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.