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Posted: 10/24/2022 5:30:26 PM EDT
[#1]
There is no downside
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Posted: 10/24/2022 5:32:26 PM EDT
[#2]
The friction and heat might cause one to go off. Not worth it just get the brass as clean as possible before loading, problem solved
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Posted: 10/24/2022 5:37:00 PM EDT
[#3]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The friction and heat might cause one to go off. Not worth it just get the brass as clean as possible before loading, problem solved  |
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Posted: 10/24/2022 5:37:20 PM EDT
[#4]
If loaded ammo looks too bad to shoot without some sort of cleaning, I just don't mess with it, and I dispose of it. If it's just dull looking, I don't care, and will shoot it anyway.
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Posted: 10/24/2022 5:37:55 PM EDT
[#5]
Why bother? Stained bread shoots the same as shiny brass.
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Posted: 10/24/2022 5:39:12 PM EDT
[#6]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Why bother? Stained bread shoots the same as shiny brass. to remove case lube, if you used a progressive press OP, yes but not for long. |
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Posted: 10/24/2022 5:39:36 PM EDT
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I don't normally, and would say usually there is no reason to, but I have in the past and haven't run into any issues.
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Posted: 10/24/2022 5:40:32 PM EDT
[#8]
Quote HistoryQuoted: There is no downside I tumble to make them clean and shiny and get off resizing wax. I tumble before sizing, and sometimes after loading. Pretty good thread about it Here ETA: Just realized the OP in my linked thread is fubar, no photos, but you can still read about the experiment , results, and debate. |
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Posted: 10/24/2022 5:41:02 PM EDT
[#9]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The friction and heat might cause one to go off. Not worth it just get the brass as clean as possible before loading, problem solved No it wont, and if I recall you have spouted this ignorant bullshit in similar previous threads. You are wrong, get over it. |
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Posted: 10/24/2022 5:41:39 PM EDT
[#10]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The friction and heat might cause one to go off. Not worth it just get the brass as clean as possible before loading, problem solved Wrong. Factory loads are finish tumbled for shine. Personally, decap, wet tumble with pins, resize with home brew lube, wet tumble no pins, trim and load with nitrile gloves to reduce oils and contaminants. Actually I use gloves during all reloading steps. Dawn and lemi shine are your friends. Comes out sparkling clean inside and out with no need to tumble later, no dust, and no need for dry media. |
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Posted: 10/24/2022 5:44:16 PM EDT
[#11]
When I reloaded, I tumbled mine in cleaner media then with carnauba wax to help with reliability. They we're slick to the point of being hard to load and worked flawlessly in my STI. I learned that from other shooters I completed with at the time, roughly 2000-2001 time frame.
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Posted: 10/24/2022 5:45:33 PM EDT
[#12]
Only when they are really dirty or corroded. Proper storage avoids the need to do that.
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Posted: 10/24/2022 5:45:53 PM EDT
[#13]
I do. It’s perfectly safe.
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Posted: 10/24/2022 5:46:40 PM EDT
[#14]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The friction and heat might cause one to go off. Not worth it just get the brass as clean as possible before loading, problem solved Stop, please. |
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Posted: 10/24/2022 5:48:41 PM EDT
[#15]
My cases have lube on them. After they are done I tumble to remove the lube. A thousand rounds at a time with corn cob media. Everyone in our club does it, everyone I know does it.
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Posted: 10/24/2022 5:49:03 PM EDT
[#16]
I tumble them dry as a matter of routine.
Back in the '90s, I made an absolute shit ton of 38/357 and stuck them in 30 cal cans. I pulled them out of storage around 2020 to use them and they had this 'oily film' all over them. I ended up having to tumble them before I would stick them in my revolvers anyways, so... Now it's the final step prior to storage. Shot fine, BTW. Do it and don't touch them without gloves. I'm about to spend a few weeks running up some 9mm, maybe 20k worth, and I'm gonna definitely tumble them prior to storage. |
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Posted: 10/24/2022 5:51:09 PM EDT
[#17]
If your components are clean to begin with, you won’t need to do any cleaning or polishing once they’re assembled.
