I'm getting ready for some bullet swaging in the colder weather to come. I've been de-rimming .22lr cases, annealing, tumbling & sorting jackets at a marathon pace. Only have a few thousand left to go. All my final jackets are squeaky clean, but they are ugly & dull! I know that shiny bullets shoot the same as dull ones, but after all this work & attention to detail I want beautiful bullets!
I tumbled some finished bullets in walnut media to a nice shine but their hollow points had to be picked clean of media! No way, never again!
Do any fellow swagers insist on shiny bullets too? Do you ever polish the final bullets some how? Do you vibra-polish & if so what media(s) do you use? Do you wet polish with or without pins? Do you ever coat the final bullets with some type of liquid wax or magic elixir to retard the tarnishing process?
I apologize if I seem a bit OCD here, but I think a touch of OCD has got to be a common trait for anyone that spends the time & money at this hobby.
TIA for your comments & suggestions.