Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles If you tumble with walnut media....

I used a file wooden handle and put a welding rod in place of file.

Cut to length then shape end with bench grinder.

That was used back when i used corn cobb from Lyman.

I have a similar doo dad made from about an inch
of broomstick and an inch + of brazing rod. Ground
down to a taper like a small scratch awl or a
miniature brass ice pick.
I've had and used that for more years than I
can remember. Early 1980's sometime.
Made it as a temporary measure and still
using it

I have cleaned media out of primer pockets since I started reloading some forty years ago, using a really small Allen wrench. I use a circular motion which ends up with the Allen wrench sticking thru the hole. I then spin the brass on the wrench which cleans out the hole itself. Works for me!

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Went from regular walnut to lizard bedding to SS pins, all had their own problems. Now I tumble with hot water, Dawn dish detergent and Lemi-shine, tumble for 3 hrs. dump out and rinse with hot water and let dry. Cases are plenty clean, don't need the jewelry like bling the SS pins produce and don't have to dump pins out of cases, inspect and pry pins lodged crossways in the primer pockets out. KISS principle applied to the tumbling process, works for me.

It depends upon what I'm loading for as to how lazy I get. When I'm loading 20 rounds for an elk hunt you can bet the brass gets prepped and checked carefully. When I'm loading 1500 rounds for a prairie dog hunt my standards get a lot more lax and picking media out of flash holes becomes a giant pain in the butt.

perfect reason to tumble with hot water, Dawn & Lemi-shine. Result is clean brass with no hassle with pins or media in cases or flash holes. Try it, you'll like it !

Which Lemi-Shine are you using? I've had good results with shine and dry rinse,

I don't even know why people bother tumbling in the first place. All this talk about knocking stuff out of primer pockets only taking a few more seconds and fingering every case, are obviously people not loading 2000 rounds of 223 at a sitting .


Good luck