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Well I tossed some in the tumbler and of course some of the 9mm's got stuck in some of the 40's. Just could not pull them out. Well I had the bright idea to toss them in the empty tumbler and after a few minutes the vibration loosened and vibrated enough media out of them I could easily pull the ones that had not already separated.
If you tumble two different calibers of handgun brass that can fit one inside the other at the same time, you can lessen the nesting problem by putting the larger caliber brass in the tumbler first. This allows it to fill with media, and there's less chance of the smaller caliber getting inside.
Of course, the real solution is to tumble different calibers separately.
Hope this helps.
Fred
I had a real hard time getting some 22LR out of 38SP and 357Mag cases. My helper must have let those slip through while sorting.
I mistakenly dumped a bunch of 9mm and .40S&W in the wet tumbler together once....... Keyword here is once........ not the kind of mistake you make again, 500rds of each. What a pain in the a.....
Been there, done that, never again.
I try to avoid putting cases that can nest in each other in the tub at the same time. I'd like to point out that I said "try" because it still happens even if it's only a few cases.
I also make an effort to tumble by caliber, but when that odd ball does sneak in I've found that the impact or hammer type bullet puller is very useful.