cleaned/organized shop some more today… little by little after this massive buyout
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View thread Contact supportSpent time in Gila Bend while stationed in Phoenix AZ .
Working on the flight line was tough but I was young.
They did have lots of quail and dove around there.
@Ex E6
That place saved my ass once,You haven't lived until You've been in Bisbee ...
That place saved my ass once,
riding bikes down in desert
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Uggh....that sucks. I was using stainless pins and wet tumbling. Problem was that the pins were cut the perfect length to wedge across the case mouth of my 6.5 Grendel, 6.5 Creedmoor, and 6.5 SAUM brass. Had to use pliers to remove pins on every affected case and then manually shake out all the pins stuck in the case that were captured by the wedged pin. The tumbling media you are using would have avoided that.One of these days I'll start sorting brass BEFORE cleaning.
Got lucky, though, was able to recover all the stuck cases.
The small stainless media had the stubbornly wedged together.
It took a ridiculous amount of time to get the .45/70 cleared out.
Lesson finally learned.
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Not just stainless pins, I had this with walnut media when there was mixed 25-20, 38/357, and 44 mag. Definitely a painful reminder to sort brass.One of these days I'll start sorting brass BEFORE cleaning.
Got lucky, though, was able to recover all the stuck cases.
The small stainless media had the stubbornly wedged together.
It took a ridiculous amount of time to get the .45/70 cleared out.
Lesson finally learned.
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I went to SS Chips. Now I am going with a short hot water bath with out the chips. I will drain and wash them again for several hours with soap and hot water only.Uggh....that sucks. I was using stainless pins and wet tumbling. Problem was that the pins were cut the perfect length to wedge across the case mouth of my 6.5 Grendel, 6.5 Creedmoor, and 6.5 SAUM brass. Had to use pliers to remove pins on every affected case and then manually shake out all the pins stuck in the case that were captured by the wedged pin. The tumbling media you are using would have avoided that.
I’ve been wet tumbling without any chips or other media for some time now. Hot water, a little dawn and a pinch of citric acid (lemishine, etc.) for 20-30 minutes. Works for me…I went to SS Chips. Now I am going with a short hot water bath with out the chips. I will drain and wash them again for several hours with soap and hot water only.
I will let you know how that works.
I just located Brass Juice when I did a Google search.I will try that method, but what is brass juice?
I’ll look into it. I had. I had no business going that fast lol. I may have even short stroked the handle and caused a case to jam upFW arms decapping die.. self centering spring loaded shuttle.. best thing you can pick up for fast decapping
I have a Lee and a Mighty Armory de-capping die.
FW arms decapping die.. self centering spring loaded shuttle.. best thing you can pick up for fast decapping
Prepped 500 308 Winchester cases. Deprimmed, cleaned and annealed. Too bad my Amp-mate is broken/on strike. Nearly 24 years old now and just wants to run around in his Bimmer. Maybe it's time for some rent.
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I went the opposite way, converting hybrid 6.8X51 to 308 win. necking up!pulled 20 bullets loaded 20 bullets then just for fun converted a 308 brass to 6.5 creedmore . much easier than doing 3006 to 308
Dang man, wanna come over and do mine? Are you retired ?organizing reloading equipment
cleaned/dried 10 gallons of 40 S&W
rollsized 5gal of 40 S&W
compiled a list of all the powders I want to sell, so I can finally post it
worked a spreadsheet for a massive sale for the Dillon 750, toolbox, bullet feeder, and tons of stuff
Dang man, wanna come over and do mine? Are you retired ?
Respect.nope.. 41, still active duty, and working a night security job, and home depot, while working through a divorce
get the hustle in!!!
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doing a little bit, with a lot of bit
moving 3 full drums into buckets and drying the bottom 10 gallons of each, since the drums have water in them
Are those 7.62X51mm and 5.56X45mm ? . Are You able to procure Military range brass via contract ?
Decided it was to darned hot to do anything and went back inside.![]()
It is still ugly here today, but SWMBO and I turned out 1k 38 Special, 500 357 Mag Cowboy Loads, and 50 38-55 so we can shoot the SASS Western Regional next weekend. I love Dillon Precision when this happens!my current dilemma
How far to you take the rolling bench out?this was yesterday
rollsized 40
processed 9mm
processed 45
disassembled and cleaned a mk7 autodrive
disassembled a 1050.. need brake cleaner to clean/lube/reassemble tomorrow
sorted 3 buckets of 40, so i can wash/dry them tomorrow
prepped a dillon 750 setup for sale
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