And tumbling live rounds will not set them off.....that’s total BS. If anything, the burn rate of the powder might be slightly changed, although I have no proof, but it’s a logical possibility. If I had some old completed rounds that needed to be cleaned, it wouldn’t hurt to tumble them, but probably not for hours. |
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Posted: 10/24/2022 5:51:13 PM EDT
[#18]
I lube my pistol cases because I'm loading in a single pass at 2200-ish rounds per hour and it makes the press run more smoothly. I tumble after to pull the lube off. It's been tested to infinity and beyond not to cause degradation of powder or primer or change bullet characteristics.
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Posted: 10/24/2022 5:56:04 PM EDT
[#19]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The friction and heat might cause one to go off. Not worth it just get the brass as clean as possible before loading, problem solved No. Nothing here is true. It iakes 300deg F to cook a round off. No amount of friction, vibration, rounds slamming into each other in a tumbler, rolling around in the glovebox of your dedicated trail truck, or imbedded in a actual vibrator is going to set off a center fire round. I have baked off hundreds of thousands of rounds to recover brass and lead from effed up ammo that never made it it market for one reason or another. This includes everything from 22 to 12 gauge to 50 BMG. That was definitely fun! |
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Posted: 10/24/2022 5:57:13 PM EDT
[#20]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The friction and heat might cause one to go off. Not worth it just get the brass as clean as possible before loading, problem solved Didnt you learn anything from the last thread? |
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Posted: 10/24/2022 5:58:08 PM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The friction and heat might cause one to go off. Not worth it just get the brass as clean as possible before loading, problem solved Username checks out. |
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Posted: 10/24/2022 5:59:43 PM EDT
[#22]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The friction and heat might cause one to go off. Not worth it just get the brass as clean as possible before loading, problem solved Thank God there are internet experts keeping us safe with accurate, verified information. |
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Posted: 10/24/2022 6:00:00 PM EDT
[#23]
Several times been offered "barn find" boxes full of various corroded shit, threw it all in the vibratory with corn media and cleaned it up.
Didn't die. |
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Posted: 10/24/2022 6:00:12 PM EDT
[#24]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The friction and heat might cause one to go off. Not worth it just get the brass as clean as possible before loading, problem solved  Have documentation of that EVER occurring? I've tumbled loaded ammo for decades and never had an issue. Commie stuff, American stuff, my reloaded stuff. I didn't tumble it unless it was really nasty for one reason or another. All went bang. Tumble it and move on. |
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Posted: 10/24/2022 6:00:39 PM EDT
[#25]
tumbling live ammo for 20mins is not any worse than ammo bouncing in an 18 wheeler for 12 hours
it’s fine |
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Posted: 10/24/2022 6:02:33 PM EDT
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted: My cases have lube on them. After they are done I tumble to remove the lube. A thousand rounds at a time with corn cob media. Everyone in our club does it, everyone I know does it. Same here. I load some rifle ammo on a progressive and tumble to remove the lube. I put half of a shredded paper towel in with the corncob to help with that. |
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Posted: 10/24/2022 6:03:09 PM EDT
[#27]
i tumble, brass, loaded ammo, old dirty ammo, nasty looking mil surp, its all going in
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Posted: 10/24/2022 6:04:15 PM EDT
[#28]
Every one of these rounds goes through the tumbler after loading:
 Dillon 1050 with Ammobot auto drive loading .40 S&W at almost 3k/hr |
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Posted: 10/24/2022 6:06:19 PM EDT
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Every one of these rounds goes through the tumbler after loading:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTZ3JKL2JXAI can fap to that. |
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Posted: 10/24/2022 6:06:58 PM EDT
[#30]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I can fap to that. 
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Posted: 10/24/2022 6:08:06 PM EDT
[#31]
Sometimes when needed.
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Posted: 10/24/2022 6:17:15 PM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The friction and heat might cause one to go off. Not worth it just get the brass as clean as possible before loading, problem solved Damn that’s crazy. Do you have any studies I could read that cite those types of findings? |
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Posted: 10/24/2022 6:44:26 PM EDT
[#33]
Yep. It's the easiest way to get case lube off.
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Posted: 10/24/2022 6:45:06 PM EDT
[#34]
All the time. I don’t like little green fingerprints on ammo that I store long term.
