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I frequently see two types of media. One is a green corncob media and the other is a reddish/brown media (crushed nut shells I think?). The labels suggest that the reddish brown stuff is "more abrasive". Which do you guys recommend for 30cal rifle brass.
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I use the crushed walnut shells sold as lizard bedding at pet stores. People will say it's better for cleaning and corn cob media is better for polishing. I use the walnut because it works fine an it's easy for me to get. They both work for all calibers.
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I use the same stuff as ned. I get mine at Petsmart. I dump some Lyman brass polish in it and it works great.
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They sell two kinds of media because both work quite well. Most of the difference is in the minds of the users.
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I use small ceramic pins, works better than walnut from my experience and they never wear out.
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I've got some plain corn cob media, and then I use Turbo Charger by Lyman which really shines them up. Put a couple ounces into the media, and let her shake.
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I prefer the crushed walnut shells...
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Anyone here use rice? I'm thinking of using a few lbs. from the hippy market for my next load of media.
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The only decapping pins I've ever broken were because of corncob media stuck in a flashhole. Never happened with walnut. YMMV.
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I use rice with a little bit of polish as its so cheap compared to other media, work fine just takes a little longer
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The walnut shell media is often dusty, the corn cob is not. What I usually do (and I overkill everything) is use a Lee universal de-cap die and decap all brass, then uniform/clean the primer pockets and then throw the lot into the walnut over night. Then I will run the lot in the corn cob for a couple of hours to remove the dust. Then I take an air nozzle with a rubber tip and blow the flashholes clear. Then neck size.
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I used to use the green corn cob media but it was dusty and so I'd wash the cases in acetone. Then my gunsmith put me onto the pink Hornady media. I think its great, no dust and a nice sheen on the cases.
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The walnut media can be dusty. I add a couple of teaspoons of the Frankfort Arsenal case polish from Midway an that seem to do a good job of reducing the dust by clumping it together.
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I put a used dryer sheet in with mine and it seems to soak up most of the dust.
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I use small pea gravel with my badly rusted 7.62 X 39mm cases. Thats makes them real shiny and they don't hang up as bad. The real trick is getting the fired berdan primers out, I generally use a bent sharpened rusty nail and a wooden mallet.
But seriously...... I use crushed walnut hulls. If you can get a 50 pound sack used in drilling oil wells, you can't beat it. It comes in medium and fine, I have never seen course although I guess they make it, otherwise there would not be a medium or fine. I used the same batch for three years before I changed it out. Good shooting! Marcus.
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