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oldandslow · February 28, 2012, 06:36 AM

10aw, 2/28/12

I voted clean but any color is acceptable. I've only reloaded 80,000 rounds in the last six years and dry tumbled exactly once- it takes too long and the shiny rounds do not load or shoot any better than the clean/darkened brass ones. So in the three or four hours it takes to tumble one load I can clean and reload over a thousand pistol rounds on my Dillon SDB (I timed a batch of 100 9mm reloads and it took 10 minutes and 15 seconds, 200 rounds took 22 minutes as I had to reload primers) and have time left over to go shooting if I want to. And no, I have never scratched a die or missed a case crack due to case color. So while a clean case is essential a shiny case is not (even though they look pretty).

best wishes- oldandslow

February 28, 2012, 06:36 AM	#12
oldandslow Senior Member Join Date: October 2, 2007 Posts: 641	10aw, 2/28/12 I voted clean but any color is acceptable. I've only reloaded 80,000 rounds in the last six years and dry tumbled exactly once- it takes too long and the shiny rounds do not load or shoot any better than the clean/darkened brass ones. So in the three or four hours it takes to tumble one load I can clean and reload over a thousand pistol rounds on my Dillon SDB (I timed a batch of 100 9mm reloads and it took 10 minutes and 15 seconds, 200 rounds took 22 minutes as I had to reload primers) and have time left over to go shooting if I want to. And no, I have never scratched a die or missed a case crack due to case color. So while a clean case is essential a shiny case is not (even though they look pretty). best wishes- oldandslow