Brass tarnish and Brasso

[HighlandLofts]

I bought 350 pieces of older used 222 Remington brass. A lot of it was dull and tarnished. I ran it through the Lyman tumbler with regular walnut hulls from Harbor Freight for a couple of hours and it still had tarnish on some of the necks, rim and head stamp area.

Before and after pictures of the left on tarnish & crude. I took a piece of dish towel and wiped them down with Brasso and
It most of it off.
I'v been told Brasso will make the cases brittle, but I want them clean looking.

Before

After



Before


After

 

[Darth]

Nu finish car polish.

No Brasso.

 

[kev74]

I don't pay any attention to tarnish or stains on the brass. I clean it to get rid of grit or debris that might interfere with reloading or damage my dies. I don't care about aesthetics.

 

[Darth]

I don't pay any attention to tarnish or stains on the brass. I clean it to get rid of grit or debris that might interfere with reloading or damage my dies. I don't care about aesthetics.

Shiny brass is easier to find.

 

[kev74]

Shiny brass is easier to find.

For me, its not worth the effort or the possibility of chemically weakening the brass.

 

[Darth]

For me, its not worth the effort or the possibility of chemically weakening the brass.

...don't use Brasso.

 

[kev74]

...don't use Brasso.

I use walnut shells with a bit of mineral spirits to cut the crud and hold down the dust.

 

[HighlandLofts]

Over & done with polishing them by hand, I have them in the tumbler with new treated Lyman corncob. I will let it run an hour or so tonight and see what they look like.
The corncob should remove any of the brasso left on the cases.

Any of you who decap and then tumble in walnut hulls, do you get pieces of walnut hulls in your primer flash hole?
I pick it out with a small like ice pick from harbor freight.

 

[Acer-m14]

I tumble with the primer in .. FUAC on time spent probing shit from the hole .. lol
I'm going to use the prep machine on the pocket anyways .. one less step
( i'm not reloading super 3 mile .1 moa rounds ) lol

 

[HighlandLofts]

I shoot for fun and to spend time with the grandson out in the woods. He loves the woods, we can be out there for 10 hours and he never ask to go home. A few times we stayed right till it got dark.
I have been using the rifle rest to try loads I have been making to see what the different guns like.
Once done doing test rounds I will.be able to load a butt load up over the winter rain season out here.

I don't mind picking the carp out of the pockets, it gives me a chance to check our the cases.

I am buying a lead melting pot to try make some lead bullets for fun shooting. I will be checking into the two plumbers I know to see if they get scrap lead and I will check.out the little scrap metal recycle place where we take my grandsons aluminum cans and scrape rifle & pistol cases.

It's all fun. I have a few die sets I need to get, I have several sets of lee dies I will be getting rid of once I replace them.with RCBS or Hornady dies.

 

[Acer-m14]

@HighlandLofts check out your car dealer shops there .. you might get a mix of crap and lead . or buckets of lead if they been storing it ..
i got a few buckets here and one bucket sorted and melted down .. 60 lbs of lead .. sill have 2 buckets to go LOL ..

i use it for making birdshot ...

if you have any question on casting lead .. go here .. Cast Boolits
and sign up .. good bunch of guys i haven't been there in a while , when i was they had chat room running

just went there and logged in .. still a chat room there .. just have to find the time when guys are there

 

[Acer-m14]

also where you all shoot if your hitting a dirt berm .. get the shovel and dig and sift .. or local open cool gun range berm ..
I can to that here at my club .. got like 30 lbs of lead with easy picking after a north and south scrimmage .. musket ball and sabots

 

[Mosinitis]

Don't use Brasso. You can use very fine steel wool to clean up tarnish.

 

[Acer-m14]

Don't use Brasso. You can use very fine steel wool to clean up tarnish.

i chuck my shell holder in the drill press and hit it with 0000 steel wool .. shines right up .. for them really tarnished ones

 

[Mosinitis]

Any of you who decap and then tumble in walnut hulls, do you get pieces of walnut hulls in your primer flash hole?
I pick it out with a small like ice pick from harbor freight.

I use modified paper clip to punch out stuck media.

 

[togmaster]

Wet tumble and you will have brand new looking brass.

 

[Mosinitis]

I am not a fan of wet tumbling with SS media for rifle brass. I know it's popular now, but there are problems with it. I am not going to get into one hundredth pissing match about it. So I will just leave it at that. My advice is stay with the dry media or if you want to wet tumble, do it without SS media.

 

[Darth]

Darn, I'd love to hear these "problems."

 

[Mosinitis]

Darn, I'd love to hear these "problems."

There you go. This is why I am not going to go into this.

 

[Darth]

There you go. This is why I am not going to go into this.

Well, one can either defend their position, or they can't.

It's clear where this falls.

 

[Mosinitis]

Well, one can either defend their position, or they can't.

It's clear where this falls.

I defend my position on the firing line not on the internet forums. You are a smart guy, Darth, but you don't know what you don't know. I seen you argue with MD about medicine.

 

[Darth]

I defend my position on the firing line not on the internet forums. You are a smart guy, Darth, but you don't know what you don't know. I seen you argue with MD about medicine.

Where?

Because don't confuse anyone on here with an MD.

Either way, you either have a valid point, or do not. Legitimate points are easy to demonstrate.

 

[Mosinitis]

Where?

Because don't confuse anyone on here with an MD.

Either way, you either have a valid point, or do not. Legitimate points are easy to demonstrate.

I believe Dr. Evil is an MD. Your last statement is a false statement.

 

[Darth]

I believe Dr. Evil is an MD. Your last statement is a false statement.

Good, that show you have a tendency to be wrong.

The "Dr" is not an MD at all.

 

[HighlandLofts]

My brass looks great, now I can load it and get on with it.

 

[Robin]

Brasso contains an ammonia compound, ammonia makes brass brittle, ammonia fumes make brass brittle.
Robin

 

[HighlandLofts]

When this brass craps out I will buy more, it is nice shooting that old reloads from 700 again after a few decades in the gun cabinet.

 

[HighlandLofts]

So.how damaged do you think.the brass got from one cleaning with brasso?

 

[kev74]

So.how damaged do you think.the brass got from one cleaning with brasso?

Not much. When the brass starts to fail, rotate it out.

 

[HighlandLofts]

My brother needed 222 brass so I bought two new 100 round bags, one for him and one for me. Then I picked up 350 rounds of used brass that is older and dull looking. So I kept the old brass and he has the new stuff. Thisold brass should fill the bill for awhile. My grandson is just the right age for this caliber. So once I get a few good load-bullet combos worked up i will load it all over the winter.

I bought a older remington 700 bull barrel 223 that he will.be shooting as well as the older WINCHESTER model 70 bull barrel in 22-250
I need a scope for this gun.