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Posted: 12/6/2008 11:14:49 AM EDT
I was about to pull the trigger on this shell sorter but was thinking that it would be fairly easy to make one myself. What do you guys use to sort pistol brass?
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Quoted: www.shellsorter.comWhat brand are those? Where can I purchase same? |
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I made a set of sorting boxes several years ago before those plastic ones came on the market. I used 3/4" birch plywood to make the frames about 12"x18"x4" and drilled it for 3/8" steel rods (used curtain rods).
The crucial part is laying out and drilling the holes precisely. If you are off on your centers, the boxes won't work worth a damn. I made one that will pass 9mm and catch .38 and .357 by the rims and another that will pass .40. Dump the brass in the 9mm frame, shake it around and dump what's left in the .40 box after removing the .38's and .357's. It's not perfect as the 9mm box will obviously pass anything smaller than 9mm, but I saved a lot of time when I came into a large quantity of mixed pistol brass from a police range. For the time it took to make the boxes, I'd be inclined to buy the store-bought ones unless you like to tinker around and have the material laying around. |
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I made a set of sorting boxes several years ago before those plastic ones came on the market. I used 3/4" birch plywood to make the frames about 12"x18"x4" and drilled it for 3/8" steel rods (used curtain rods). The crucial part is laying out and drilling the holes precisely. If you are off on your centers, the boxes won't work worth a damn. I made one that will pass 9mm and catch .38 and .357 by the rims and another that will pass .40. Dump the brass in the 9mm frame, shake it around and dump what's left in the .40 box after removing the .38's and .357's. It's not perfect as the 9mm box will obviously pass anything smaller than 9mm, but I saved a lot of time when I came into a large quantity of mixed pistol brass from a police range. For the time it took to make the boxes, I'd be inclined to buy the store-bought ones unless you like to tinker around and have the material laying around. When I use them I put the .45 over the .40 and the .40 of 9mm, dump brass in the top, shake them all around for a while and then you have .45 in the top on, .40 in the second one, and 9 in the bottom one. You just can't do too much at one time that way. |
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Almost all my brass is .40 cal mixed in with 223. Would these easily sort b/n these calibers or do you need to stick with mainly pistol calibers? Yeah it will sort those. I got mine from midway. This is a better sorter. 
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