Dont do what I did!

JDG · January 31, 2006, 03:19 PM

Seperate your brass BEFORE you tumble it. I found that 45 cases dont like 9mm cases, and will swallow them whole!

John

Leftoverdj · January 31, 2006, 04:24 PM

Why would they swallow them if they don't like them?

Russ5924 · January 31, 2006, 04:31 PM

Found that out a long time ago when I mixed .38 and .45 colt had to separate and re-clean the .38. They fit just perfect inside a .45 colt and I bet well over half had a .38 stuck inside

**Mike Irwin** · January 31, 2006, 04:46 PM

Easy way to break a decapping pin.

Ask me how I know...

Plated · January 31, 2006, 09:25 PM

I have been there as well Mike

There are other combos that don't fit well in the tumbler 9mm/40S&W 40S&W/45ACP on and on....

dogfood · January 31, 2006, 09:29 PM

But, luckily, you will only do this once, as it is a lesson you won't forget. I know.

dogfood

Tim R · January 31, 2006, 10:52 PM

Yelp, been there, done that, got the T-shirt.

And it seems the tumbling media figures out a way to make the small case stuck in the big case pretty dang hard to get out to boot.

Dave R · January 31, 2006, 11:37 PM

Me, too. Right down to the media finding a way to fuse the two together.

jsflagstad · January 31, 2006, 11:48 PM

I get 9mm's stuck down inside 40 s&w's and then they don't get clean. Kinda funny, I thought that I had a 357 sig case mixed in but it was just a 9 inside a 40.

JSF

Wild Bill Bucks · February 2, 2006, 01:44 PM

If someone tells you they have never done that, then they haven't loaded very many rounds.
FYI I quit using my tumbler on batches less than 100 rounds.
I load mostly 44 Magnum rounds,since I shoot it the most, and I turn them primer up on a flat surface, BEFORE removing old primer, and spray them with a solution of a brass polish mixed with alcohol or vinegar.
Give them a light coat of mixture and a few minutes it will dry to a haze.
Then I take a buffer wheel attached to a slow spinning grinder and polish them by hand. They are now ready to de-prime and size for loading.
I found I can do this much faster, and in most cases better, than the tumbler.
It's a little more trouble, but I can have 100 rounds ready to shoot, go to the range and shoot them, and be back, before my tumbler has time to polish a batch for less than a 100 rounds.

Put a pencil inside the bullet and it is a lot easier to handle on a grinder.

yorec · February 2, 2006, 02:08 PM

9mm inside a 40 inside a 45... Yep, seen it - do they make a T-shirt?

popbang · February 2, 2006, 09:17 PM

Wait until you tumble 9mm and 45 Colt. Oops, what a mess. A Kinetic Bullet Puller works to get them out, but what a pain.

donkee · February 3, 2006, 12:56 AM

I pickup 9mm to load (what can I say, better ammo than factory when I do the loadin'!) and really hate that b@$!@rd .40 S&W caliber. I'm sure some evil doctor came up with it just to trap all the 9mm brass. It is a conspiracy, I'm not paranoid! Quit talkin about me!

January 31, 2006, 03:19 PM	#1
JDG Senior Member Join Date: November 28, 2005 Location: West Michigan Posts: 673	Dont do what I did! Seperate your brass BEFORE you tumble it. I found that 45 cases dont like 9mm cases, and will swallow them whole! John

January 31, 2006, 04:31 PM	#3
Russ5924 Senior Member Join Date: February 18, 2005 Posts: 1,874	Found that out a long time ago when I mixed .38 and .45 colt had to separate and re-clean the .38. They fit just perfect inside a .45 colt and I bet well over half had a .38 stuck inside __________________ Russ5924

January 31, 2006, 04:46 PM	#4
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,390	Easy way to break a decapping pin. Ask me how I know... __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.

January 31, 2006, 10:52 PM	#7
Tim R Senior Member Join Date: November 30, 2004 Location: God's side of Washington State Posts: 1,601	Yelp, been there, done that, got the T-shirt. And it seems the tumbling media figures out a way to make the small case stuck in the big case pretty dang hard to get out to boot. __________________ God Bless our Troops especially our Snipers.

January 31, 2006, 11:37 PM	#8
Dave R Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2000 Location: Idaho Posts: 6,073	Me, too. Right down to the media finding a way to fuse the two together. __________________ I am Pro-Rights (on gun issues).

January 31, 2006, 04:24 PM	#2
Leftoverdj Senior Member Join Date: October 15, 2004 Posts: 934	Why would they swallow them if they don't like them?

January 31, 2006, 09:25 PM	#5
Plated Member Join Date: January 18, 2006 Location: Alabama Posts: 26	I have been there as well Mike There are other combos that don't fit well in the tumbler 9mm/40S&W 40S&W/45ACP on and on....

January 31, 2006, 09:29 PM	#6
dogfood Senior Member Join Date: October 17, 2004 Location: Southwestern OH Posts: 239	But, luckily, you will only do this once, as it is a lesson you won't forget. I know. dogfood

January 31, 2006, 11:48 PM	#9
jsflagstad Senior Member Join Date: January 29, 2005 Location: Up Nort Posts: 419	9's and 40's I get 9mm's stuck down inside 40 s&w's and then they don't get clean. Kinda funny, I thought that I had a 357 sig case mixed in but it was just a 9 inside a 40. JSF

February 2, 2006, 01:44 PM	#10
Wild Bill Bucks Senior Member Join Date: December 28, 2005 Location: Southeastern Oklahoma, Next door to Sasquatch Posts: 1,266	If someone tells you they have never done that, then they haven't loaded very many rounds. FYI I quit using my tumbler on batches less than 100 rounds. I load mostly 44 Magnum rounds,since I shoot it the most, and I turn them primer up on a flat surface, BEFORE removing old primer, and spray them with a solution of a brass polish mixed with alcohol or vinegar. Give them a light coat of mixture and a few minutes it will dry to a haze. Then I take a buffer wheel attached to a slow spinning grinder and polish them by hand. They are now ready to de-prime and size for loading. I found I can do this much faster, and in most cases better, than the tumbler. It's a little more trouble, but I can have 100 rounds ready to shoot, go to the range and shoot them, and be back, before my tumbler has time to polish a batch for less than a 100 rounds. Put a pencil inside the bullet and it is a lot easier to handle on a grinder.

February 2, 2006, 02:08 PM	#11
yorec Senior Member Join Date: February 2, 2000 Location: Wyoming Posts: 2,328	9mm inside a 40 inside a 45... Yep, seen it - do they make a T-shirt? __________________ What part of "... shall not be infringed..." don't you understand?

February 2, 2006, 09:17 PM	#12
popbang Senior Member Join Date: August 9, 2001 Location: out yonder Posts: 148	Wait until you tumble 9mm and 45 Colt. Oops, what a mess. A Kinetic Bullet Puller works to get them out, but what a pain.

February 3, 2006, 12:56 AM	#13
donkee Junior member Join Date: November 7, 2004 Location: Mid-Michigan Posts: 449	I pickup 9mm to load (what can I say, better ammo than factory when I do the loadin'!) and really hate that b@$!@rd .40 S&W caliber. I'm sure some evil doctor came up with it just to trap all the 9mm brass. It is a conspiracy, I'm not paranoid! Quit talkin about me!