So, I finally decided to try wet tumbling. picked up a Frankford Arsenal Rotary Tumbler lite. Instructions are vague on the amount of SS media to add, number of cases it will handle (except 223)... Looking for advise on what is working for you all in this machine.
I tried a test run of 100 223 cases and 150 .308 cases ([separate runs] just what I have laying around in dirty brass) with run time from 30m to 1h30m, not super impressed yet. Only running 2LB of their 5.5 SS pins. I am de-priming before tumbling, dash of dawn, and lemishine, good rinse of cold H2O... brass is decently clean on the outside, primer pockets are ok, inside of cases not so impressed. This process including dry time, I can do in my dry media vibe with almost same results. what am I missing here?
I tried a test run of 100 223 cases and 150 .308 cases ([separate runs] just what I have laying around in dirty brass) with run time from 30m to 1h30m, not super impressed yet. Only running 2LB of their 5.5 SS pins. I am de-priming before tumbling, dash of dawn, and lemishine, good rinse of cold H2O... brass is decently clean on the outside, primer pockets are ok, inside of cases not so impressed. This process including dry time, I can do in my dry media vibe with almost same results. what am I missing here?