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SL1 · February 23, 2011, 10:34 AM

I really didn't think I needed it until I got into reloading for auto-loaders that chucked my brass in the mud.

Coming-up with a simple and certain way of keeping grit out of my guns and dies drove me to using a universal decapper and wet tumbling with stainless.

Now that I have the set-up, I tend to use it for almost everything.

But, another con is that if you do a lot of load development where you want to track INDIVIDUAL pieces of brass through multiple reloadings, the SS media takes-off just about any marking that you can think of. My only solution to that is to actually stamp numbers on the case heads in the remaining open space left by the manufacturer's headstamps. (Which also can create other issues.)

SL1

February 23, 2011, 10:34 AM	#8
SL1 Senior Member Join Date: November 8, 2007 Posts: 2,001	I really didn't think I needed it until I got into reloading for auto-loaders that chucked my brass in the mud. Coming-up with a simple and certain way of keeping grit out of my guns and dies drove me to using a universal decapper and wet tumbling with stainless. Now that I have the set-up, I tend to use it for almost everything. But, another con is that if you do a lot of load development where you want to track INDIVIDUAL pieces of brass through multiple reloadings, the SS media takes-off just about any marking that you can think of. My only solution to that is to actually stamp numbers on the case heads in the remaining open space left by the manufacturer's headstamps. (Which also can create other issues.) SL1