Dam them walnut shells

[spittoon]

Man there is on thing i hate is them shells that are stuck in the primer pockets. Any ideas?? polishing medal from harbor freight they are like little pyramids ?? all so do you have to run them in a water bath? There has to be a better way. Thank you for your in put

[Great-Kazoo]

I tumble before depriming, a few good turns in the media separator and gtg. The few i have run in to i drop in a screened bag, a few blast from the air hose as a final fix.

[spqrzilla]

Yep, tumble the fired cases before depriming/sizing.

[rondog]

I tumble after depriming with a universal decapper, and yes, I get lots of cases with walnut chunks stuck in 'em. But after all the cleaning with walnut and polishing with corncob, I then resize them and that pokes the chunks right out. But I'm kind of a wierdo that way, I prep brass to the point of resized and reprimed, rifle cases trimmed to length, then store them in buckets, ready to load. When I want to do some, I just add powder and bullets and crimp 'em shut. Done. Just my way.

[Delfuego]

I tumble after depriming with a universal decapper,

+1 for this

I also use Zilla ground walnut from Petco (cheaper than reloading media) no issues with media in primer or flash holes.

[ray1970]

I complicate things. I just use a paperclip to push the little pieces out.

[ben4372]

Stop using dry tumblers. I switched to stainless pins a couple years back. Still use the walnuts sometimes. The stainless tumbling makes things look like new, even the primer pockets. I used the paperclip method too.

[Great-Kazoo]

Stop using dry tumblers. I switched to stainless pins a couple years back. Still use the walnuts sometimes. The stainless tumbling makes things look like new, even the primer pockets. I used the paperclip method too.

until i can justify the price and extra steps for wet tumbling, it's walnut media for me.

[SA Friday]

Stop using dry tumblers. I switched to stainless pins a couple years back. Still use the walnuts sometimes. The stainless tumbling makes things look like new, even the primer pockets. I used the paperclip method too.

Don't ever miss one of those SS pins in a case and then load and shoot it. It will scar the hell out of your rifling.

[DSB OUTDOORS]

Stop using dry tumblers. I switched to stainless pins a couple years back. Still use the walnuts sometimes. The stainless tumbling makes things look like new, even the primer pockets. I used the paperclip method too.

^^^ This, Thumblers Tumbler and steel media rule. I still use vibrate tumbler, but I switched to corn cob media. And Spittoon I told you the crowd would say NOT to de-prime first!!