Thanks for the video. Way too much work. I just put my brass in a tumbler w/ ceramic media and Buffalo Arms solution and water as soon as I get home. Works great and easy. I've been doing it that way for 15 years.
@AxeAndAnvil2 жыл бұрын
Just subscribed. Halfway through and this video is already one of the single most important pieces of information I’ve run across- immediately after learning within the last 24 hours somewhere else that black powder fouling is alkaline not acidic. I grew up with black powder and always ascribed to the sulfuric acid myth. My brass is gonna fare much better after this…
@wlowden6525 күн бұрын
I cleaned a bunch of brass that was heavily coroded by placing the brass in hot vinegar for a few minutes. this was how we cleaned our uniform brass back in my military days. The vinegar removed alot of the corrosion.
@wvcruffler12310 ай бұрын
When you’re dealing with acid base chemistry a few factors are important. 1. Strength of the acid or base (highly ionized ones eg hydrochloric acid, sulphuric acid, potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide are strong acids and bases and stuff like acetic acid, citric acid, ammonia). Then there is the relative concentration of that component - how much there is relative to the entire solution. Temperature rise can increase the rate at which an acid-base reaction can occur. Time - the longer you expose your metal to the solution the longer it has to do its work. Now - the exposed surface is what is affected. The solution doesn’t flow into the metal atoms. It reacts with the surface. AND - the combustion products of black powder are potassium carbonate and potassium sulfide. These are both soluble in water. This is why we use water. So - clean with whatever you want. Just don’t leave it in there a long time or with high concentrations particularly of strong acids and bases. Use lots of water. Don’t worry about neutral pH. Just clean up quickly with plenty of water and warmer water in the bore is better because the salts in there are soluble in water and more soluble the warmer it is. Whew.
@RecoilTherapyChannel10 ай бұрын
Excellent explanation!
@dorisjohnson8857 Жыл бұрын
If you happen to have a die set for 45/70 I have found that the 45/70 sizing/decapping die can be used as a virtual universal decapper for all brass calibers that I have tried so far. .Just use a shell holder consistent with the brass you are de-priming. DJ
@terryqueen32332 жыл бұрын
Well I'll tell you as long as I'm learning something that I want to learn it never gets boring and I've saved this so that I can go back to it because as I age it seems my memories getting worse that's also why I write things down. Thanks a lot for the tutorial, have a great day and stay safe and keep your powder dry!
@williamsepessy86872 жыл бұрын
Thanks, your test was a real eye-opener. I find it ironic that the Windex/vinegar solution performed the best as Elmer Keith recommended a vinegar solution to clean his black powder fired brass. He was shooting original Sharps and this was about a hundred years ago. I wonder how they knew this back then. You also mentioned Mike Venturino who used the water and Windex/vinegar as a gun cleaning solution after firing black powder. After almost 35 years experimenting with black powder and trying every concoction conceivable, it looks like its back to Windex for me for a lot of my needs.
@RecoilTherapyChannel2 жыл бұрын
Yeah the pH levels don't lie...
@markworden9169 Жыл бұрын
Dish soap and a bit of cheap vinegar should do good,but I wonder if the stainless tumbling work hardens the brass?
@RecoilTherapyChannelАй бұрын
Not that I've ever noticed, and plus, ever round of brass gets annealed after cleaning anyway so any work hardening would be negated.
@jimmyvalhalla193925 күн бұрын
How did the cow-boy driving cattle clean his brass before reloading it? My guess is he really didn't.
@e.n.36142 жыл бұрын
Jon, I wish you had shown some of the cleaned brass just to show results. I need to do more to clean my brass.
@jtcustomknives2 жыл бұрын
Our water is so hard that if it drys on a surface there is a white film
@abrampl Жыл бұрын
1) if dirty sand -> clean them in bucket with few drops of dish wash fluid, dry them on sun 2) lee universal decap die -> deap them all 3) home made tumbler with 2kg of 2x3 drops (steel media for tumbling), 2.5kg of brass (38/357), not hot water 2kg (2L), one table spoon of lemi shinte, one table sppon of dish washer fluid, tumble 1hour, change water, tumble another 1hour, 4) clean water flush 5) dump 2x3 pins by lyman rotating device (f... I forgot name) !!! separator for media ;) somethin like that 6) dry on sun or use electric air dryier for fruits Reload and go ! Have a nice day!
@jimv.661 Жыл бұрын
I would have guessed the initial water batch would be alkaline as potassium/wood ash are alkaline. And of course, vinegar is acidic.
