Re: media for tumbling
I had walnut media since I started back in 2000, same stuff, always worked well but wiping the cases off after just got to the point I didnt bother tumbling anymore since about 2007, forward to now.
I still dont reload much right now due to being in the box, and when I go home I dont mess with it too much dont want to spend much time away from my girls since I only get 2 weeks. Anyway while I was home the time before last I thought I would try the ISSO, it worked fair but still not great. And last time I was home I was raiding the reloading section of Cabela's and noticed the ceramic stuff. BTW, I found Nosler brass to be cheaper than the Win brass for 300WM and 308 win. $35/50 for nosler and the win was marked $37/50. was able to get 5 boxes of each since it looked freshly stocked.
Back to the Ceramic. 1st attempt was a failure which was due to me being a man and thinking directions are for dummies. Appearently you need to put the ceramic in the tumbler alone and let it run for 24 hours. it was nice and shiney when it went in, now its a duller color. tumbler had trouble with the whole 1 gallon bucket but when i started piddling with it I had 100 308 cases, and about 1/3-1/2 the bucket of media in there and a water/cleaner solution. Cases came out looking as new and were clean inside and out. no need to wipe anything just racked them up and sat them outside for about 15-20 mins to let them dry.
I only messed with it for that much, put it outside to let it dry out and back in the bucket it went.
BTW at first some were stuck in the cases, but I put them back in the tumbler and turned it on, took a few seconds and the pieces came right out.