Drying brass after STM...

[dux4all]

Found these polypropylene test tube/beaker racks for drying brass after running them through the stainless tumbling media. Each has a hole drilled directly in the center, and all I have to do is put them in with the necks down and set them over an air vent overnight. Each rack holds 96 pieces and works extremely well with .308 cases. Might need the other rack for .338LM and larger.


http://www.ctechglass.com/ctech-tr9301-p-216.html

 

[MJY65]

Looks like another great idea. Thanks for the link.

I've been using the plastic insert from a couple of boxes of 45 ACP ammo. It holds 308 and 30-06 pretty nicely neck down. Your idea would work better for a wider range of cases.

I've also used the air vent trick. Works well in the winter, not sure about the summer when AC is blowing. I decided to make a year-round solution by combining a hair dryer (the type with the flexible hose) and a 6x6 wooden box I made out of scrap melamine with a grate on the top. The warm air passing up through the grate and the inverted cases will dry the batch of 100 in about 10 minutes.

 

[ScottNC]

A towel and a hair dryer will totally dry them in about 5 minutes! Dump on towel, pick up all four corners, direct hair dryer on them, shake them around while heating. I then let the brass sit out overnight and into my tupperware they go. Brass heats very easily and the water evaporates very rapidly from the inside.

 

[ranger1183]

Found these polypropylene test tube/beaker racks for drying brass after running them through the stainless tumbling media. Each has a hole drilled directly in the center, and all I have to do is put them in with the necks down and set them over an air vent overnight. Each rack holds 96 pieces and works extremely well with .308 cases. Might need the other rack for .338LM and larger.


http://www.ctechglass.com/ctech-tr9301-p-216.html

Excellent idea!

 

[427Cobra]

Denatured Alcohol bath, ready to load in 5 minutes.

 

[Cornholeo]

Got a Thumbler coming from STM and had not given any thought to the drying. thanks for heading this problem off before I even got to it. I will give the alcohol bath a try!

 

[joemusso]

is the denatured alcohol reusable afterwards?

 

[P7id10t]

In the oven on a baking sheet @ 180 for ~1 5 minutes.

 

[427Cobra]

is the denatured alcohol reusable afterwards?

It gets watered down after 10-15 times then I pitch it

 

[K_4c]

In the oven on a baking sheet @ 180 for ~1 5 minutes.

I concur. Everyone has a baking sheet. This method works great.

 

[former naval person]

Then...somebody finds that 180 in their oven is (because the thermostat decided to take a holiday) way too hot, and now his brass is toast. Or worse, BIG BANG material. In over 57 years of reloading, I have never found that tumbling in corn cob or walnut media gave me a problem. Tumbling in water and soap and lemishine and stainless steel media (sticks in the pocket too) and all that crap...then you have to somehow dry it out, and risk contaminating the primer, or softening the brass...give me a break! KISS. JMHO

 

[K_4c]

Then...somebody finds that 180 in their oven is (because the thermostat decided to take a holiday) way too hot, and now his brass is toast. Or worse, BIG BANG material. In over 57 years of reloading, I have never found that tumbling in corn cob or walnut media gave me a problem. Tumbling in water and soap and lemishine and stainless steel media (sticks in the pocket too) and all that crap...then you have to somehow dry it out, and risk contaminating the primer, or softening the brass...give me a break! KISS. JMHO

To each his own.... A lot of things have changed in 57 years.

 

[zuke]

To each his own.... A lot of things have changed in 57 years.

I agree totally