{"id":713,"date":"2023-11-17T23:13:05","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T23:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tactical-dailynews.com\/?p=713"},"modified":"2023-11-17T23:13:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T23:13:11","slug":"until-it-shines-using-brass-case-cleaner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tactical-dailynews.com\/?p=713","title":{"rendered":"Until It Shines: Using Brass Case Cleaner"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

How to clean your brass the easy way using brass case cleaner.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

My gun club ranges have sand and silt floors. There\u2019s also a carpet of brass on top of the sand. When I\u2019m done shooting, I have this habit of picking up my brass, plus whatever is there that\u2019s a caliber I might need, find useful or gotta have. A lot of that other brass is pretty grubby\u2014some of it\u2019s even chocolate colored.<\/p>\n

So, I sort the brass and separate it, by caliber and cleanliness, and I end up with boxes (even buckets) of brass that\u2019ll need more than just a run through the tumbler. The muddy stuff gets rinsed in hot water, dried and tossed in with the chocolate brass. And, once a year or so, I\u2019ll set aside a brass-cleaning day (usually a hot summer day) to do the dirty work.<\/p>\n

For that, I use Shooter\u2019s Choice Brass Case Cleaner, a solution requiring a certain level of dilution (I tend to not dilute as much as the instructions call for) and then soaking or using an ultrasonic cleaner.<\/p>\n

<\/figure>\n

Once your brass is clean, drain and strain, rinse in hot water (the hotter the better) and then dry. That\u2019s why I tend to do this in the summer. I can pour the hot, wet brass onto an old bath or beach towel and let the sunlight do the drying for me. In the midday sun, it isn\u2019t unusual for the brass to get so hot after a couple of hours so I don\u2019t dare touch it with my bare hands. I\u2019ll pour them from one towel to a new, dry towel and give them another hour or so, until I\u2019m certain they\u2019re fully dry.<\/p>\n

Some of you might wonder if the discolored brass is weakened. No, not if the discoloration is just a uniform brown color. If you get green crustiness and patches of it, then the corrosion has advanced to the point that the brass might be weaker. Just brown isn\u2019t a problem.<\/p>\n