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How waterproof are your loads?
« on: August 26, 2004, 03:56:58 AM »
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I clean my BP brass in my Lyman vibratory tumbler in 3mm ceramic beads, about ΒΌ c. water, a drop or two dish soap, and a T. or so vinegar.  Last night I dumped part of a box of fired brass into this solution and left it running overnight.  This AM I pulled it out to find one unfired round in the mix.  

I was curious, so I pulled the bullet to find a completely dry caked power mass.  The primer fired.  After all night in a wet, soapy environment with constant agitation the round would have fired with no degradation.  

The load was WW 44 WCF brass, WW LP primer, 37.5 (full case) FFFG Goex, 200 MAV bullet in 30-1.  Loaded on Lee dies with the normal crimp, not the Factory crimp.  

How waterproof are your loads?

Wayne the Shrink

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