A real question

[gadabout]

Would it be alright to wet tumble bullets that have become dull from age? Just found a bunch of v-chrown 147g JHP that are dull from age. I oven dry after cleaning. Any issues??  Craig

[The_Shadow]

Craig, May be better to polish in corn cob with polish

[gadabout]

I did that with other bullets but I thought the wet tumbler might be nicer.

[DDRiller]

If it is just the bullet and not loaded cartridges wet tumbling works well.  My swaged bullets all get tumbled before they are loaded.

[gadabout]

Hey DDRiller thanks for the input. I may try this today as I am snowed in for the most part. BTW I am using ss chips for cleaning and it works great and I think it will work very nicely on these bullets. Craig

[DDRiller]

Hey DDRiller thanks for the input. I may try this today as I am snowed in for the most part. BTW I am using ss chips for cleaning and it works great and I think it will work very nicely on these bullets. Craig

Chips, pins, and ceramic pellets all work well.  A little dawn and a little Lemi-shine and they come out looking like new.  I do 200 in one of the small Harbor Freight tumblers when I only have a small batch.

[gadabout]

WOW!!!!!  They turned out GREAT and are in the oven drying. They look as new as the new bullets I just bought. I will load some of these tomorrow. I only use them in my S&W 910s but the weight is perfect for that gun. Thanks to all for the input.  Craig

[Barras Hajile]

Degrease them in a colander with some dawn and warm water, be sure to cover the drain with a strainer or you might lose a few (precleaning with soap is not necessary but it helps if they're dirty or oily) then rinse and add a few tablespoons of ketchup, agitate/shake em around for a minute till they're coated in ketchup, rinse again, drop em in a towel to dry. Will take you maybe 5 minutes tops. They'll shine up like new. Really saves me a lot of time cleaning up tarnished, discolored copper jackets. Corn cob to polish if you've go tg the patience and want them to sparkle.

[gadabout]

It turned out they were rough pulldowns that were real tarnished due to age and just pulldown dirt. The wet tumble cleaned them right up and between the Dawn and Lemishine they now look new. I have loaded a few hundred and only have 100 or so left.  Craig