@danpos19712 жыл бұрын
Great video. Thanks.
@stevegraham45852 жыл бұрын
Birchwood Casey brass cartridge cleaner. Dip, rinse and then tumble. Brass looks like new.
@e.n.36142 жыл бұрын
Is that with black powder?
@gb-bp1me Жыл бұрын
Good video, thanks
@shelley1312 жыл бұрын
Thanks for another video which I consider tutorials for me. Why do you check the ph level of the cleaning after cleaning the brass instead of before dumping the dirty brass? I would think the information would be more useful before cleaning the brass in case ph levels needed to be adjusted. What did I miss? Again thank you for your videos.
@RecoilTherapyChannel2 жыл бұрын
I might do a little edit to this video as soon as I get some fired brass to work with. Maybe this weekend or by next week for sure.
@jimmyvalhalla193925 күн бұрын
A little distilled white vinegar with your simple green will drop the pH into the neutral area your looking for Too acidic, add baking soda Too caustic, add vinegar
@shastasteve2 жыл бұрын
Good to see you up and running . Great information. I know I just threw my brass in my wet tumbler. It was a mix of black and smokeless. Basically they all ended up just okay. Not near as bright as normal. Another quick question. I was looking at some of your other videos. I see you have a tool for seating the bullet on the lands. Is it something you made or bought? Lastly I see you and most of the guys at longshot are shooting off sticks. Another KZbinr, I am sure you know who I am talking about, made a video on how he made one. I was just wondering if you knew what type of wood yours was made of? I think he did mahogany. I can't seem to find any. Thanks and keep up the great videos. I have more of a "hunting" style 74. Would love to get one of the long range one.
@RecoilTherapyChannel2 жыл бұрын
My sticks are made of cherry wood. I think you can use most any straight grain hardwood. I wet tumble all my brass too. When doing BP brass, it does come out a bit duller sometimes. Simple Green works well and don’t forget the Lemmi-shine. Most of the time I just use dish soap and LS…
@asherdog92482 жыл бұрын
I have been told that primer residue contains a toxic lead compound that can Penatrate skin. I don't know if it is voodoo or not, but I wear rubber gloves when I decap and clean brass. I'm also crazy about dropping spent primers directly into an old laundry detergent bottle that I can screw the top on and take it to the toxic chemical collection center.
@longuecarbine2 жыл бұрын
I always appreciate any information I can get on BP shooting and I'm new to BPCR. Does tumbling the cartridges also clean the inside of the cartridge?
@RecoilTherapyChannel2 жыл бұрын
If you use the Thumlers tinker with the stainless steel pins and dish soap method it does.
@SteelDingerАй бұрын
I got a Question, the Windex/vinegar & water solution, would it be ok on smokeless powdered shot brass.
@RecoilTherapyChannelАй бұрын
@@SteelDinger it seems like it would be OK, but I have not tried that myself. I think what I would do is just use a rotary tumbler with the stainless steel pins and some dish soap and warm water.
@doctorbill630123 күн бұрын
WHAT is the name of the Hand De-Capper you are using ? I want to buy one !
@RecoilTherapyChannel23 күн бұрын
@@doctorbill6301 here you go…there are other calibers available as well. www.buffaloarms.com/slm-decapping-tool-for-45-70-slm4570.html
@davidstuck28666 ай бұрын
what is the name, and where did you buy your depriming tool? and do they make them for pistols as well?
@RecoilTherapyChannel6 ай бұрын
Look on Buffalo Arms website. They have a couple different de-primers on there.
@davidstuck28666 ай бұрын
Thanks!@@RecoilTherapyChannel
@kevinbrenton30362 ай бұрын
try vanish laundry stain remover
@RecoilTherapyChannel2 ай бұрын
Hadn't heard of that...
@craigoldsen16673 ай бұрын
HyGroscopic
@mountaineer74352 ай бұрын
"You say," there's a ton of wrong information about cleaning black powder brass, uh? All there is either wet or dry tumbling. You're making it more complicated than it needs to be! Lol!
@RecoilTherapyChannel2 ай бұрын
When I made this video, I was just starting out with BP (3 years later I still am too), and I've seen a LOT of bogus info posted on forums and what have you. I agree that this video spends time going into the science of cleaning BP fouling, but it's also accurate and based on facts, not just some here-say hand me down info. I still follow the method of relying on factual info for all aspects of my BP match shooting and it's paying off nicely. There are others who've been doing this longer than me that I see struggling but they hold onto old wives tale type information and it hurts them.