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i'm looking for both walnut and corn | ||
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PetSmart or Petco or..... Lizard litter id Walnut shell. Not sure about corncob. I got my last box from Midway. Smedley ______________________ Smedley  ______________________ From Audacity of Hope: 'I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.' B.H.Obullshitter ------------------------------------ "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery" Winston Churchill ------------------------------------ "..it does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.." Samuel Adams ------------------------------------ Facts are immaterial to liberals. Twisted perceptions however are invaluable. ------------------------------------ We Americans were tired of being thought of as dumb, by the rest of the world. So we went to the polls in November 2008 and removed all doubt.....let's not do it again in 2012 please. | |||
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check out ebay. I've bought some walnut media from there | |||
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 Pet stores for the walnut. Much cheaper than having it shipped.Feed store for corn cob meal. 50 lb sack ,life time supply. Use the walnut and not the corn. It really is a better cleaning agent.  on the corn.roger I just had to find a place to use thatOld age is a high price to pay for maturity!!! Some never pay and some pay and never reap the reward. Wisdom comes with age! Sometimes age comes alone.. | |||
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CHEAP MEANS NOTHING... VALUE IS MOST IMPORTANT!! A customer of mine once told me...and I've used the line since then...."Buy something nice...you'll soon forget the price". I've bought plenty of "cheap" reloading supplies and equipment and am slowly learning that it's best to buy the right tool for the job...or the right supply... and the cheap one is rarely the best choice. When I say "slowly learning" it's probably because I'm a little cheap...but I am learning that (in gerneral) CHEAP IS NOT GOOD! | |||
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walnut at farmers market or pet stores----still using original and I use polish and have not had to replace it----which is not the case when using corn cob---now get loading and get some shooting done --- Mag If u can only master 1 thing trigger pull is most important | |||
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What kraky said. Considering the cost of precision shooting, why would I try to save a few cents by buying second rate tumbling media? ****************** "Policies making areas "gun free" provide a sense of safety to those who engage in magical thinking..." Glenn Harlan Reynolds | |||
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Swamp Fox, Now Auxvasse is a town you dont' hear of very often. I was born and raised in Mexico. Did all my early gun shopping at the old Grafs store. Darn but that was only 34 years ago. LOL As usual just my $.02 Paul K | |||
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is there a difference between ground walnut for brass cleaning and ground walnut for lizard litter? by meaning "cheap", i was refering to "least expensive" and not to "quality". | |||
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Just because it costs less in this case does not reflect on quality. If you want to pay over twice the price to someone like Midway just because it is designated to be sold to the shooting fraternaty it is your priviedge to get screwed the way you want. The pet store nut shells are the same stuff you get from Midway. If used inteligently it will almost last forever. Old age is a high price to pay for maturity!!! Some never pay and some pay and never reap the reward. Wisdom comes with age! Sometimes age comes alone.. | |||
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on the corn? That would make a sticky,(stinky), mess!  I've never used anything else but corn cob. I like real shiny brass. Walnut, while cleaning better,(especially if used with some sort of polish additive), does not bring a high sheen to the brass. Corn will not clean badly corroded brass. The corn you can get at pet-smart is too big of a chunk size to be used for bottle necked rifle brass smaller that 35 cal. It gets jammed inside the case, has to be dug out with a drill! Ask me how I know!  I do use that stuff for straight walled pistol brass from 9mm on up. I may get some walnut at PS, then charge it up with flitz or midway additive. I have some crusty .223 and -06 to clean someday. if you run, you just die tired It's not that life is so short, it's that death is sooo long! Speak kindly to me, beloved master. Revel in my unconditional love, and give me every minute that you can spare, for my time with you is short. Your faithful dog | |||
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ramrod340, I'm in Graff's a couple of times a month. It's kinda nice to be close to the warehouse. ****************** "Policies making areas "gun free" provide a sense of safety to those who engage in magical thinking..." Glenn Harlan Reynolds | |||
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Grizz if you would like to see what the walnut gets out of the inside of a case I have some demonstrative photos I can E mail. The walnut shells with Bon Ami, orange 409 and many napkin strips are the best I've come accross yet. Once in a while if I'm trying to impress some one how wonderful I am I'll throw in some Midway polish.  rogerOld age is a high price to pay for maturity!!! Some never pay and some pay and never reap the reward. Wisdom comes with age! Sometimes age comes alone.. | |||
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i just bought 10 pounds of lizard liter at petco for $10. i was pleasantly surprised at the quality. no dust like the stuff i bought at the gun show. | |||
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I've never bought walnut or cob packaged for shooters. Why pay a premium price for a commodity item? I'll pay good money on steaks and cigars, but not ground walnut. | |||
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Has anyone thought to try rice? I've a friend who uses that exclusively? Never tried it myself. | |||
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Yes!!! for about 3 months.Uncooked it leavse talc and such on the cases. Cooked and dried hard it tends to ware down and leave a lot of stuff on the cases. Haven't tried split peas yet. rogerOld age is a high price to pay for maturity!!! Some never pay and some pay and never reap the reward. Wisdom comes with age! Sometimes age comes alone.. | |||
