The idea came to me the other day as I was picking up my spent brass at the range. The range officers know I reload, assign me in an end stall and sweep ALL the brass into a pile behind me. My brass is easily identified, way dirtier than all the recently once fired stuff. While I am not easily embarrassed, (actually a brass cleaning system is on my wish list) I decided I should do something to enhance my range image.
Today I put a used .30 caliber bore brush in my cordless drill. I pushed a grungy .30 carbine brass over it and ran the drill for 15 seconds while holding a piece of 0000 steel wool on the brass. Sadly the result didn't look like a new brass, but it did look a lot cleaner. Considering the brass had been lying in a coffee can for 10 years with a bunch of its peers, it really doesn't look too bad. Especially since I want to buy a case trimmer. I may try a coarser grade of wool next. Or some polishing compound.
The pic on right is dirty brass mounted on brush, middle one is brush in drill, one on left is "cleaned" brass on brush. In all 3 pics the piece of brass laying on bench furthest from drill chuck has also been "cleaned"
Did 40 pieces in 15 minutes, blew them off w/ compressed air. The brush even cleaned the inside most of the way down to the primer pocket.
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