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pgdion · June 5, 2014, 01:01 PM

Chrono, I have a cheap dry tumbler and yes, it basically makes pretty brass (but it is pretty). Pretty sure reloading would be fine without the tumbler but a dry tumbler from harbor freight is cheap (and so is there media) and it does strip off any dirt. Wet tumbler, not on my wish list. But a chrono is, if the one I'm building doesn't work as well as I'd like.
Yea you only need it to work up your loads and then you're done with it (for awhile) but with out it you really can't be sure where your loads are at. I go off of accuracy and feel right now but it would be nice to have an objective measurement too. I have lots of tools that don't get used often, but when you need them, you really need them. I'm fine with them sitting in the tool box most of the time.

June 5, 2014, 01:01 PM	#12
pgdion Senior Member Join Date: April 22, 2010 Location: MPLS, MN Posts: 1,214	Chrono, I have a cheap dry tumbler and yes, it basically makes pretty brass (but it is pretty). Pretty sure reloading would be fine without the tumbler but a dry tumbler from harbor freight is cheap (and so is there media) and it does strip off any dirt. Wet tumbler, not on my wish list. But a chrono is, if the one I'm building doesn't work as well as I'd like. Yea you only need it to work up your loads and then you're done with it (for awhile) but with out it you really can't be sure where your loads are at. I go off of accuracy and feel right now but it would be nice to have an objective measurement too. I have lots of tools that don't get used often, but when you need them, you really need them. I'm fine with them sitting in the tool box most of the time. __________________ 597 VTR, because there's so many cans and so little time! Last edited by pgdion; June 5, 2014 at 04:26 PM.