Stainless Steel Ammo Reloading Kit - Rebel 17 Tumbler - Stainless Steel Media - Detergent

cleanest brass I've every seen. Was old school until I got this thing. Get a dryer as well, you will need it. Easy to use and does an excellent job inside and outside. Capacity is great and no leaks.

I purchased this tumbler about a year ago. I shoot frequently and because of cost I began reloading. One of the chorea in reloading is cleaning your brass.Everyone seems to have a secret recipe for cleaning their brass (corncob, walnut shells, add a little of this or that). I have not met anyone that can get their brass as clean as mine when using the STM tumbler.I pick up a lot of range brass at the local outdoor facility. It is state owned and we have to keep it clean. The benefit for me is a lot of free brass, though it is mostly covered in dirt. I don't pre-wash my brass before tumbling and it all comes out bright and shiny.The first benefit of going with a stainless steel media tumbler is there is no ongoing cost. 5lbs of stainless media will last a lifetime. Other media types need to be replaced every so often. The second pro is that the brass comes out clean (no dust). Dry and you are ready to size. Third is the primer pockets are cleaned during tumbling when you pop out the primers first.The machine runs quiet (about the same as a washing machine. The main noise comes from the brass and water tumbling in the drum not the motor.I tumble my brass with a couple tablespoonfuls of dawn dish detergent and a dash of LemiShine. I am still on the first bottle of LemiShine; a little goes a long way. A full load usually runs for 3.5 to 4 hours. The STM website has a handy guide for how much brass you can run at one time.I did have an issue with my motor that I want to bring up. Not because it ran poorly, but because of the guys at STM. I had a noise coming from the motor that seemed odd. I emailed the guys and they responded quickly with questions about what was going on. We sent emails back and forth for a few days (due to my schedule) and tried a couple of fixes. Ultimately, none of the fixes worked. The guys at STM then sent me a brand new motor which is quiet and runs great. The customer service is top notch. They never questioned me except to find out what was wrong.I have run 3-4000 rounds through the tumbler (also ran some brass window hardware through it for my wife). I would highly recommend purchasing this item.

Well made, easy assembly (even though the instructions leave a lot to be desired), quiet, and still going strong after 20K+ casings of 9mm, 40S&W, 45 ACP, and 223. I de-prime by hand using a Harvey Deprimer (which is another of my best purchases) in order to sort casings and make sure primer pockets get cleaned. Along with the pins, I found my best results are with 4lb max of de-primed casings, water an inch or so below the top, 2-4 oz. of ArmorAll Ultra Shine Wash & Wax plus 2 large finger-pinches of Lemishine, and set the little timer I bought for 4 hours. (Note: don't let them sit after cleaning for over a couple of hours before rinsing or you get "red" brass. Still work fine but look out of place) I pour off water, do 3 rinses, dump into the laundry tub with enough water to cover and use the Frankford Arsenal Transfer Magnet (that I sealed to keep the water out) to pick out the SStl pins. I spread the brass out on an old screened bread tray, wipe with a rag, and put them beside the dehumidifier in the basement. A bit labor intensive, but the results even impressed the guys at my LGS, and that's saying something. This is really the only way to go.Update 3 July 2021... Rubber rollers finely gave out after 4 years of avg. 1 load per day - est. 600,000 cases. I could have ordered new rubber but decided on buying a complete new base from STM StainlessTumblingMedia.com (they have most replacement parts for the Rebel 17). Drum and motor still going strong. I still use the same formula, but have dropped the tumble time to 3 hours and bought a Frankford Arsenal Platinum Wet/Dry Media Separator instead of separating by hand in the laundry tub. I have also been using SS chips instead of pins for now. They work fine but, since it is like working with glitter, I bought a rare-earth magnet to put by the tub drain. After 4 years, his tumbler is still one of the best purchases I have ever made.

Received the tumbler only, no base or instructions can't rate it until I get the base and use it