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<blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 3715095" data-attributes="member: 15054"><p>I began cleaning brass with coolaid mix in boiling water.</p><p>Clear mix.</p><p>Worked well but left primer pockets a bit grungy . nothing a Qtip would not fix.</p><p></p><p>I then got a vibratory and read the dust can damage dies and I have seen some very scratched up brass and dies.</p><p>I read one guy saying he thought the carbon left in the case after firing and not getting it all out could lead to erosion in the rifle throat area.</p><p></p><p>This article I read was from a bench rest shooter that rebarrels his rifle every 1500 rounds or sets back the barrel and goes for a few more rounds.</p><p>He put his theory to the test with 2 barrels one shot with completely clean cases No carbon at all in them.</p><p>Other barrel was media tumbled or wiped clean I do not remember all of it but those cases had carbon in them.</p><p></p><p>He measured how much erosion the throats were getting and found significantly less erosion in the barrel that only had perfectly cleaned case</p><p>shot through it.</p><p>I think he mentioned at 2000 rounds no set back was needed on that barrel.</p><p></p><p>I built my own pin tumbler after reading that.</p><p>I also read a lot on stainless pins and some people stated it made brass harder to size and peening was happening with some pins.</p><p></p><p>I made my own pins from stranded copper wire.</p><p>I have been using those for many years and they do not hit the cases as hard as the stainless and after a few cycles the sharp cut edges are gone and no peening at all.</p><p></p><p>I used parts from a treadmill and a 2 Quart V8 plastic bottle to build the pin tumbler.</p><p></p><p>I have made them from steel rod and sewing machine motors mounted in a wood box also and they work great.</p><p>Sewing machine motors are cheap.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swampratt, post: 3715095, member: 15054"] I began cleaning brass with coolaid mix in boiling water. Clear mix. Worked well but left primer pockets a bit grungy . nothing a Qtip would not fix. I then got a vibratory and read the dust can damage dies and I have seen some very scratched up brass and dies. I read one guy saying he thought the carbon left in the case after firing and not getting it all out could lead to erosion in the rifle throat area. This article I read was from a bench rest shooter that rebarrels his rifle every 1500 rounds or sets back the barrel and goes for a few more rounds. He put his theory to the test with 2 barrels one shot with completely clean cases No carbon at all in them. Other barrel was media tumbled or wiped clean I do not remember all of it but those cases had carbon in them. He measured how much erosion the throats were getting and found significantly less erosion in the barrel that only had perfectly cleaned case shot through it. I think he mentioned at 2000 rounds no set back was needed on that barrel. I built my own pin tumbler after reading that. I also read a lot on stainless pins and some people stated it made brass harder to size and peening was happening with some pins. I made my own pins from stranded copper wire. I have been using those for many years and they do not hit the cases as hard as the stainless and after a few cycles the sharp cut edges are gone and no peening at all. I used parts from a treadmill and a 2 Quart V8 plastic bottle to build the pin tumbler. I have made them from steel rod and sewing machine motors mounted in a wood box also and they work great. Sewing machine motors are cheap. [/QUOTE]
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