Originally Posted By: Squeeze I recently switched over to ground walnut bedding for lizards, IIRC. I get it a Petco, and the last batch(30 lbs) was purchased online. I add a cap full of Berry's Mfg. Case Polish about every two batch runs in the media. The walnut shell is ground so small it NEVER clogs the primer pocket, or flash hole...Or at least not in the last 10,000 pistol/1000 rifle cases I have cleaned so far this year. And with the case polish the brass comes out very pretty.
For heavily tarnished range brass, I also bath it in IOSSO for a few moments, and then vibrate clean in the walnut bedding.
One can get it at Petco, or probably most good pet supply stores. Give it a try with your favorite polish additive. You won't be buying the coarse stuff, and picking it out of pockets and flash holes, any more.
Squeeze
Thanks...
I have been looking for something more effective than the corn cob I have been using (Midway - I bought a 300 pounds when it was on sale and I got a good deal on it).
The walnut that most guys are selling is like pebbles - very course. It cleans the green corrosion off of the cases, but it does not polish.
This sounds good. I also heard that PetCo sells a fine grade of corn cob, and I also came across this stuff.
http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200351124_200351124
It is an ultra fine corn cob that is used for cleaning stuff by air blasting - I would think it is sooo small that it can't clog cases. I haven't tried it yet
I am getting good polishing now, but I need a way to get the job done faster - I sell the ammo, and people LOVE beautifully polished ammo, but the time my machines take now, limits my total production
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I can load it faster than I can clean and polish it, even with my polishing machines running 24/7
Meow.