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Offline Swampman

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Tumbling Projectiles
« on: April 03, 2012, 11:51:46 AM »
On occasion get huge lots of jacketed bullets.  Sometimes they are free and sometimes I pay 70 cents a pound.  The ones I bought today are a little tarnished.  They are all mixed together so I have to sort them.  The last batch was nearly all 30 Mauser pistol bullets.  Any reason not to tumble them?
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Re: Tumbling Projectiles
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2012, 12:03:44 PM »
None at all.  I've tumbled many, many left from my Dad's stuff years ago.  Sometimes the box deteriorates and leaves residue.  The tumbler works fine.
 
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Re: Tumbling Projectiles
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2012, 03:40:04 PM »
Don't the manufacturers tumble them as the last step?  I've seen tumbling media residue in some of my Hornady hollow points.
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Re: Tumbling Projectiles
« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2012, 03:43:33 PM »
No reason you can't tumble them other than because of their weight they tend to lay on the bottom of the bowl and not really clean up well.  I use an ultrasonic cleaner with much better results and they're actually cheaper to run than a tumbler full of media. 
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Re: Tumbling Projectiles
« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2012, 04:05:32 PM »
If you want immediate results, you might slosh a few around in a cup of vinegar and salt, and see if that does anything.
Don't know about straight Cu, but it works on my brass. I am too impatient to wait on a tumbler.
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Re: Tumbling Projectiles
« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2012, 11:46:53 PM »
I'll try that....
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Re: Tumbling Projectiles
« Reply #6 on: April 04, 2012, 12:11:24 AM »
I once got a half a 5 gallon pail of 147 grain pulled .30 cal bullets. they were pretty rough looking. Most were even green. I put them in the big dillon with a good dose of brasso and let it run overnight in two batches and came out in the morning to bullets that looked like new. Sure wish i could find another bunch of them. Made for some cheap shooting in my ar10 and the cetme i had back then
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