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Posted: 11/22/2008 7:05:57 AM EDT
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Couldn't find this mentioned anywhere so here it goes;
After you shoot your once-fired pistol brass, do you take that and keep it in a 2nd fired bucket and so on OR do you just throw it in a 'general' bucket to be cleaned and used again?? ( checking for cracked cases etc ) In short do you keeo track of how many times you fire it and at some point throw it out even if it's not split, etc.. Cheers - Chris |
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I like to keep brass fired out of my bolt-actions separate from those shot out of
a semi-auto. I like to keep stuff I brought to range separate from stuff I picked up at range. I like to keep old stuff in diff't can from new stuff. Just my own way of doin' things. |
It may depend on your personality type.
Speaking of Pistol Brass......... Some are ultra believers in lot numbers and keeping that lot together. Some don't care too much and my just keep them, once fired vs. old. Or, even by mfn. Some don't care about it at all and will just throw them all together. _______________________________________________ Same with trimming. _______________________________________________ Anyway, ME I just like to shoot. So, once fired are saved in a lot. And, everything else gets all thrown together. Maybe one day I'll shoot a 2700 Match again? Aloha, Mark |
I guess the real question is how OCD are you? If a lot like me, you will keep the case seperated by HS and # of times fired, as well as by weight (yes I weigh each case and seperate them by grm increments ). This will take up a good chunk of space though as you keep them in seperate storage containers. Save yourself, and don't follow my example. And no I don't take all these steps for accuracy reasons either (it's the OCD).
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| I shoot mostly 45ACP. Any cases that are cracked, damaged, or Amerc headstamp go in recycle. Everything else goes in the same bucket to start the reloading process. I have no idea how many times the cases are reloaded. I don't have any problems with this procedure. |
| I am reloading 45ACP brass that I got in 1988, and so it does darn near last for ever. Usually splits or gets lost. Like I said the 45acp brass is sorted for use with the 625's so all Fed and WW is for those guns. I save all else, except as someone else mentioned Amerc. 9mm is pretty good for case life so far, but it does operate at nearly twice the pressure of the 45ACP. |
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Handgun brass gets put in to one big bucket for cleaning, inspection, reloading. Only the few nickle plated cases gets separated as those are not reloaded very often and kept for "low count" reloads. Not necessary, just my own preference since they are easily identified.
I don't reload rifle cases for extreme accuracy so the main sorting is commercial brass versus milsurp, since military brass is thicker and has less capacity. Just clean size, inspect and trim as needed. Given that I do not keep track of number of reloads per case I also do not load to maximum pressures. Never had a reason to try to squeeze the last 100fps out of my loads. |
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I've been keeping track the whole time. Keeping 'em in "batches", ya know, this box has been loaded 3 times, they stay separate from the ones that have been loaded 5 times, etc.
I've got .45ACP cases that have been loaded 20 times now, and still doin' just fine. I probably don't have to be sorting by "batch" with these, as they are a low pressure round and last a long time. One of these days I may give up on sorting the .45ACP................just always inspect, which I do anyways. With higher pressure, such as .40, I'll always continue to do this though. |
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I shoot mostly 45ACP. Any cases that are cracked, damaged, or Amerc headstamp go in recycle. Everything else goes in the same bucket to start the reloading process. I have no idea how many times the cases are reloaded. I don't have any problems with this procedure. +1 I only throw out straight walled pistol brass when it's damaged or the neck splits. Bottle neck cases are separated into # times fired and by headstamp. |
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By tracking the number of times rifle brass is fired, any problem that crops up is easier to sort out because there's one more piece of information available.
I still have some brass sorted by lot and times fired, but I stopped and only track the number of times it's loaded now. I still segregate by headstamp. |
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