I tumbled 50 rounds of 2 times fired Nosler brass, & as my habit I washed the dust off them in the sink with soap & water. Then I turned them upside down in a loading block to dry. They sat in the block for a couple weeks, & when I got ready to size them, I noticed they had some corrosion inside the case necks? I used a neck brush & cleaned them all up to remove it. Then I lubed with 1 shot & started sizing like usual, but felt nothing out of the ordinary? After running thru most of the cases I happened to notice a crack in the neck of 1 of them? I started inspecting them & probably 75% of them has similar cracks! I`m thinking I didn't get all the soap rinsed out of them and they sat in the moisture too long drying out, & perhaps residue from soap caused them to corrode ? It was as if the necks were made brittle by corrosion? I have always cleaned like this but usually work the brass the next day after they dry. It was Dawn dish soap I used to wash them by the way, any thoughts or ideas?
This ever happend to anyone here ?
- Thread starter ingraham
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not necessarily answering your questions - but, this is what I like about tumbling with rice.
no dust.
no extra cleaning/drying steps.
-tumble for a few hours
-dump rice out of each case (this is the worst/most tedious part to me)
-lube
-size
-i don't even put the cases back in the tumbler to get the lube off. i put them in a pillow case and roll them around on the bench for a minute and it gets all the lube off.
-prime
-load
no dust.
no extra cleaning/drying steps.
-tumble for a few hours
-dump rice out of each case (this is the worst/most tedious part to me)
-lube
-size
-i don't even put the cases back in the tumbler to get the lube off. i put them in a pillow case and roll them around on the bench for a minute and it gets all the lube off.
-prime
-load
https://www.snipershide.com/shooting/threads/cracking-cases-need-input.6922705/
Like these?
Soap isn't going to make them crack, three firings shouldn't have necks cracking. Contact Nosler.
Like these?
Soap isn't going to make them crack, three firings shouldn't have necks cracking. Contact Nosler.
It wasn't the soap. It wasn't the water or the time. Were they cracked when they went into the tumbler, when they came out of the tumbler, or did they crack during sizing/seating?
Were the cracks longitudinal or around the neck, perhaps at the top of the shoulder like the picture posted by Mr. Supercorndogs?
Were the cracks longitudinal or around the neck, perhaps at the top of the shoulder like the picture posted by Mr. Supercorndogs?
