How to clean your brass for reloading with Jerry Miculek

Jerry shows us a little bit about his methods of cleaning brass for reloading.
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[@coffman90]

He forgot to mention he shot all those rounds in five minutes..

[@jasonjoens279]

Yea, even Jerry has a slow day from time to time. 🤣

[@igrathke]

This dude is an NFA item....

[@perspicator5779]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Sageofthe16]

#insemiauto

[@dudeman8323]

Yeah, the rest of us have to shoot for a decade to catch up with him in a week...

[@Clint_the_Audio-Photo_Guy]

"That little money saved at the end of the year lets you buy more bullets". You're a man with very defined priorities. I can dig it, lol.

[@moxncal]

Clint the Audio Guy what happens when u hurt someone and they sue ur ass, what money would u be saving. And that someone who u hurt goes blind in both eyes for the rest of his life or better yet what if it was ur kids. U could live with that,

[@Shadow6a]

I'm pretty sure Jerry knows his shit! Probably been reloading longer than you've been alive and was shooting years before that. In fact, he's so well respected many gun manufacturers ask what he thinks.

[@landen2934]

moxncal why exactly would someone go blind?

[@woo7863]

@@moxncal Anyone with half a brain can reload their own ammo buddy. You need to relax.

[@offthebeatenpath3309]

@@moxncal first of all most of us reloading are doing it for ourselves and not giving the ammunition to other people. Second, if you are loading so hot your gun is blowing up, you should probably just sell all your guns because you need a hobby your maturity level can handle.

[@Privat3Kag3]

This man IS the everyman's dream of shooting. Reloads, Shoots ALOT (Also kinda good), Gets only fun out of it, Family supports him, & gets involved in it. You are an inspiration, Don't let anyone ever tell you otherwise Brother!

[@AKFF320]

Kinda good? Makes you look slow,, even 9 years later

[@lietome2033]

(Wife's account) The first time I shot with Jerry, I noticed this cement mixers. I bought one at Harbor Freight on the way home from Princeton LA. Then I bought a crap load of media online and I use NUFINISH car polish as a cleaner/polish. This was at the 2003 Glock Match at their range here. I used Jerry's pecan picker-upper after the end of the match and went home with two 5 gallon buckets and my friend Mac went home with same. We seperated this brass and I got most of the 9mm, he got most of the 45acp and 40. I ended up with 30,000 9mm cases. I'm still using that brass today. If you ever want some great training get with Jerry, Kay or Jimbo...Jim Jr. Wonderful people all.

[@estebanvializ9985]

How much NuFinish should I put in a gallon of water?

[@nofncsfish]

I love your videos! And to see someone as recognized as yourself showing us that yoy dont have to have brand name top shelf products to enjoy the hobby is so refreshing. With some creativity, patience and elbow grease you are churning out some serious numbers there! These are traits being left behind in todays world sadly. Thanks for sharing Jerry!

[@cleetismcdougall5425]

With the amount of shooting he does he has to have some minions to do the reloading. The concrete mixer was brilliant.

[@nickglover2788]

Cleetis McDougall he's sponcerd so he prob doesn't reload that much

[@cleetismcdougall5425]

Nickglover Vlogs Most do, not only cheaper but more consistent ammo.

[@cleetismcdougall5425]

Nickglover Vlogs Most do, not only cheaper but more consistent ammo.

[@ZERO_42069]

alot of companies that sell brass do that, alot faster lol

[@g.simard854]

He own a range he probably reload and sell those at the range

[@RoyalArmsIntl]

Thanks for the tips Jerry, nothing but respect for you. Thanks for the support and all the hard work you do for the NSSF NRA and shooting sports alike. it's people like you that make others want to learn and feel safe. You are a legend and gentlemen thank you sir.

[@bombedcarnivore1]

Mr Miculek, I would personally like to thank you for taking time out of your day to share with the world how you do things.

[@go6cougs]

Love your reloading related videos. It would be great if you did a few more of these so us mortals can see how the master does it.

[@raceace]

Smaug under the mountain with his brass treasure. wow

[@gun_ape]

Jerry is my spirit animal

[@golf-n-guns]

Your dedication to the sport is clear in this video!

[@jvanasselberg]

Thank you for the wisdom. You always got the best tips, Sir.

[@A62501]

Great video Jerry. Glad to see that you take the time to trim each case on a rock chucker. It makes me feel less obsessive about pre-sizing all my .40 brass with the G-RX dye. Sure it's extra work, but it gives me that much more confidence in my match ammo.

[@squirrelbait7601]

Holy goodness! That's a big operation. If I had one of those mixers and an extra 5,000,000 223 brass laying around, I'd get a few of those 5lb bags of stainless steel media and watch that mixer get to work! Nice video.

[@linncountyidpa3gun]

Thanks Jerry, I can not even phathom using a concrete mixer to polish brass. But then again that is why you are so much better than I am, practice does make on better. Great video, keep them coming!

[@SmithShooter9mm]

Great video! Thank you for sharing with us Jerry.

[@lmemphis02]

Liked the video not only because of the brass cleaning method, but also because he has a Kubota ZD or ZG mower in his shed. Thank you for choosing Kubota Jerry, those units are manufactured in Georgia.

[@thesuperfan99]

Great information sir, thanks for sharing. I'm on a MUCH smaller scale, but the information you provide is still quite helpful.

[@mikekennemer]

Just a good guy, Thanks for taking the time and sharing your wisdom.

[@christianvale3618]

That sure is a lot of brass to tumble reload! I hope to get to that much one day! Keep it #TeamMiculek

[@guns4funcajanajustin]

Jerry nice set up brother happy new year to you

[@WV591]

I like the fact how compact and shop friendly that tumbler is ;-)

[@jonwithnoh7]

Quite an operation there. Thanks for letting us peak at how you do it.

[@GunRagDave]

Jerry, you are my hero!

[@theprimalprepper]

One day I hope I need a cement mixer to clean all my brass!

[@NelsonZAPTM]

That's the best idea I've seen all day

[@Random-nn5fc]

Jerry is incredibly informative definitely an expert The benches at my range are fairly close together and the last time I was there I became upset because hot .223 brass from the guy next to me was landing all over me. I did not say anything because I was still having fun despite the smell of my burning flesh and besides the guy next to me was twice my size. In the end all worked out great because it turned out the guy next to me was a police officer who gets his ammo for free and he asked me if I wanted all his empty brass! By not complaining & instead being nice I made a new friend plus I went home with almost 1000 pieces of .223 brass. Life is good. And after watching Jerry's video I have a better idea of how to go about reloading that brass.

[@t.curran8243]

In Trap shooting with an auto loader, you use a deflector or catcher at the ejection port to keep the hulls from distracting your neighbor. You'll not get on many Trap squads if you establish a reputation of flinging hulls into or past fellow shooters. They do have brass catchers for ARs. It would be a neighborly idea to use one at the range. A barrier/cubicle, like on indoor ranges, would also solve the issue.

[@johnwilliamson5191]

hot boobs

[@moxncal]

Make sure u get insurance to cover ur ass in case ur reloads fuck up and hurt someone cuz u would get sued!!!!

[@williamhilow6974]

There's no single viewpoint Trap shooting aside. Some guys don't mind. Some guys feel hurt. It's a free country for all to get along as best we can.

[@daveyhofer7926]

Jerry .your a cool guy .i respect you .thanks for sharing .i love to clean shooting equipment .God Bless.

[@jaycousland9835]

Yes,finally,another high volume shooter that cleans more than a hundred cases at a time.Thanks Jerry!

[@edwardporter5905]

Your teaching how to clean your brass, and Im checking out that 70s era datsun pick up in the shop

[@0570965]

Thanks for the knowledge.

[@Blazinm3]

Love your videos. As you can tell from how many views and likes this one has, I think its time to do a more in depth start to finish reloading video.

[@izsafe1]

Thanks Jerry, that will save me a lot of time

[@brandonjohnson2493]

Great video, thanks Jerry

[@SA-lr1sf]

Trimming, Sizing and loading them is great winter work.

[@MiniUzi]

Good stuff! thanks for the video

[@conductor4Christ]

I broke out in a sweat just thinking about all that tedious work, lol.

[@patrioticsaint2516]

Yeah, but it's gotta be done... unless you can afford New

[@patrioticsaint2516]

@Jake Stockton but they need to learn. If they don't care to do that, then what God, in all honesty, are they? I myself only know the basics, but I'm more than willing to learn. And I surround myself with people who not only strengthen weaknesses, but glean from personal strengths. Which, IMHO, makes us a formidable force to contend with.

[@wemcal]

Great video... good information.. I’m wondering if there’s a concern about rounds that didn’t go off and was ejected then placed in the oven, Or do you check as you collect?

[@charredskeleton]

This guy is awesome!

[@daleparker4207]

Thank you for sharing

[@TonyUllmer]

Thank you for the info

[@rolyatknarfable]

On a smaller scale I use a Thumler tumbler with stainless steel media and Lemi Shine dishwasher soap. Cleans the primer pockets.

[@jojo123469]

Here in Canada at my shooting club we are fortunate in that the local police and OPP, practice shooting in our range twice a month. They shoot mostly 223 and .40 caliber. So every second Wednesday I collect thousands of once fired 223 and .40 cases. The only problem is there are many of us members after the same brass. So its a cat and mouse game to see who gets there first. Its a lot of fun. We must have collected tons of brass from from our local cops through the many years....Canada.

