Note to self.....

deanadell · April 26, 2007, 08:33 AM

.....Don't tumble .45 ACP and 9mm Luger in the tumbler together, unless you want to spend the rest of th eevening pulling them apart with needle nosed pliers

nass · April 26, 2007, 08:56 AM

or 40 and 9...

wolverine350 · April 26, 2007, 09:17 AM

sounded like a fun evening

dustoff · April 26, 2007, 09:58 AM

.45 ACp and .38spcl also do not mix well in the tumbler. I wish I had seen this post before I tumbled mine together. I didn't need pliers to get them apart, but it took awhile to get them all seperated.

Keenan Goss · April 26, 2007, 10:37 AM

I have done that twice .40 w/ 9mm, and I will still continue to do it. I dont learn from mistakes. I dont have enough brass to force myself to tumble them seperate.

Rottweiler · April 27, 2007, 07:58 AM

Made that mistake once myself, with .44mags and .40 S&Ws. a .40 case will fit into a .44 mag case and be almost totally invisible until you run the .44 through the sizing die, effectively crimping the .40 in permenantly. Even if you catch the error before the die does it's a pain in the a$$ to pull one out

deanadell · April 27, 2007, 09:25 AM

.44 Mags slide nicely into .500 S&W,,,,add a little tumbling media and the wedge in there real tight......

Thanks for letting me know I'm not alone.....

40SIG · April 27, 2007, 12:34 PM

Or 38/357 and .223

MakarovFan · April 27, 2007, 04:11 PM

I just started tumbling now that I am starting to reload again.

Boy I wished you had posted that the day before yesterday, I made the same mistake last night by throwing all my brass from my recent trip to the range. 9's,38/357/45's.
I spent part of last night seperating them. Now have to retumble them again.

mrawesome22 · April 27, 2007, 06:26 PM

And don't use crushed corn cob from the pet store to tumble .22-250Rem. The chunks are too big and are almost impossible to get out of the case. What a nightmare that was. I'm still trying to figure out a way to grind this stuff down smaller. I have 50lbs of this stuff!

fisherman66 · April 27, 2007, 06:33 PM

Mr. could you run the corncob through a meat grinder or food processor? Just a thought.

40SIG · April 27, 2007, 06:39 PM

I found the same thing with the corncob from the pet store and switched to the Lizard Litter (ground walnut).Its alot smaller and works fine.

mrawesome22 · April 27, 2007, 10:39 PM

Meat grinder huh... might have to try that. I've also thought about a blender, but my wife doesn't like that idea too well LOL. I tried finding that lizard litter, but either they don't sell it, or I just can't find it. I asked a few of the teenie boppers working in there if they had it. I would have had better luck asking one of the animals LOL.

deanadell · April 28, 2007, 06:13 AM

Lizard Litter

Awsome tip 40sig..thanks

**44 AMP** · April 28, 2007, 02:59 PM

Only tumble one caliber at a time. Trust me on this one, 35 years reloading, and I've never made the same mistake twice. But I have made most of them once!

I always sort my brass before tumbling, and then again afterward. Before is by caliber, and after is by case and headstamp. Helps keep frustration down. It may seem like a lot of extra work, but spend a couple of hours getting 9mms out of .45 cases and you will understand exactly what I mean.

And here's a tip, don't waste your money on a "media separator". For less than 5 bucks you can get a plastic bucket and a colander (for draining pasta) at the grocery store. Put the colander in the top of the bucket (matching sizes when you buy them makes it easy), dump the tumbler in, shake/stir gently. Media winds up in the bucket, cases stay in the colander. No mess, no fuss, no bother.

tbtrout · April 28, 2007, 07:45 PM

Yeah, been there.

stinger · April 28, 2007, 08:12 PM

I avoid all of the aforementioned, as well as tumbling 41 and 357 magnum. They look to dang much alike. Also, 357 and 38sp, same reason.

April 26, 2007, 08:33 AM	#1
deanadell Senior Member Join Date: April 19, 2005 Location: Upstate, South Carolina Posts: 639	Note to self..... .....Don't tumble .45 ACP and 9mm Luger in the tumbler together, unless you want to spend the rest of th eevening pulling them apart with needle nosed pliers

April 26, 2007, 08:56 AM	#2
nass Senior Member Join Date: December 28, 2006 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 281	or 40 and 9... __________________ My $0.02

April 27, 2007, 07:58 AM	#6
Rottweiler Senior Member Join Date: January 30, 2001 Location: Texas Hill Country Posts: 391	Made that mistake once myself, with .44mags and .40 S&Ws. a .40 case will fit into a .44 mag case and be almost totally invisible until you run the .44 through the sizing die, effectively crimping the .40 in permenantly. Even if you catch the error before the die does it's a pain in the a$$ to pull one out __________________ Texas - envied by lesser states since 1845

April 27, 2007, 06:26 PM	#10
mrawesome22 Senior Member Join Date: November 9, 2005 Location: Ohio, Appalachia's foothills. Posts: 3,779	And don't use crushed corn cob from the pet store to tumble .22-250Rem. The chunks are too big and are almost impossible to get out of the case. What a nightmare that was. I'm still trying to figure out a way to grind this stuff down smaller. I have 50lbs of this stuff! Last edited by mrawesome22; April 28, 2007 at 03:25 PM.

