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I have the Lyman wet tumbler. It will do about 1000x 40 s&w cases or about 500x .223.... Usually takes about 2 hours.
I use distilled water, 2 squirts of dawn dish soap and a tablespoon of lemmishine(dish washer de-scaler).
The Lyman came with a straining system where you put a strainer with big slots (but too small for any cartridge) over the top of a strainer with a stainless steel screen to let water through but not the pins.
A couple tips:
1: rinse in warm water to reduce water spots
2: shake them around in a towel
3: put them on a cookie sheet in the oven at 200 degrees for 45 min or so...It drys them fast.
5: Do your best to get all the pins but don't worry too much, when they are dry any remaining pins will fall out.
6: trim and camper before you tumble, the pins actually help remove any sharp edges.
7: when you go to seat your bullets, you may want to use a dry lube on the bullet as wet tumbling gets the inside of the necks squeaky clean and increases friction. It isn't necessary but if match grade ammo is what you are making, it will reduce the standard deviation on you velocity....If you dry tumble it isn't as big a deal.
I use distilled water, 2 squirts of dawn dish soap and a tablespoon of lemmishine(dish washer de-scaler).
The Lyman came with a straining system where you put a strainer with big slots (but too small for any cartridge) over the top of a strainer with a stainless steel screen to let water through but not the pins.
A couple tips:
1: rinse in warm water to reduce water spots
2: shake them around in a towel
3: put them on a cookie sheet in the oven at 200 degrees for 45 min or so...It drys them fast.
5: Do your best to get all the pins but don't worry too much, when they are dry any remaining pins will fall out.
6: trim and camper before you tumble, the pins actually help remove any sharp edges.
7: when you go to seat your bullets, you may want to use a dry lube on the bullet as wet tumbling gets the inside of the necks squeaky clean and increases friction. It isn't necessary but if match grade ammo is what you are making, it will reduce the standard deviation on you velocity....If you dry tumble it isn't as big a deal.