How clean is clean enough? Is it possible to go overboard? Do I need to worry about tarnishing and such during storage?
So, I deprimed and hand washed some 9mm range pickups with Dawn, vinegar, and shaking the crap out of it, then rinsing. It came out pretty clean, but the primer pockets were grungy. I then did dilute Simple Green in a quart bag, submerged in my small ultrasonic machine. That worked very well. Things are nice and clean now.
I am wondering, though, if I would need or want to expand my operation to a wet tumbler with SS pins for when I get into rifle calibers (or larger amounts of pistol brass).
What about dry tumbling only prior to reloading? What about dry tumbling with a squirt of polish to finish things off after reloading?
Is this mostly about having the shiniest brass, or is this a vital operation?
So, I deprimed and hand washed some 9mm range pickups with Dawn, vinegar, and shaking the crap out of it, then rinsing. It came out pretty clean, but the primer pockets were grungy. I then did dilute Simple Green in a quart bag, submerged in my small ultrasonic machine. That worked very well. Things are nice and clean now.
I am wondering, though, if I would need or want to expand my operation to a wet tumbler with SS pins for when I get into rifle calibers (or larger amounts of pistol brass).
What about dry tumbling only prior to reloading? What about dry tumbling with a squirt of polish to finish things off after reloading?
Is this mostly about having the shiniest brass, or is this a vital operation?