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puma guy wrote: What does Clemtex charge for Walnut shell. I've been buying it at Harbor Freight.

Lots of guys on the reloading forums buy lizard litter on line and claim it's the best deal... you can probably beat this but it was the first item in my search and seems WAY cheaper than anything I saw for reloading.

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rotor wrote: Someone that reloads .25 ACP. I am impressed.

No kidding- I'd need 1.75x reading glasses, just to set the bullets onto the .25acp cases.

I only wet tumble with SS pins... it's so easy and works so well that the only reason I can think of for people not doing it is that they have a lot of money invested in a vibratory set up.

My set up is just a harbor freight rock tumbler (2 drums) with coupon was $20 and a bag of SS pins $25 plus $5 for a bottle of lemmishine and $6 for a gallon of Armor All Wash & Wax. I still have 1/4 gallon AA W&W and more than 1/2 the lemmishine after cleaning roughly 15k pieces of 45acp brass. Talk about cheap.

my batch (each drum) is:
3/4 qt warm water
1lb SSpins
1.5 tsp AA W&W
tiny pinch lemmishine
100-125 45acp brass

Run it while I do other things and dump when convenient... anywhere between 1.5 hours and all day that fits my schedule. I just throw the brass on an old towel and run a little fan over it to dry for about 20 minutes (or until I get back to it)

I've learned that using a little AA W&W in my final rinse water eliminates the need to use case lube. I used to use case lube just to smooth out the press but this works better and eliminates 2 steps plus the sticky cases!

Here is an average batch: