brass not to tumble together

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26 November 2002, 14:29

jeffeosso

brass not to tumble together

okay, i know this is telling on myself, but I was being lasy, and through some 358 win with 45lc.. about 1/2 of the slipped into each other, and I had to take each "pair" apart, pour the media into the tumbler, seperate and retumble.

fir what it's worth
jeffe

26 November 2002, 14:33

<Sam>

Did the same with 9mm and .45 ACP. They can be fun to get apart.

26 November 2002, 15:05

Ol` Joe

Ditto .40 S&W and .45acp, a real PITA. I was given a pail of range brass and found I wasn`t much better at finding the .40s than the guy that supposedly seperated it the first time.

26 November 2002, 19:11

Tiny

I have done the same with 9mm and .45acp. [Big Grin]

27 November 2002, 09:32

andrew375

That nothing!! Just try .223 and .375 H&H; a bottle necked case inside a bottle necked case. What fun!

27 November 2002, 03:51

Bob338

Lyman sells "bags" that are like netting to enable you to put cases like those described here, in the tumbler and eliminates that problem.

27 November 2002, 05:15

<Dan in Wa>

Been there.....unfortunatly done that.
Was this problem in a tumbler or one of the vibrating units?

27 November 2002, 06:18

Pecos41

Anyone with a tumbler who hasn't done this, Jeffe, just hasn't tumbled much brass. Don't feel like the Lone Ranger...er Lone Tumbler. [Big Grin]

27 November 2002, 06:55

Hcliff

480 Ruger and 357 magnum don't work well together either. 45 colt get other cases stuck with that big mouth. This is what I hate about tumbling mixed brass (not to say anything about the seperating the brass).

Hcliff

27 November 2002, 09:14

edi malinaric

Thanks guys - now I feel a lot better - cheers edi

27 November 2002, 10:02

larrys

9mm and 40S&W don't play together well. 444& 223 don't like each other either.

27 November 2002, 10:10

jeffeosso

quote:
Originally posted by Pecos45:
Anyone with a tumbler who hasn't done this, Jeffe, just hasn't tumbled much brass. Don't feel like the Lone Ranger...er Lone Tumbler.

I gotta agree with you, i usually do seperated brass, but I was being lasy and wanted to clean off my bench from a couple past shooting sessions... figured it would be easy enough to feel/see the diff...

what a mess
jeffe

19 January 2006, 21:14

timn

A friend gave me a big bag of .45 brass that had some .40 and .50AE mixed in. I figured, what the heck, tumble it all and seperate it after it's clean.
The .40/.45 mating is a PITA but the .45/.50 pairing is next to impossible to get apart. Must be love.

19 January 2006, 22:17

bartsche

I feel just like chopped liver!!!!! I never done that, but I do mix cases in the tumbler.

roger

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..

20 January 2006, 03:50

Jacobite

Guess being a bit anal has kept me from that problem as I only tumble one caliber at a time.

20 January 2006, 03:57

Chuck White

I've done it!

38/357 mag and 223 Rem don't work well together!

Take them apart and retumble! What a PITA!

I guess, if one case will fit inside the other, don't tumble them together, because they WILL end up together!

20 January 2006, 04:03

Tombo

I've never done that. But then again, I am very smart............ but a lousy shot.

20 January 2006, 09:15

old4x4

45 auto and 223 mix a little too well...

"It's like killing roaches - you have to kill 'em all, otherwise what's the use?"
Charles Bronson

21 January 2006, 08:59

rootbeer

I've done it. After a few times, I got so hosed off with having to separate them that I now tumble each caliber separately. I just turn on the tumbler and let it rock for about two hours while I do other things. Sometimes, when I'm feeling particularly mean and nasty, I'll let it tumble for hours and hours over several days. They come out so-o-o clean and with a soft sheen to them...

21 January 2006, 10:00

Idaho Sharpshooter

My all time favorite pairing in the tumbler has to be 45LC and 45-70. The 45LC is about a gnat's-ass smaller than the 45-70 case, so when it gets stuck it is S-T-U-C-K!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
regards,

Rich

21 January 2006, 12:10

Zeke

Let's see....45/70 and (insert case here)

I now tumble all my 45/70 brass separate from everything else

ZM

21 January 2006, 23:57

Dr. strangelove

unfortunately i had a large supply of 45-70 that needed some cleaning...

and just a handfull of 30 carbine and a few 222 Rem...

cleaning it all in one operation would make sense, i thought...

NOT!

good to know i'm not the only one...

22 January 2006, 00:17

DaMan

quote:
Originally posted by Bob338:
Lyman sells "bags" that are like netting to enable you to put cases like those described here, in the tumbler and eliminates that problem.

I like that idea. But you'll go blind trying to seperate cases that are very close in size.

Heck, I just throw 'em all in the tumbler and toss the ones that get stuck together.