Tumbling 44 mag cases

[jmarriott]

We had some ice and a little snow on Friday. We got less than what was the estimate. So after shoveling off the drive quickly and the walk I got out a bag of 44 mag brass and some media. Broke out the tumbler and made some nice shiny cases. This am the wife said that the noise made her sleepy and she fell asleep easy on the couch with the white noise of the tumbler.

I found my primers this am and cleaned the primer holes checked each for media in the case and primed up a mess of them.

When the wife leaves for work the press is coming out. H110 and little gun retrieved from the reloading supplies. I still have to get up to the bullets that I placed in the attic. So today to tonight I am making 44 mag rounds. Just stuck another batch of brass in tumbler.

They sure come out shiny but I don’t always take the time to make them look so nice. My mentor (who I have his reloading notes since he passed) states: shiny brass shoots no better than dingy brass” and I seldom tumble my 38 special brass.

So reloader do you make em shine of reload em dingy?

[dovehunter]

I keep saying that we need some means for cleaning cases. All I do is to wipe off the outsides with alcohol when when I am inspecting the cases (when we get back from the range).

[Jack]

I routinely tumble brass, primarily to make sure they are clean before running the brass through my sizing die.
I decap with a universal decapper, then tumble.
Vibratory tumblers are noisy (mine is), but they work. For media I use both corn cob or walnut shells - whatever I can find cheap.

[dovehunter]

Maybe I'll ask for one for my birthday (coming up in June).