I have a fair number of 5 gallon buckets of 223 brass. I was digging through them and came across 1000 deprimed 223 mixed brass in sealed zip lock bags. I must have had them for 5 years or more.
I have no idea where or how I got them. I do a lot of horse trading so who knows?
This brass was as shiny as new. It was mixed military. I LIKE shiny brass for my reloading. It helps me win my beauty contests with my reloads.
So it set me to wondering as I was prepping them for reloading...........all the while marveling at how darn shiny this brass was.
I have an RCBS Vibratory Tumbler that I have had for 30+ years. It works fine. It cleans the brass well but I can't seem to get the "new brass" shine on anything....even with new media. I get them nice and clean and sort of kind of shiny but no cigar.
How can I get that "new Starline Brass" shine on brass using the vibratory tumbler? Is this tumbler even capable of that?
Anyone else have any ideas? I am all ears.......