out a vibrator. Bought another. Been using for 40 years and works for me. Damn, tell us more 😂😂😂
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If it ain't broke don't fix it!!!!!!!!!!!
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I've been dreading cleaning a bunch of brass lately. I read this thread and BINGO....Just like that...... I ordered a wet tumbler. I was worried about noise but I read that these newer ones are padded to keep it down. I only had experience with a buddy that had one of the first ones and it was noisy as heck.
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Campfire Tracker
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The cheapo Harbor Freight dual drum tumbler works fine on brass. Coronavirus is an optional upgrade.
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Wore out a vibrator. Bought another. Been using for 40 years and works for me. Do you call it....... B O B?
prplbkrr = Purple Biker
Can't score goals if all you do is pass.
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Campfire Ranger
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Chirp, chirp... Non-pregnant silence.... Moving on, Re: lesson number 1. So you can use .38spl as a shoulder gauge for your .30-06 (per LRH during yesterday's 24cf outage) Or buy a more substantial bushing out of the hardware store specialty parts drawers... Either will fit nicely in your caliper case....
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-OMotS
"If memory serves fails me..."
Quote: ( unnamed) "been prtty deep in the cooler todaay "
Television and radio are most effective when people question little and think even less.
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I like sonic cleaners.
No pins No tumbling media.
In training to be an obedient master to my two labs
Shooting, fishing and hunting
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I just wash it in hot water, to which I add a bit of dishwashing liquid. I shake it dry in a dishcloth, and let the residual heat finish the job.
I don't tumble it or subject it to any further cleaning. It seems to me to be a WOFTAM. I see no need for the stuff to be shiny, and in fact the brown patina is actually slightly protective. Residue in the necks may also protect against diffusion bonding, and after testing the theory by experiment I came to the conclusion that there's no need to clean residue out of primer pockets either - it doesn't build up progressively and seems to have no effect at all on accuracy.
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Hot water, Dawn, and some Lemi Shine in a Tumblers tumbler if wanted real clean or just sturred in a 5 gallon bucket
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Campfire 'Bwana
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One time I threw all of my red union suits into the wash.
Like 5 of em.
When done I looked inside. Inside one suit was the other 4. All wrapped around the agitator.
I nearly had to buy a new wash machine. I can picture that happening. Like blankets with too much synthetic content, they ball up in the dryer. Then only the outside one is dry. That's why I hang stuff on the fence instead. And I love the smell of "line dried" clothes, towels, sheets, and blankets. Especially the towels when I bath on Saturday. As the man of the house I get the washtub before the woman and the dogs (no kids you know) Geno PS, back on track. Who likes/dislikes the ultrasonic type cleaners? You and the flave meet up at the laundromat? Dang, I hate them laundromat thingies.......hate 'em. Overcharge me to wash my clothes in a washer that stops halfway thru after getting my clothes all greasy from the yayhoo that warshed his greasy coveralls in it 4 loads ago. Then the dryers all stink to high heaven like those nasty dryer sheets. Who want's to smell like a whorehouse in their jeans and t shirts? Folks might get the idea I own a .270 or something. They aren't too bad though if located in a strip mall next to a nudie club or at least a decent liquor store..............assuming one is still a drinking man. Might get your clothes stolen, but at least you could have a fun time doing them. And I dry all the laundry I can on the fence as I'm a cheap bastid too. Why give money to the local electrical co-op when "God" has provide me with sun and a breeze? Geno
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men.
In it is contentment
In it is death and all you seek
(Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
member of the cabal of dysfunctional squirrels?
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These pics were taken with my iPhone after last weekends match. This is my 38-55 schuetzen rifle barrel, about 4 inches in front of the chamber. I went from shooting pretty well to missing the target completely in a hurry. The only explanation that I can think of is that I missed a stainless steel pin after cleaning the cases. This gouge wasn’t there before shooting that day and this barrel hasn’t seen anything but cast bullets. Not sure what really happened, but I’m all over tumbling with stainless pins and the rifle has been shipped off to be relined. ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/CxFzhny0/85-ED08-B5-68-D5-462-E-AF1-C-C5-AF3-AE9-F9-D4.jpg) ![[Linked Image from i.postimg.cc]](https://i.postimg.cc/DyQS3dM5/F8-ADE107-565-B-49-DD-A758-2378-B7-F831-BA.jpg)
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Hot water, Dawn, and some Lemi Shine in a Tumblers tumbler if wanted real clean or just sturred in a 5 gallon bucket That, that, that, that
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