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<blockquote data-quote="thor447" data-source="post: 3714355" data-attributes="member: 24867">For what it&#039;s worth, I&#039;ve never had a problem with leakage using the Lyman Cyclone tumblers.[ATTACH=full]248417[/ATTACH]I am currently in the bit of a quandary regarding the cleaning of my brass.&nbsp; Since I&#039;ve gone to wet tumbling, my brass comes out as clean and shiny as the day it was new (especially after following the cleaning recipe provided by another OSA&#039;er).&nbsp; I just recently installed a new bullet feeder.&nbsp; The issue I have with that now is that I&#039;m getting some serious sticking on my power through expander when loading straight wall pistol brass.&nbsp; The lack of any carbon inside the cases is causing some issues with my new expander being used with the in conjunction with the bullet feeder.&nbsp; I&#039;ve taken the expander out and polished it to the nth degree, but it still causes major hang-up problems.&nbsp; I do not want to lube the inside of my brass, as I&#039;ve seen others talk about online.&nbsp; Since my brass is &#039;too clean&#039;, I just attempted to tumble some 9mm for about 45 minutes, with zero SS pins.&nbsp; The outside of the brass still came out very clean.&nbsp; The inside is pretty clean, with a slight layer of carbon still remaining.&nbsp; I think this will be the ticket moving forward.&nbsp; The only downside I see is that the primer pockets are not perfectly clean like they would&#039;ve been had they been tumbled with SS pins, but they are still perfectly serviceable.&nbsp; An upside is that the hassle of separating the pins from the brass after tumbling is no longer an issue!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="thor447, post: 3714355, member: 24867"] For what it's worth, I've never had a problem with leakage using the Lyman Cyclone tumblers. [ATTACH type="full" alt="1643061424066.png"]248417[/ATTACH] I am currently in the bit of a quandary regarding the cleaning of my brass. Since I've gone to wet tumbling, my brass comes out as clean and shiny as the day it was new (especially after following the cleaning recipe provided by another OSA'er). I just recently installed a new bullet feeder. The issue I have with that now is that I'm getting some [U]serious[/U] sticking on my power through expander when loading straight wall pistol brass. The lack of any carbon inside the cases is causing some issues with my new expander being used with the in conjunction with the bullet feeder. I've taken the expander out and polished it to the nth degree, but it still causes major hang-up problems. I do not want to lube the inside of my brass, as I've seen others talk about online. Since my brass is 'too clean', I just attempted to tumble some 9mm for about 45 minutes, with zero SS pins. The outside of the brass still came out very clean. The inside is pretty clean, with a slight layer of carbon still remaining. I think this will be the ticket moving forward. The only downside I see is that the primer pockets are not perfectly clean like they would've been had they been tumbled with SS pins, but they are still perfectly serviceable. An upside is that the hassle of separating the pins from the brass after tumbling is no longer an issue! [/QUOTE]

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