Walter Laich
03-14-2016, 01:46 PM
Ran into a problem I knew about but had forgotten due to old age and senility
After dumping the cleaned brass into my rotator case and media separator, pouring the water off and laying the brass out on a towel OF disease hit. (OF = old fart)
As I was spreading out the brass and marveling at how clean it was i noticed two cases stuck together mouth to mouth--this shouldn't happen as 45 Colt and 45 ACP are the same as far as tumbling goes.
Without thinking i pulled them apart and spread SS chips everywhere. Seems some 44-40 cases snuck in and they will fit inside a 45 Colt case mouth. The problem was all the chips ending up far and wide. A couple of passes with my magnet got most of them though I did notice some when I shook out the towel later.
Ran across a few more of the 'mating cases' but learned enough to open them over the drum where the chips are stored between uses.
After dumping the cleaned brass into my rotator case and media separator, pouring the water off and laying the brass out on a towel OF disease hit. (OF = old fart)
As I was spreading out the brass and marveling at how clean it was i noticed two cases stuck together mouth to mouth--this shouldn't happen as 45 Colt and 45 ACP are the same as far as tumbling goes.
Without thinking i pulled them apart and spread SS chips everywhere. Seems some 44-40 cases snuck in and they will fit inside a 45 Colt case mouth. The problem was all the chips ending up far and wide. A couple of passes with my magnet got most of them though I did notice some when I shook out the towel later.
Ran across a few more of the 'mating cases' but learned enough to open them over the drum where the chips are stored between uses.