[@Soulman-lb3gg]

That's a shit ton of brass.

[@inmotion81]

I saw this oven on lena Facebook thot was so awsome I should have known it was from you))))

[@eb1012]

Hey Bro Where can I buy some of your reloads, I really need some bullets that never miss the target like you shoot. Love the shirt. Smith & Wesson 4 Life.

[@martinkarimi5630]

Man, you do some serious shooting!!

[@bobstark4020]

My right arm got tired just thinking about trimming all those cases. You have to admire that kind of dedication . Obviously that explains quite a bit of his skill level.

[@cakeeee4]

That's why he uses a trim sizing die with a motor attached

[@mikeb9396]

Okay, you win the serious reloader award.

[@hairfarmer07]

Right on. You shoot alot. Holy cow. Right on cool breeze. One cool cat. Thanks for the share

[@mattpeacock5208]

This guy has a commercial farm style harvesting system for brass! I wish I could shoot so much I needed stuff like this!!!

[@swnorcraft7971]

How do you insure that the primer pockets get cleaned? Thanks for sharing.

[@madgameman1]

Looking forward to your reloading video, I'm assuming your going to make one :)

[@reloadrefine]

Thanks Jerry 😎

[@flysubcompact]

Should have figured a large Dillon tumbler would not be enough for you. Concrete mixer.....thinking out of the box.

[@Absaalookemensch]

This is an old video. He upgraded to an old concrete mixer truck so he can process 2 tons of brass at a time. Just kidding.

[@flysubcompact]

Absaalookemensch Don't give him any ideas. :)

[@mrsheesh3743]

I'm thinking he can afford to upgrade to a continuous process oven (Brass comes in on a belt, is tumbled a little as it goes through to get rid of excess liquid, and is then packaged in packs of 10,000 by his minions once it cools. Those being the right size for him for 1-day ammo packs roughly :p

[@MrAlittle5150]

God dam Jerry, that oven is older then I am. Have you ever baked a cake in it? They sure don't make them like they used to.

[@gregh1579]

Thanks for the tips. If you ever want to sell that toyota I'll buy it. I had an 81 growing up. My friends and i had a ball spotlighting varmints out of it. Probably kept me out of trouble.

[@PS-rr2jt]

Great video. There’s a huge difference between how Jerry cleans thousands of cases vs how I clean a couple hundred. 😂

[@RobActiveShooterEngh]

Jerry, have you tried using stainless steel media in that mixer with the brass?

[@brcarls]

Jerry is so fast that he reloads faster on a Rock Chucker than a normal man does on a Super 1050

[@mrsheesh3743]

Just a guess here but I suspect he might use a progressive press; Perhaps even a powered one :)

[@ericestep7166]

Great tip jerry

[@MadMetalShop]

Wow! Now that's how you clean brass!!!

[@codyology]

@zeek3177 it all depends on the caliber really and how hot you load it. I separate all my cases by headstamp. Then I use certain headstamps for the hotter loads. If you are shooting weaker target loads you can get a lot of reloads out of them. I've gotten 20 of out some 45acp loads. Now some 44magnum fully loaded hot rounds less then half that. Some load til the neck splits. The 44mag neck splits I cut down to 44special size and load some more plinking stuff. Clean dies and brass help

[@EffnShaShinko]

Hi Jerry, thank you for shedding some insight on how you prepare your brass. If it is possible, would you be able to let me know what material you use for polishing? Thanks!

[@gottasee842]

Been washing my corncob for about a year now, works like a charm. i just throw the corncob in the oven on cookie sheets then put it on to news paper to dry, takes about 2 hours. then ready.

[@infrareddreamz]

i have found the best thing in the world for cleaning cases before tumbeling is a cleaner found at the dollar store.. it is called AWESOME CLEANER.. it works awesome and will clean caseings better then anything i have ever seen.. and it is only a dollar a bottle and a bottle will last a year.. i did 500 cases and used a few capfulls in a 5 gallon bucket with 2 gallons of water.. let it sit for 10 min and swished it around and rinsed and dryed and allmost dont need to tumble it.. a great cleaner

[@tyhilliard75]

I like your old truck in the barn. 83 Toyota 4x4?

[@MrSanmanbob]

Hay Jerry , just like to say "GREAT JOB " on the Brass, wish I could sit down with you and talk some reloading. Theirs a lot of information you could pass down. Have a GREAT DAY , and keep the video information coming.

