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Posted: 10/7/2010 5:49:34 AM EDT
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Is it ok to tumble primed cases? I bought some primed .308 brass off of EE and it is tarnished pretty badly. Looks like someone quit in the middle of a big sizing operation.
Thanks! G |
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Personally, I'd finish loading it and then tumble it. I'd worry about media getting stuck down inside the flash hole with no way to get it out. Another +1 here. In fact, I clean after I decap and then still run through the the de-capper again when loading just to make sure the flash hole is clear. A lot of dust and cleaner material can work down into the primer pocket through the flash hole and then be caught there. You do NOT want that. Secondly, are you sure it is re-sized properly? If you want to make sure, I'd certainly make sure that I removed the de-capping pin from the sizer die. 
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Don't tumble primed brass.
Either live with tarnished cases for this loading, or deprime and go for the bling. 
Me, I would deprime and salvage the unknown primers. Tumble the brass to a nice bling, and reprime with a known primer. Because you know what primer you used. |
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I've never done the experiment, but I'd bet money tumbler media in the flash hole wouldn't impair ignition at all, it would just be expelled when the primer was ignited. Good science project. My money would be on, "It wouldn't matter 999 times out of 1,000... But the 1 time you REALLY need it you'll have a failure." |
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Tarnish doesn't affect how the brass will shoot, and after it has been fired, it's going to be sooty and dirty.
Back in old times folks shot cases that were dark green, but they were clean because they had been wiped down with a rag and Hoppe's or something similar. (I vote for Hoppe's because it makes your house smell right.) |
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