I also tumble old carry ammo that I take out of rotation. Tumble and put back in the boxes. |
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Posted: 10/24/2022 6:50:05 PM EDT
[#35]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Damn that’s crazy. Do you have any studies I could read that cite those types of findings? Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: The friction and heat might cause one to go off. Not worth it just get the brass as clean as possible before loading, problem solved Damn that’s crazy. Do you have any studies I could read that cite those types of findings? There are none. It's one of those theories that someone once thought maybe could possibly happen in theory, but empiric examples of hundreds of people actually tumbling ammo with no ill effects has proven that it's safe enough. |
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Posted: 10/24/2022 6:55:22 PM EDT
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Every one of these rounds goes through the tumbler after loading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTZ3JKL2JXAIt's your funeral |
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Posted: 10/24/2022 6:56:22 PM EDT
[#37]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I can fap to that. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Every one of these rounds goes through the tumbler after loading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTZ3JKL2JXAI can fap to that. Indeed |
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Posted: 10/24/2022 6:57:58 PM EDT
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: It's your funeral LOL...just stop. I've run 150k plus rounds, both rifle and pistol through a tumbler after loading and have never set one off and never had one fail to go bang for any reason related to tumbling. |
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Posted: 10/24/2022 6:58:52 PM EDT
[#39]
Uh no problem tumbling live rounds. Done it for years. I’ll clean up tarnished rounds and add a little polish to give it a protective barrier.
ETA hit submit by mistake. |
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Posted: 10/24/2022 7:00:51 PM EDT
[#40]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The friction and heat might cause one to go off. Not worth it just get the brass as clean as possible before loading, problem solved 
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Posted: 10/24/2022 7:03:30 PM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The friction and heat might cause one to go off. Not worth it just get the brass as clean as possible before loading, problem solved   |
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Posted: 10/24/2022 7:04:40 PM EDT
[#42]
Quote HistoryQuoted: The friction and heat might cause one to go off. Not worth it just get the brass as clean as possible before loading, problem solved       
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Posted: 10/24/2022 7:05:07 PM EDT
[#43]
I don't because it's easier to wipe the lube off with a cloth than it is to remove tumbling media from hollow points with a dental pick.
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Posted: 10/24/2022 7:07:29 PM EDT
[#44]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I don't because it's easier to wipe the lube off with a cloth than it is to remove tumbling media from hollow points with a dental pick. If you use walnut media, this won't be an issue. |
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Posted: 10/24/2022 7:07:56 PM EDT
[#45]
No
I don't want my home exploding 
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Posted: 10/24/2022 7:09:17 PM EDT
[#46]
Quote HistoryQuoted: No it wont, and if I recall you have spouted this ignorant bullshit in similar previous threads. You are wrong, get over it. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: The friction and heat might cause one to go off. Not worth it just get the brass as clean as possible before loading, problem solved No it wont, and if I recall you have spouted this ignorant bullshit in similar previous threads. You are wrong, get over it.  Attached File |
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Posted: 10/24/2022 7:10:11 PM EDT
[#47]
I love my reloads to have very shiny brass. I had some in the tumbler for hours and found a live one when done.
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Posted: 10/24/2022 7:11:25 PM EDT
[#48]
Quote HistoryQuoted: It's your funeral Is it? I hope your joking. Let me ask you a serious question: Suppose that you have an electric hotplate, on which is a steel plate. Upon that plate is a random .45 cal cartridge of any brand that uses a brass case, primer ( large or small, Magnum or standard), propellant normally considered 'gun powder', and a projectile of any commonly used type; be it jacketed, full metal jacket, total metal jacket, lead, hard lead pure copper, black talon, or ranger tallon. Now, the plate is set to 320 degF. What do you expect to happen to the case, primer, projectile, the plate, and the immediate environment? |
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Posted: 10/24/2022 7:12:06 PM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I love my reloads to have very shiny brass. I had some in the tumbler for hours and found a live one when done. Only one was live? What happened to the rest, did they go off while tumbling because of the heat buildup?
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Posted: 10/24/2022 7:13:28 PM EDT
[#50]
Quote HistoryQuoted: If you use walnut media, this won't be an issue. Only rich people use hollow points. I can only use round nose... It's not a problem... 
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