I was given some tips on my useless brass by my father in law as to how to repair it. If it doesnt work I will send you all I have. Beware it will not fit into the dies currently. I will let you know.
Broom_jm I never said that most reloaders are wet tumbling. I would say that the vast majority of us tumble with a dry media. I was referring to the fact that most of us reload as a hobby or to support our hobby etc. Like I said in my initial post, not denying the whole clean vs shiny thing...
I do have some brass, but I wouldn't GIVE it to ya! I got burned by a guy named dan geiselle from martinsville. I traded him some ammo for a bunch of 458 brass. Out of the 100 pieces, 68 of them were bad. Wouldn't feed into my dies at all. When I contacted him about it he played games for 2...
I applied, had my meeting with ATF agent and am currently waiting to hear back from him. Should not be too long. Very nice people to deal with. Zoning on the other hand has been a hassle. I attached my FFL to my gunsmithing business.