Re: SS Media question
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Tim1071</div><div class="ubbcode-body">There is a picture that was posted of this happening. The piece of media was embeded in the barrel. I belive it was in the stainless steel media thread.I dont remember what page though. </div></div>
I had theorized that this might happen if the media was left in the case a few months ago (it’s in one of the SS media threads), well I guess it happened. Media comes out with the powder and if it does not clear the barrel the next round coming down the pipe is going to be unhappy together with the barrel.
I am with Fred_C_Dobbs. The best way I know of to prevent this (and this applies only to bottle neck brass and not straight wall pistol brass) is to do two things, one is you have to hold the brass under water with the neck pointing down and shake it. When the whole thing is underwater, there is no longer any surface tension holding the media to the side of the case and the weight of the media will make it drop free. After you have done this, take the brass out of the water and with the neck pointing down again shake it hard, this will be your added insurance plus it will also flick out most of the water in the brass and help it dry faster.
No offense to doubled but using a media separator to remove SS media from bottle neck brass is asking for trouble (the one mentioned above). This method ONLY works for pistol brass and it works well.