Cleaning brass with SS media

[MR.T.]

Just wondering from any of you guys here that clean your brass with a wet tumbler & the stainless steel pins,
What have you found to be the best way to separate the stainless pins from the brass?
I haven't been using one for long, but I do like how much faster & cleaner the brass gets, but I have been using a strong magnet, I just 'swipe' the brass over the magnet neck down & the magnet pulls the stainless pins right out. Seems to work ok for me right now.
Just wondering if there was a quicker way.

 

[Mad Professor]

I’m using a RSBS media separator.

 

[RedHawk357Mag]

Not knocking specific media sorters as they probably work efficiently, but I don't care for a widget that's a single use item and has a bigger foot print than a multi use item. I use these, they are gold panning or prospecting tools. I use them for a lot of different uses. And they fit perfectly on five gallon buckets and stack neatly waiting to serve in new uses as they come up.

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[Mad Professor]

I’m using a RSBS media separator.

To expand a bit, this works well for me because the brass is wet and the lid contains almost reverting when I crank it. I crank it at different speeds front and back to let pins come out of the cases.
From here, I rinse in a colander and place them in my dehydrator.

 

[Profreedomokie]

I use my Dillon separator the same way.

 

[dlbleak]

I’m a self professed cheap skate. I use plastic colanders from the Dollar Tree

 

[Mad Professor]

I use my Dillon separator the same way.

I tried it with my Dillon and pins were launched everywhere. I do like the Dillon better for standard corn cob or walnut media, however.

 

[OKCHunter]

To expand a bit, this works well for me because the brass is wet and the lid contains almost reverting when I crank it. I crank it at different speeds front and back to let pins come out of the cases.
From here, I rinse in a colander and place them in my dehydrator.

Plus 1 on the media separator process. But, I rinse them in the bottom of the media separator (wear rubber gloves) until clean and the dump them back into the tumbler for storage.

 

[Mad Professor]

Plus 1 on the media separator process. But, I rinse them in the bottom of the media separator (wear rubber gloves) until clean and the dump them back into the tumbler for storage.

I do the same. The brass is what goes in the dehydrator. I leave the pins wet sealed in the drums. 5 minute Tumble and a quick rinse before use if they have been sitting for more than a week or so.

 

[OKCHunter]

I do the same. The brass is what goes in the dehydrator. I leave the pins wet sealed in the drums. 5 minute Tumble and a quick rinse before use if they have been sitting for more than a week or so.

I understand now. I rinse the brass in a container and then, much to my wife's dismay, they go in the clothes drier on a dryer rack.