Maybe some of you are going to think I've bonked my melon and suffered some brain damage, but I spent the weekend prepping some 5 year old brass and I can't get over how grand it was to finish with a ton of reloads and a mountain of shiny brass to work through.
This stuff was seriously disgusting. It came from a long range class back in 2007 where we were rained on every day for a week. Most of the cases had mud and crud in abundance.
- Started with a quick wash/soak in the laundry tub to get the worst of the grime off.
- Followed up with a 10 minute trip through Hornady's 2L sonic clearer loaded with their case cleaning solution.
- After a quick roll through a towel to get most the moisture out, they got a 45 minute trip around a lyman tumbler packed with corn cob and flitz polish.
The end result was stunning. Perfect, shiny brass that just made me want to reload. I put up 100 rounds of 150g .308 SPs, 100 rounds of 168g .308 AMAX and still had almost 400 cases just waiting to get reloaded.
This stuff was seriously disgusting. It came from a long range class back in 2007 where we were rained on every day for a week. Most of the cases had mud and crud in abundance.
- Started with a quick wash/soak in the laundry tub to get the worst of the grime off.
- Followed up with a 10 minute trip through Hornady's 2L sonic clearer loaded with their case cleaning solution.
- After a quick roll through a towel to get most the moisture out, they got a 45 minute trip around a lyman tumbler packed with corn cob and flitz polish.
The end result was stunning. Perfect, shiny brass that just made me want to reload. I put up 100 rounds of 150g .308 SPs, 100 rounds of 168g .308 AMAX and still had almost 400 cases just waiting to get reloaded.
