Gun parts in Stainless steel tumbler.

[markm]

My buddy let me run his NP3 bolt in my Stainless steel media tumbler this weekend. 30 minutes and the thing looked amazing.

Since I tossed it in with a load of brass, the bolt got a little copper washed on the lugs, but Bore Tech cleaned it up. I might try a whole carrier in there. I'm not sure what it'd do to a phosphate finish.... I'm going to drop an old A2 flash hider in there to see if it damages a black finish.

I might get all my bolts NP3'd if I can just toss them into the tumbler. :P

[Paulo_Santos]

Pics?

[Malice]

Agreed, pics or it didn't happen.

[markm]

Crap. I didn't think to get pics. I was worried I'd fudged up the bolt, and started Bore Teching it immediately. He left another AR at the house though. I'll run that bolt tonight.

[markm]

Screw it! I'm going to toss the carrier into the tumbler too!

[markm]

Just 30 minutes... which isn't enough to even clean brass...

before:

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb201/trixiebud/before.jpg

after:

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb201/trixiebud/after.jpg

[Paulo_Santos]

Damn. That is shinny. But Mark, wouldn't it just be easier to come to the dark side and get a piston AR? My LMT looks like the 2nd picture even after 1k rounds. LOL. Just busting on you Mark. That is actually pretty cool.

[markm]

They still make pistons? ;)

Yeah.. it's not needed. Just had to try it. On some of my ARs, I've simple gone to adding froglube between shoots and leaving them be.

[Paulo_Santos]

LOL. That was a good one.

[5pins]

Mark, what kind of tumbler do you have?

[markm]

It's the Thumlers Tumbler you get from http://www.stainlesstumblingmedia.com/.

[Matt_S]

Mark, do you think tumbling non NP3 coated bolt and carrier would be OK? I don't see why it would make a difference just curious as to your thoughts.