cheap tumbling media - The Firearms Forum

springerbuster · 09-23-2009, 12:22 AM

I am new to reloading and to this forum and have got a lot to learn. That being said I would like to share with everyone something that I discovered about media for my case tumbler. Being in the construction industry I sometimes am around companies that do sandblasting for the company that I work for. In talking to some of the workers I found out that corn cob and walnut are some of the medias that they use for this. I then called an industrial supply store that sells sandblast media and priced it by the 50lb bag. Walnut goes for $27.00 per 50lb bag and corncob goes for $37.00 for the same amount. Maybe some of you already know about this, but I thought I would pass it on to those that don't. Compared to what I payed at the store for tumbler media this is quite a savings.

Hammerslagger · 09-23-2009, 05:46 AM

Good post; useful info; Thanks.

Bindernut · 09-23-2009, 08:01 AM

Yup, good info to post.
I use the same...I buy corncob media by the bag for my blaster and just dip into it when I need to refresh my tumbler.

09-23-2009, 12:22 AM	#1
springerbuster V.I.P. Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Southwest Washington Posts: 154	cheap tumbling media I am new to reloading and to this forum and have got a lot to learn. That being said I would like to share with everyone something that I discovered about media for my case tumbler. Being in the construction industry I sometimes am around companies that do sandblasting for the company that I work for. In talking to some of the workers I found out that corn cob and walnut are some of the medias that they use for this. I then called an industrial supply store that sells sandblast media and priced it by the 50lb bag. Walnut goes for $27.00 per 50lb bag and corncob goes for $37.00 for the same amount. Maybe some of you already know about this, but I thought I would pass it on to those that don't. Compared to what I payed at the store for tumbler media this is quite a savings. __________________ The second amendment was put there to protect all of the other amendments -->

09-23-2009, 05:46 AM	#2
Hammerslagger Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 1,099	Re: cheap tumbling media Good post; useful info; Thanks.

09-23-2009, 08:01 AM	#3
Bindernut Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: ND, USA Posts: 2,454	Re: cheap tumbling media Yup, good info to post. I use the same...I buy corncob media by the bag for my blaster and just dip into it when I need to refresh my tumbler.