Cleaning Shell Cases..........Tumblers or Ulra sonic cleaners ???

[robbobsam 0]

Hiya Guys,

 

I am getting myself into reloading and am considering how to best clean my shell cases.

 

Can you give me your opinion please.

 

Ultrasonic cleaners or shell case tumblers ???

 

Please give only your experiences and not hear say.

Edited August 17, 2010 by robbobsam

[clint 45]

I use ultra sonic, clean , simples & with lid of flash floor clean in warm water, all case come very clean.

[coldweld 65]

I use Both and that is missing of you poll

[HUnter_zero 58]

I also use both (case tart). Both have benefits and negatives but over all the ultra sonic wins the day because it will clean both inside and outside the case (IMHO).

 

John

[KILLITnGRILLIT 0]

Ultra sonic, can`t be having lots of nasty chemicals in the house, yes she lets me reload in the house, I simply tip them down the sink when the cleaner stops

[shootingcharley 3]

Hiya Guys,

 

I am getting myself into reloading and am considering how to best clean my shell cases.

 

Can you give me your opinion please.

 

Ultrasonic cleaners or shell case tumblers ???

 

Please give only your experiences and not hear say.

 

 

Ultrasonic cleaners do inside and out case tumblers only do the out side? It's make your mind up time.

 

Shootingcharley

[danebrewer10 6]

surely you only clean the case to stop it getting stuck in the die or scratching the chamber so the minute layer of carbon on the inside of the case is irrelevant if you clean the inside of the neck where you seat the bullet?

[HUnter_zero 58]

surely you only clean the case to stop it getting stuck in the die or scratching the chamber

 

 

IMHO if you go to the trouble of checking neck run out / bullet run out, uniforming primer pockets, correctly trimming cases and all. Then it's madness not to make sure you are reloading clean brass. It never fails to amaze me how much crud actually comes out of the brass after a good clean.

However there are plenty of reloaders who never clean their brass, as there are plenty of rifle shooters who never clean their rifle barrels.

 

John

[trooperman 73]

i use a Tumbler and contrary to belief they do clean the inside if you use a small particle cleaner i use crushed walnut and the Tumbler cleans all the case mine does anyway looked inside with bore light and inside as clean as outside.

 

paul

[HUnter_zero 58]

i use a Tumbler and contrary to belief they do clean the inside if you use a small particle cleaner i use crushed walnut

paul

 

 

Hi Paul, I would be interested to know which brand of media you use. I have some here which is mixed with jewellers rouge and did try some of the stuff from the pet shop, which ended with me throwing 40 Lapua .243 cases (once fired) in the bin, due to the corn cob media becoming jammed in the cases, to such an extent it took 20 mins to clear just one case. I normally tumbler for a few hours, then US clean, the mess that comes out of the cases with the US cleaner has to be seen to be believed. It would be great to use a media in my tumbler that would clean as well as the US, any guidance would be great.

 

John

[Treacle Trackpad 6]

i use a Tumbler and contrary to belief they do clean the inside if you use a small particle cleaner i use crushed walnut

paul

 

 

Hi Paul, I would be interested to know which brand of media you use. I have some here which is mixed with jewellers rouge and did try some of the stuff from the pet shop, which ended with me throwing 40 Lapua .243 cases (once fired) in the bin, due to the corn cob media becoming jammed in the cases, to such an extent it took 20 mins to clear just one case. I normally tumbler for a few hours, then US clean, the mess that comes out of the cases with the US cleaner has to be seen to be believed. It would be great to use a media in my tumbler that would clean as well as the US, any guidance would be great.

 

John

 

I changed from a US cleaner to a tumbler purely due to the F-about factor of mixing stuf, running numerous cycles, washing, rinsing, drying etc etc. Now I just bung in the tumbler with crushed walnut lizard bedding, leave for a few hours (timer plug while I am at work) and job's a good'n. I suppose if you are endeavouring to put all your rounds through the same hole at 1000yds there may be some benefit from US cleaning your cases to perfection. I still manage to get them all touching at 100yds which is good enough for me.