Khaotic, I decap using a Lee universal decapping die. Just watch out for the Berdan primed cases you might pick up. The brass I picked up in the woods was ammo that I had shot and left on the ground up at my folks place in the North GA mountains. Ive only recently started reloading. Ammo used to...
Sorry Calculated, I was away from internet service. http://www.stainlesstumblingmedia.com is where I bought my SS media. I got the 2lb size of the .047 media. I use a pound in each Chicago rock tumbler
I've cleaned 45acp and 9mm brass that has laid on the ground in the woods and turned black after years of exposure, and they were shinny new looking using the Chicago single wet tumblers and SS media. I have two of them now. I de-prime first, and if brass is black, I change water half way...