Frankford Arsenal make the unglamorous half of reloading: cleaning brass, drying it, weighing charges and keeping finished rounds in order. It is the equipment that decides how consistent your loads actually are.
Cleaning brass — wet or dry
Wet tumbling with the Rotary Tumbler Lite (230V) and stainless steel pin media gets brass clean inside, including the primer pockets and the case necks. That is the difference from dry tumbling, and it is why most people who switch do not switch back. You then need to separate the pins from the brass — the sifting caps and the media separator do that — and dry it properly, which is what the Platinum Series brass dryer is for. Wet brass left to air-dry in a tray will tarnish.
Dry tumbling with the Quick-N-EZ vibratory tumbler and corn or walnut media is quicker to set up, cheaper, and polishes the outside well. It will not clean primer pockets. For plinking volume it is entirely adequate.
Ultrasonic cleaning solution is stocked for anyone running a tank rather than a tumbler.
Charging and measuring
The DS-750 digital scale and the Platinum Series Intelli-Dropper cover charge weighing and dispensing. The Perfect Seat hand primer seats primers by feel, which is how you notice a loose or tight pocket before it becomes a problem on the range.
Odds and ends
The Quick-N-EZ impact bullet puller undoes a mistake without wrecking the case. Hinge-top ammo boxes — the 1005 takes 100 rounds of .222/.223 — keep loaded rounds labelled and in order, which matters as soon as you are working up more than one load at a time.
Related
See also case preparation, brass, dies and presses, powder handling and ammo carriers.
