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    07-24-2012 02:55 AM #1
    I know several of you here reload, what do you use to sort your brass? I just went through a box of random brass that I've accumulated over a year or two. I thought I was doing good keeping the .45 and 9mm separated. Until I realized some of the 9mm was slightly larger than the other 9mm. .40 caliber??? No one in my family shoots .40. Which ******* put .40 in with my 9mm?

    I'm about to greatly increase my reloading speed, and would rather not have to sort all my brass by hand. Other than these buckets are there any options? They seem pretty expensive for what you get.


  2. 07-24-2012 05:55 PM #2
    By hand, I check for deformities and cracks, I sort them by manufacturer guaranteeing I don't have weird calibers in there as well (9 Luger vs makarov). But an automated one would be cool.

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    07-24-2012 07:51 PM #3
    Quote Originally Posted by personman View Post

    I use those pans to separate calibers. After that I sort cases by hand when I'm really bored. I keep track of what headstamps to immediately throw away and I keep the rest.

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    07-24-2012 10:15 PM #4
    Fwiw you can make pretty much the same thing if you've got an hour or two to kill and a few old gallon ice cream jugs. Just make the holes narrower than a 45 and wider than a 40, or narrower than a 40 and wider than a 9mm. If you do like me and just huck al the range brass you can find in a bucket, you'll still have to separate the oddballs (380, 9x18mak, 357 sig, etc) out.

    If you accrue a mentionable about of 10mm brass.. I'll buy it from you
    Bob

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