Thread: Forming 221 Fireball / 20 Vartarg brass

Forgot to say that each mark has 5 shots. Got error when trying to edit post above. Cheers

Hope you like the PMA very happy with mine. I Like that tumbler, how well do you think it will hold up to extended use? where did you buy the stainless pins for tumbling? If you want to get a trigger job then ssrnz Scott Trail seems pretty good with triggers he may be able to improve the timney. Mitch Maxburry stocks jewel triggers but they are pretty expensive. I have two of the rifle basix ERV3's they seem fine but not probably not in the same class as Jewels

I bought this tumbler some 3 months back and its holding pretty well. You know, chinese stuff, not the best quality, but is doing its job. I use to use it 2-3 times each weekend tumbling 100 223 or 100 20VT. For 50 bucks plus shipping, I cant complain.
The SS media was bought on Ebay for US 40 + shipping. 5 pounds. I may have lost some 10% of the media already...

Any issues with peening of the case mouths? I read that this can be an issue with the ss media? did you try a sonicating bath on the path that lead you to the ss tumbler?

Xring: I'd appreciate a heads up about where you got the Chinese tumbler? I've been looking for one for a while to try out the s/s media tumbling routine but have not seen anything available.

yerimaginary, no issues with cases mouth. The tumbler does a pretty good job. I use sometimes sonic baths. The problem is I have a small one and I realized that it cleans brass up if you put up to 25 pieces only in two baths of 8 min each, so 8 batches total for 100 pieces. That's why I went for the SS media tumbling (less work). If I had a 2 or 3 L sonic, I wouldn't change methods.
rupert, I put a link of it in one of my previous post (first one in this page).
Cheers

xring - I am also very keen on a cheap tumbler. Just to confirm, it is this one that you bought?

zimmer, at first glance that's the one I bought. Don't know if its from the same seller, but looks pretty much the same I have at home, even the collour and price.

Great thread, very informative!

Who has a 20 VT reamer in NZ?