TEXASforLIFE
Ronin
Do the pins ever wear out or do you have any idea how long pins last?
Update 03/01/2020.....Tumblers..... Going round and round!
- Thread starter SMSgtRod
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The pins don’t wear out, but at the rate I’m going, I’ll need to add another lb of pins in about 240 years. I seem to recover 2 to 3 pins inside cases after cleaning, and I’m sure that I’ve dropped a few down the sink...so at the rate of 4 to 5 lost pins per session I’ll need another lb in 2260, probably July or August.
Also, it’s a 7 liter drum, so a bunch of cases. They claim 1,000 223 Rem cases. I know I’ve had over 1500 9mm cases with about 150 or so 40 S&W mixed in...I felt I was pretty close to the limit. I suppose the limit is when the drum won’t spin. However, I’ve even addressed that...I stretched a piece of bicycle inner tube, cut to 2“ wide, over the drive wheels of my F.A.R.T., and it drives through without skipping a beat.
SMSgtRod
Professional
I put 300 BO in for the first go at it. With the pins and the brass in it, it still looked pretty empty.
Cleans at twice the rate or faster than the Thumbler.
SMSgtRod
Professional
I doubt my pin supply will last until 2260. At the way they seem to find their way on the floor
I'm guessing my cutoff will be NLT 2259.
TEXASforLIFE
Ronin
Will it be like putting 4 socks in the dryer and getting 3 out?
TEXASforLIFE
Ronin
Can we get some or as close too before and after pics? Unlike the photo shopped ones yours would be more real!I doubt my pin supply will last until 2260. At the way they seem to find their way on the floor
I'm guessing my cutoff will be NLT 2259.
TEXASforLIFE
Ronin
That tumbler must be big.
SMSgtRod
Professional
My problem has always been putting in 4 socks and getting 5 out!
TEXASforLIFE
Ronin
Better than what happens too me/wife!
SMSgtRod
Professional
All the pics I take never look like the cases do.... really have to see them live to get the full impact. But they are bright, shiny and clean all over.
SMSgtRod
Professional
7 Liter and it is about the same volume as the Thumbler.
SMSgtRod
Professional
I wouldn't touch that with a 10 foot pole.....
TEXASforLIFE
Ronin
About what size are the pins
TEXASforLIFE
Ronin
The dreaded dryer monster!
SMSgtRod
Professional
The pins are kinda small, no, more like dinky.... you know.... tiny
Length is 0.2775" or 7.05mm and the diameter is 0.0385" or 0.98mm
SMSgtRod
Professional
Not here, out socks are like rabbits!!
TEXASforLIFE
Ronin
Is there any residue or do the pins need an occasional rinsing?
SMSgtRod
Professional
Pins seem to be untarnished..... I rinse them while rinsing the brass
so it all works well.
The pins are stainless...they are also magnetic...at least most of them. They do not get dirty or nasty in any way. As SMSgt Rod says, rinse them with the brass, then separate them out. Some don’t bother to dry the pins. I actually dry fry mine until they slide around in the skillet, then cool them. The tumbler comes with 5lbs of pins. I don’t always put all 5 lbs in the tumbler, though I’m sure it wouldn’t hurt anything.
Right now, Cabela’s has everything from Frankford Arsenal on sale, and this tumbler is listed for about $132. I wish I’d paid that little. But worth every penny.
TEXASforLIFE
Ronin
For you Annihilator with a basket of fries and a soda on the side!