April 27, 2007, 06:33 PM	#11
fisherman66 Senior Member Join Date: August 22, 2005 Location: The Woodlands TX Posts: 4,679	Mr. could you run the corncob through a meat grinder or food processor? Just a thought. __________________ la plus belle des ruses du diable est de vous persuader qu'il n'existe pas!

April 26, 2007, 09:17 AM	#3
wolverine350 Senior Member Join Date: November 27, 2006 Location: ponca city ok Posts: 746	sounded like a fun evening

April 26, 2007, 09:58 AM	#4
dustoff Senior Member Join Date: November 19, 2006 Location: Cambria County, PA Posts: 114	.45 ACp and .38spcl also do not mix well in the tumbler. I wish I had seen this post before I tumbled mine together. I didn't need pliers to get them apart, but it took awhile to get them all seperated.

April 26, 2007, 10:37 AM	#5
Keenan Goss Member Join Date: March 5, 2007 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 27	I have done that twice .40 w/ 9mm, and I will still continue to do it. I dont learn from mistakes. I dont have enough brass to force myself to tumble them seperate.

April 27, 2007, 09:25 AM	#7
deanadell Senior Member Join Date: April 19, 2005 Location: Upstate, South Carolina Posts: 639	.44 Mags slide nicely into .500 S&W,,,,add a little tumbling media and the wedge in there real tight...... Thanks for letting me know I'm not alone.....

April 27, 2007, 12:34 PM	#8
40SIG Junior member Join Date: April 27, 2007 Posts: 35	Or 38/357 and .223

April 27, 2007, 04:11 PM	#9
MakarovFan Member Join Date: June 21, 2006 Location: Eastern Ohio Posts: 94	I just started tumbling now that I am starting to reload again. Boy I wished you had posted that the day before yesterday, I made the same mistake last night by throwing all my brass from my recent trip to the range. 9's,38/357/45's. I spent part of last night seperating them. Now have to retumble them again.

April 27, 2007, 06:39 PM	#12
40SIG Junior member Join Date: April 27, 2007 Posts: 35	I found the same thing with the corncob from the pet store and switched to the Lizard Litter (ground walnut).Its alot smaller and works fine.

April 27, 2007, 10:39 PM	#13
mrawesome22 Senior Member Join Date: November 9, 2005 Location: Ohio, Appalachia's foothills. Posts: 3,779	Meat grinder huh... might have to try that. I've also thought about a blender, but my wife doesn't like that idea too well LOL. I tried finding that lizard litter, but either they don't sell it, or I just can't find it. I asked a few of the teenie boppers working in there if they had it. I would have had better luck asking one of the animals LOL.

April 28, 2007, 06:13 AM	#14
deanadell Senior Member Join Date: April 19, 2005 Location: Upstate, South Carolina Posts: 639	Lizard Litter Awsome tip 40sig..thanks

April 28, 2007, 02:59 PM	#15
44 AMP Staff Join Date: March 11, 2006 Location: Upper US Posts: 28,818	My advice Only tumble one caliber at a time. Trust me on this one, 35 years reloading, and I've never made the same mistake twice. But I have made most of them once! I always sort my brass before tumbling, and then again afterward. Before is by caliber, and after is by case and headstamp. Helps keep frustration down. It may seem like a lot of extra work, but spend a couple of hours getting 9mms out of .45 cases and you will understand exactly what I mean. And here's a tip, don't waste your money on a "media separator". For less than 5 bucks you can get a plastic bucket and a colander (for draining pasta) at the grocery store. Put the colander in the top of the bucket (matching sizes when you buy them makes it easy), dump the tumbler in, shake/stir gently. Media winds up in the bucket, cases stay in the colander. No mess, no fuss, no bother. __________________ All else being equal (and it almost never is) bigger bullets tend to work better.

April 28, 2007, 07:45 PM	#16
tbtrout Senior Member Join Date: April 27, 2007 Location: New Jersey Posts: 234	Yeah, been there.

April 28, 2007, 08:12 PM	#17
stinger Senior Member Join Date: November 6, 2001 Location: west texas Posts: 772	I avoid all of the aforementioned, as well as tumbling 41 and 357 magnum. They look to dang much alike. Also, 357 and 38sp, same reason.