Re: tumbling loaded ammo?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: BuzzBoss915</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Maybe that's the emphasis? Tumble assembled cartridges to clean off the case lube? Makes as much sense as anything. Meaning, of course; no sense at all.
The argument that, hey I did it and nothing happened, is weak. Tumbling before you load is great, I am a strong believer in clean serviceable brass. Why tumble again when the cartridge is completely assembled? That's the part that I don't get.
My handloads look great without putting them through any additional cycles. It's unnecessary; nobody can offer any real advantage in tumbling live rounds.
I remember a long time ago, reading about the primer compound and pulverized propellant migrating into the primer area, when tumbling live rounds. Kinda made sense to me and I never felt the need to prove it further. I doubt that those who claimed the problem exists would do so without a shred of evidence to support the claim. And this gets me back to the question: if there is no advantage, why do it?
Maybe we need a volunteer? Somebody willing to tumble 100 cartridges for 6 months and get back to us after comparing them with a control group of 100. You know? It's called the Scientific Method. BB </div></div>
LMAO...apparently you can't read.... I did it... not for 6mo, but for several hours....
why... because I wanted to know for myself, not go off what I THOUGHT, or what I'd READ somewhere a LONG time ago...
I decided to take a scientific look