SS Tumbling Media

[muffett.2008]

Nice effort, not trying to put you down, but it only takes 1-2 hrs in a vibratory cleaner with correct media, citric acid adds to case breakdown, having to rinse and dry cases is time consuming, and lastly, the pummelling on the case walls is actually removing metal.
Other than that, great effort.

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[no4mk1t]

Don't knock it til your try it sir!
Let us disspell your myths.

1. Vibratory case cleaners do work well, but I've never had a vibratory unit that could clean 1000 pieces of 308 brass in 2 hours time. If you have such a machine, I'd like to see it. Plus the inside of the case will never come clean with dry media.

2. Citric acid based cleaners have been used as far back as the 30's by Frankford Arsenal when they used to reload cartridge cases. Back then, they used lemon juice.

3. Tests have been made where a cartridge case has been weighed, and then run through 10 cycles using this method with no change in weight. If any brass was removed from the cases, you would expect to see a gold colored residue in the bottom of the drum. The fact that there is no brass in the bottom of the drum tells me that there is no material loss from the cases.

4. A vibratory cleaner will not clean primer residue out of the primer pockets.

5. Everyone cites the drying of the cases to be a major downside. The overall time spent going from dirty cases, to clean by this method is faster with my setup than with a vibratory cleaner. Plus, you don't have to replace the dry media. The SS doesn't wear out.

Bottom line. To each his own. If you are happy with your present cleaning regimen, then great. This is offered as an alternative for high volume users.