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Sometimes it's bad enough buying WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO WORK without going out of the way to make things work that weren't designed for the job. Today I threw out an almost full bottle of Lyman media. That crap had such large pieces it stuck in primer pockets like a magnet! If you guys are going to the pet store and getting dust free, perfect sized particles for the cheap price more power to you! | |||
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Yes (because tumbling media costs a lot more down here). It seems to clean well, doesn't polish, and catches in primer pockets. Bruce | |||
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Don't use the Petco corn cob media on bottleneck cases,or you'll be sorry! Its too coarse grained (1/4 grind) and you'll toss the cases rather than try to dig it out. Its OK for straightwall cases. Feed stores usually carry 1/8 grind as bedding material. I'v heard that the Petco/Petsmart walnut stuff is 1/8 also. | |||
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And leaves a LOOOOOOOOOOOt of residue. It's dirty but almost white. Bruce I'll send you some walnut for cost plus shipping and it'll last you for ever; or close on corn rogerOld age is a high price to pay for maturity!!! Some never pay and some pay and never reap the reward. Wisdom comes with age! Sometimes age comes alone.. | |||
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Thanks Roger - I suspect that shipping is the killer, unless you sent it by the cheapest USPS surface offering.... Cheers, Bruce | |||
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Here's another vote for feed-store ground corncob, but it really is imperative to use the 1/8" grind, for the reasons already stated. I paid $13.00 for forty pounds of the stuff, last time around at my local store. Adding an ounce or less of Turtle Wax "Scratch and Swirl Remover" to each load gives me a blindingly-brilliant shine, and it seems the cases are left with a microscopically-thin layer of wax which keeps that shine for months in storage. My case-polishing is done BEFORE sizing, and since I no longer bother with cleaning primer pockets, or tumbling to remove sizing lubes, I know that the flash-holes are clear of polishing compounds. I've used commercial media such as the various Lymans and others, and my el-cheapo corncob is the best I've used to date....and that covers several decades of active handloading. The fact that it's inexpensive just adds to the appeal. Regards from BruceB (aka Bren Mk1) | |||
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OK. Thanks guys. I use treated walnut myself and wondered about the rice. Now I know. | |||
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Had to laugh , about the PetSmart corncob sticking in the brass , but was not laughing yesterday when I was tying to get it out of about 200 - .223 cases had to dig it out with a wire , was really packed in there , will try the 1/8 grind corncob if I can find any at the feed store , have plenty of the walnut media , it really cleans nice , but I want the best of both worlds clean and lots of shine ; )  | |||
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OH! Best of both worlds; 1/4 load walnut shells 3/4 load of yellow CORN MEAL from the grocery store. no corn cob.  rogerOld age is a high price to pay for maturity!!! Some never pay and some pay and never reap the reward. Wisdom comes with age! Sometimes age comes alone.. | |||
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Let me understand this correctly. You have thousands of dollars invested in firearms, and a a couple of thousand invested in reloading equipment. Right? And now you are worried about spending around $1 a pound for treated tumbling media, and a couple of pounds of the stuff will last for several thousand cases? | |||
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a very wise man once said, "a penny saved is a penny earned". in today's terms, a dollar saved is a dollar earned  | |||
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so corn meal from the grocery store works as good as ground corn cob??? | |||
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I've played with it in varying amounts to see what it would do.At times I've tried it with orange 409 and Bon Ami with and without shreds of napkins or paper towels. with and without midway polish or car polish. Depending how you use it ,it may or may not be too powdery for you. I'm kinda stuck on the walnut but every once in a while I'll put in a little polish. I've got a quart bottle of Midway that I've had for about 5 years and it is only 1/2 gone. I only have a small box of corn meal left and probably won't buy any more. My experimenting with media is about done. The walnut works.  Old age is a high price to pay for maturity!!! Some never pay and some pay and never reap the reward. Wisdom comes with age! Sometimes age comes alone.. | |||
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I know a gentleman who uses bead blasting media. It cleans extremely well, however it leaves a rather dull finish on the cases. It will last forever though. ------------------------------------ Originally posted by BART185 I've had another member on this board post an aireal photograph of my neighborhood,post my wifes name,dig up old ads on GunsAmerica,call me out on everything that I posted. Hell,obmuteR told me to FIST MYSELF. But you are the biggest jackass that I've seen yet, on this board! -------------------------------------- -Ratboy | |||
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I've been using the crushed walnut for a couple of years. Looks like the same size as the stuff in a kit I got somewhere. Corn cob doesn't seem to last more than five or six loads of brass unless I throw it out too soon. I thought about using the abasive grit from a sand blaster but was thinking it might be too tough for the tumbler and brass. Wouldn't the wax coat cause the shell wall to be too slick for the chamber? A bad day at the range is better than a good day at work. | |||
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I am kinda stuck on the Lizard Litter as the qaulity is twice as good as the Lyman media I had. The feed mill cob works great also. It"s all in the pakaging to sell. Like I always said smart people are the ones that sell water and dirt. Boon Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV) “The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.” When the SHTF he with the most lead will retain the most gold! | |||
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