2.5 LB Stainless Steel Tumbling Media Pins for Case Tumbling - 0.039 Diameter, 0.255 Length

Finally got around to trying these in my wet tumbler. Theyre just as good as more expensive offerings from your local shop. Recommended if youre trying to put together a loading setup on a budget.

I am selling my vibrating case cleaner now that I have discovered stainless steel pins! My shell casing look like brand new when they come out of the rotary tumbler and even the insides are so much cleaner. Just add a little dish soap with the water and tumble away. One of the unexpected bonus to making the change to stainless pins is no nasty dust when separating the casings from the media since its all dissolved in with the water. Additionally unlike the dry media that gets dirty and needs to be replaced fairly often thats not the case with the stainless steel pins. If you are looking for a better way to clean cases bite the bullet and make the change its worth it!

I always clean my coins that I find metal detecting in a tumbler with stainless steel media. I remove any valuable coins and jewelry first, then dump all the modern day coins into my tumbler. I add the stainless steel media, a few drops of dish soap or toilet bowl cleaner and some water. I let them tumble for at least six hours, then check on them. The stainless steel media does a great job of getting the built up dirt and minerals off of the coins, even in the little nooks and crannies. The media also cleans jewelry very well. I make it a point to keep it clean and dry when not in use. The very last pic shows coins that I tumbled for about six hours. All of the other pics are of coins and other items that I dug up while metal detecting. As you can see, most things are encrusted with dirt, grime, and mineral deposits. Cleaning the coins one a time with a brush is not an option. For that reason alone, is why I use a rotating tumbler with the stainless steel media. I’m very happy with the end results. With the coins clean, they will process through the CoinStar machines, something that would not happen if they had not been cleaned. I hope the review is helpful. Thank you.

I had never used pins always, ground medias like walnut shells, these work really well and really get hard inclusions off the surface of what you are trying to clean/smooth. I was worried the harder material might cause scratches but have yet to encounter any marring.

I wet tumble a lot of brass and this steel media makes light work of that. Two pounds of this media is the perfect size for my machine. I mix these pins with 4 pounds of brass and in 2 hours all my brass looks new. A must for the reloader in your life.

These are great. They are ferris stainless I think because a magnet will pick them up if I drop a few. They clean brass amazingly well.

This looks like its going to be perfect to use for brass cleaning in the small tumbler that I have. Unfortunately, the lid came off during shipping and I had to reclaim about half the bottle from the pouch that it was shipped in.

SOOO MUCH BETTER than vibrating with shell/cobb media! cases come out clean and shiny with clean primer pockets, something Im picky about. Worked good in my rock tumbler so I am going to step up to a full time case tumbler and get another bottle of pins. Just do it!

This product comes in a large pill bottle so I was confused at first. This is actually good though as it keeps moisture from the pins when not in use. The amount at 2 pounds is not really enough for a large tumbler, but would be appropriate for one the size of the average rock tumbler. Ideally suited for removal of discoloration and heavy build up of dirt and debris from metal objects by the wet tumbling method. Use of a magnet later makes clean up a breeze.

Its really hard to get an idea of just how small these pieces really are. They are smaller than the leftover lead from a mechanical pencil. Thinner than (for a mechanical pencil the smallest i have seen is .05 lead, this is almost .04 diameter) at least they are magnetic but you will need something strong to collect them after a tumble. Id recommend a magnetic hook.