case cleaning

furtaker · March 4, 2009, 09:28 AM

I'm thinking about buying a case prep station, however wouldn't your tumbler clean the inside just fine? I realize you still have to chamfer and debur the mouth.

firewrench044 · March 4, 2009, 11:09 AM

Tumblers clean the outside of the case very well, but will not clean very much on the inside (larger stight walled cases get cleaned better inside
than smaller or bottle necked cases )
I clean the neck area with a bore brush in a drill before sizeing bottle neck cases (dies for bottle neck cases have an expander on the decaping rod)
(this saves the expander from wear) and all cases after case work is done just before final clean up in the tumbler

Ultrasonic or chemical cleaners will clean the inside, but in most loading aplications do not require a case to be that clean
I only clean my long range (ubove 300 yards) match cases to that extent

furtaker · March 4, 2009, 06:56 PM

Thanks, I should have read a little further theres plenty of other threads on this subject.

March 4, 2009, 09:28 AM	#1
furtaker Senior Member Join Date: February 27, 2009 Posts: 119	case cleaning I'm thinking about buying a case prep station, however wouldn't your tumbler clean the inside just fine? I realize you still have to chamfer and debur the mouth.

March 4, 2009, 11:09 AM	#2
firewrench044 Senior Member Join Date: July 9, 2007 Location: Fort Pierce, Florida Posts: 381	Tumblers clean the outside of the case very well, but will not clean very much on the inside (larger stight walled cases get cleaned better inside than smaller or bottle necked cases ) I clean the neck area with a bore brush in a drill before sizeing bottle neck cases (dies for bottle neck cases have an expander on the decaping rod) (this saves the expander from wear) and all cases after case work is done just before final clean up in the tumbler Ultrasonic or chemical cleaners will clean the inside, but in most loading aplications do not require a case to be that clean I only clean my long range (ubove 300 yards) match cases to that extent

March 4, 2009, 06:56 PM	#3
furtaker Senior Member Join Date: February 27, 2009 Posts: 119	Thanks, I should have read a little further theres plenty of other threads on this subject.