I have been using my Extreme Tumbler Rebel 17 tumbler with good results but slowly my brass has been coming out less and less shiny. I have probably used it on maybe 2000 .308 cases (maybe 20 tumblers full) so far. I have tried cleaning just the media as the instructions state using Simple Green for 1 hour. It really doesnt appear to have made much of a difference. I did tumble a couple of 25mm OD painted steel cases to clean them up a bit. I dont know if that has worn out or dulled the SS media.I dont know how SS pins could "wear out" but there is a huge difference in how my brass used to look and how it comes out now. I use 3 tablespoons of Joy and 1/4 teaspoon of Lemishine since day 1. 3-4 hours run time. Suggestions please.
Does SS media ever wear out?
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Alright. Done. 3 hours with Dawn and Lemishine only. Water was seriously greyish black when I dumped it out. I rinsed the media 4 times till the water was very clear and I couldnt see any signs of remaining soap.
Do that one more time or until the grayish black is gone and your pins will be like new.
Good luck.
Good luck.
When I first got this tumbler I wanted to see what it could do and threw in some really nasty 60 year old Isrealie brass that was almost completely dark brown. then when I tumbled the 25mm cases it removed a bunch of the OD paint. Im guessing this garbage I tumbled is what gummed up my pins. Needless to say, I am now just tumbling newer brass fired from my rifles that dont enven hit the dirt or brass I need to remove the sizing lube from. No more nasty brass.
I've probably tumbled 3-4000 rounds with the same steel pins and they're still working like new. I use a harbor freight rock tumbler with a few ounces of water and a few drops of dawn for about 4 hours or so. I just wash the canister and pins out with fresh water a bit after taking the brass out. The ends of my pins are still really sharp looking, not dulled over. Seems like they'll last a very long time.
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