PGC from United States, PA Public Profile

I installed this trigger in my RPRimfire, took it to the range, and shot a couple of my best targets ever. Multiple shots through the same hole at 50 yards, 199-13X out of 200 at 100 yards. And that was my first time shooting it. An excellent upgrade.

After 10plus years of dry tumbling and two burned out tumblers, I decided to give wet tumbling a shot. I considered the Frankford Rotary Tumbler Lite but decided to go with the larger unit so that I could clean more brass each time.

So today, I set it up and used it for the first time and I am very pleased with the results. I loaded it with 325 .45 casing and 130 6.5 Creedmoor casings. The tumbler had no problem tumbling this load for two hours. Once the entire process was complete, the brass looks almost brand new. The downside is that it is a much more involved and labor intensive process than dry tumbling. The upside is that this process does a much better job than dry tumbling.

Prior to cleaning, I deprimed and resized all of my brass. This allowed the cleaning of the primer pocket. You can’t do that with dry tumbling unless you are prepared to pick corn cobs or walnut shells out of each primer pocket. While the primer pockets were not spotlessly clean, they are as clean as I can get them with my case prep machine which is great for quickly trimming the necks of rifle casings but I never liked grinding my primer pockets with that thing. This wet cleaning process gets the primer pockets as clean, if not cleaner, without grinding on the base of the pocket.

Another advantage over dry tumbling is there is no media residue. It does not matter how much I shake and tumble the brass, I never get all of the corn cobs out. My “clean brass” bucket always has a small p

I recently burned out my second dry tumbler. The first one lasted about 5 years, the second one about 3 years. After a little reading and discussion with more knowledgeable reloaders, I decided to give wet tumbling a shot. I’ll review the wet tumbler elsewhere.

The dryer worked exactly as advertised. About an hour at 160 degrees and all of the brass was dry. I did rotate the top two trays to the bottom after about 30 minutes, as recommended. My only complaint is that, while the trays do stack neatly, it is a little tricky getting them to align properly. Some sort of alignment tabs would be a welcome addition. But once they are aligned, it works perfectly.