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[skosh69]

Originally Posted by RandallZ

I wouldn't. I'd fire all the primers and do it all over again, the right way. The problem, to my thinking, is there is a high likelihood of polishing cob working its way into the flash hole. You won't be able to see it or get all of it out. When you fire your loaded rounds, the grit will interfere with th e primer flash, and give you unpredictable powder burn. Or failure to fire altogether.

Randall

Hey man, long time no see. Glad to see you're still around. Come around more often.

[RandallZ]

Originally Posted by skosh69

Hey man, long time no see. Glad to see you're still around. Come around more often.

Since retirement, I've been way busy with hunting, fishing, shooting, and building an airplane. It's a tough life.

Anyway, back to the thread...why bother with re-tumbling? Tarnished btass shoots just fine in my guns.

Randall

[7.62Kolectr]

Unless the tarnishing is so bad you can feel it and worry about feed and function why bother? Reload em and shoot em. Then start the process over correctly by depriming them before tumbling.
Or is there a mental need to see fresh shiny cases going into the chamber?

I don't reload but the first thought I had was same as others, how do you guarantee no material clogs flash hole inside?

[Gatorade]

I would worry media woud get in the primer. I have tumbled hundreds of rounds of live ammo. The vibratory tumblers won't generate enough punch to dent a primer enough to fire. So I would load then tumble. One othe suggestion would be to decap the primed brass, tumble the un-primed brass, then re-seat the primers. I do it with a decapping die. You just have to move a little slower and press softer than if you are using fired brass.

[Riverpigusmc]

nah, I'll just resize, expand and load. I ain't decapping 1000 live primers