Reloading

Lemi Shine has been questioned as a cleaning agent for brass because, in some circumstances, it seems to turn the brass pink.

I didn’t, but hear my story.

Revised 03/17/2014

Wet cleaning with stainless steel media is better than the dry, vibratory method and takes no additional time – when adjusted for my needs. Obviously, your needs may be different but the approach I took should work for you, too.

Here is a sampling from the first batch, all “many times fired” shells, tumbled according to the vendor’s recipe.

Time to do some planning.

“LSD” = Lemi-Shine and Detergent, a method of cleaning ammunition brass for reloading.

• Part One
• Part Two
• Part Three

Two series of test loads have been fired downrange in the Ransom Rest in pursuit of an accurate load for some 155 grain Moly-coated LSWCs I have on-hand.

• Part One
• Part Two
• Part Three

Fortunately, Hodgdon’s on-line database does and, better still, it includes loads for two powders I actually have on-hand, Hodgdons Clays and Winchester 231.

• Part One
• Part Two
• Part Three

The ammo shortage recently had me checking my storage bins, drawers and shelves out in the garage.

After cleaning, some have suggested using the family oven but others have objected it may shorten the lifetime of the brass.