[@karlkolderman4181]

Jerry can you show us how u reload your ammo and what equipment you use and maybe some techniques

[@chrisscott1547]

Hey you great shooter you ... I thought you had to re-size .223 before trimming? I thought it grew during re-sizing?

[@earthshine402]

Hey Jerry, You should put that Dillon trim die in a toolhead on a 650 with a case feeder. You can really fly through them that way!

[@MPGunther1]

Jerry, Only you would have a set up like this

[@brocksdaddy081910]

Buckley128 , the brass is usually deprimed when you size them, you can also size and then trim them first then do your last polish so the media isnt getting in your flash hole and then deprime but usually it is the first way

[@Liveharley1]

thanks enjoyed it.

[@dufus2273]

thanks , good info. i too like to save money. where do you get primers, powder and projectiles for all that brass? oh i see the date was 2013. ok

[@donovan007007]

When you are Miculek shooting so much that you need to clean 5 gallons buckets into a concrete mixer.... you are a real shooter!

[@karlacolonaponte586]

You should place stainless steel media when you wash them. It will leave them nice and clean, it will even clean the flash holes. When you place them in the mesh you can collect the media and use it again.

[@importantname]

approx how many .223 to the gal? and then how many gal do you shoot per year? to the nearest hundred thousand is fine.

[@glockonr]

I trim 223 and make 300 Blackout on a Dillion 1050. I resize and de-cap at the first station with a Dillion or a Lee sizing die. Then the primer pocket gets swaged if needed in station 3. Station 4 and 5 do nothing but station 6 has the Dillion RT-1200 trimmer and die set-up. Station 7 does nothing but station 8 has another resizer to get the case neck expanded since it came out of the Dillion trim die that does not have an expander. Continued

[@tomr3074]

I'm drooling over the Toyota in the back

[@kilokiloj]

I probably misunderstood, but it looked like you trimmed prior sizing decrimping?

[@verdedenim662]

Hey Jerry - wanted to ask - if I buy new brass for a particular gun, load it up and shoot it, and want to reload those casings again, can I just use sizing die to bell the case mouth a bit so a bullet fits it or should I fully resize that brass each time? I've heard that having the brass form to a particular gun makes the round even more accurate by using the brass fired in that particular gun. Thanks!

[@TangoDownProduction]

I was not aware you could "wash" your corncob media. Lesson learned there for sure.

[@jesusisalive3227]

I put mine in an old pantyhose and wash it in the sink. Actually amazing how dirty it gets!

[@dogzilla210lbs3]

Jerry is the Chuck Norris of reloading. Ha. Good info.

[@dwal3486]

That's insane but awesome. That's got to be a full time job, a job I'd like to have.

[@oncefiredlakecitybrass6937]

Have you ever used citric acid to clean your brass in the water & soap solution? You couldn't do that in a steel cement mixer since steel reacts with the acid. I tried it out in a plastic bucket and it worked great!

[@MrAlittle5150]

That about a years worth of shooting for me on those screens, A couple hours worth of shooting for Jerry.

[@lunarcat1612]

Just barely looking into reloading and I think I clicked twice, blinked and wound up on Jerry Miculek's jumbo concrete mixer and twelve step five gallon bucket system. Not quite sure I'm at this level of proficiency lol

[@Leonardokite]

Now that's some big time reloading! What surprises me is that a big shot (pun intended) like you doesn't get tons of free ammo.

[@pirobot668beta]

For matches and other pro events he is using premium [insert manufacturers name here] ammo.

[@NordicRifleman]

How is it even possible that the most famous shooter in the world is NOT sponsored with ammo??? Jerry, you must shoot such grotesque amounts of ammo that no one can afford sponsoring you? :-O

[@MrM2hb]

Good idea for handling large quantity.

[@johnbailey2034]

Brass or nickel shells . Have you shot nickel shells in 44 magnum ? And which do you like best brass or nickel and why ? Thanks for your time.

[@IDGAF56852]

I use good old brasso in the can,it brings my annealed brass up like new.

[@timothyfarmer7255]

Do you trim the ones with cracked necks down and make them into 380acp

[@hunterspistol]

On a smaller scale: I recently bought a Lyman ultrasonic Case Cleaner. It's pretty good, fill it with water, teaspoon of degreaser and turn it on for 8 minutes. They heat the water and vibrate. When it's done, you can throw away the water. Brass just has to be dried. It helps if you deprime all the cases. I think I like it for the small batches of brass I do. That much .223 has to be going somewhere. Good Luck

[@hstetser5376]

A cement mixer tumbler. Now that is just bad ass

[@OldnNature]

I drool as I watch this in 2021!!

[@67goodoleboy67]

Is there a casing stretcher for the short ones?

[@TheWheels1965]

Dam thats a lot of work!