[perdurabo93]

Right now I don't have the time to process rifle brass in addition to reloading it on my Dillon 550B. Its just too tedious, even with one of those fancy (and overpriced) Giraud processors.

What I need is the absolute CHEAPEST yet still generally consistent and reliable rifle brass processing available. I need a service that will:

-Clean
-Deprime
-Swage primer pocket
-Full length resize (preferably small base)
-Trim to length (preferably with chamfer)
-Reclean to remove residue

I've looked into this guy in Abilene:

http://custombrassprocessing.homestead.com/

His service comes recommended but after flat rate shipping both ways it adds nearly 6 cents of cost to each round! There's gotta be a cheaper way that doesn't involve any labor on my part.

Are there any other competitors out there that offer a similar service? I'd happily sacrifice turn-around time for lower price and consistency (good, cheap, not fast). My time may be more at a premium right now, but I'd still much rather wait than overpay.

[Steve Marshall]

I may be way off base here, but..... Based on what you want, I'd expect to spend 5 hours per thousand. @ six cents each, that would come to $60. I don't think I'd be willing to do that kind of work for $12 an hour. But it gets worse. Because the flat rate shipping would be in the vicinity of $20. So now I spend 5 hours and get $40 or $8 an hour. Minimum wage for processing brass doesn't strike me as a good idea. But maybe this guy can process brass much quicker, you say. Sure because he invested in equipment. Good luck in finding someone recommended for less.

[rcmodel]

Why not hire an illegal alien to do it?
They will work for $5.00 an hour with no shipping "to speak of".

Least if you don't want to get caught. :eek:

rc

[nhm16]

I may be way off base here, but..... Based on what you want, I'd expect to spend 5 hours per thousand. @ six cents each, that would come to $60. I don't think I'd be willing to do that kind of work for $12 an hour. But it gets worse. Because the flat rate shipping would be in the vicinity of $20. So now I spend 5 hours and get $40 or $8 an hour. Minimum wage for processing brass doesn't strike me as a good idea. But maybe this guy can process brass much quicker, you say. Sure because he invested in equipment. Good luck in finding someone recommended for less.

I bet if you had a Giraud you could deprime, resize, trim and chamfer a thousand rounds in an hour. A RCBS trim mate and a Hornady primer pocket reamer would let you do the primer pockets in another hour tops. Cleaning takes however long it takes; however, you can do something else in the meantime and it would probably take only 30 minutes of actual time total to load and unload 1000 rounds twice for cleaning. So about 2.5 hours per thousand means about $25.00 per hour.

[something vague]

You're taking all the fun out of it. It's just part of the hobby.

[Steve Marshall]

Delete post.

[bullseye308]

Go to ar15.com look up member "GreyGoose". He will process brass for 30/thousand. Seems like your best bet.

[taliv]

I bet if you had a Giraud you could deprime, resize, trim and chamfer a thousand rounds in an hour.

i'm not even close with my dillon 1050 and giraud. press is "rated" for 1300 /hr. I usually get about 800+ or so. then using the giraud at a rate of about 5-6 per minute is pretty aggressive for me.

granted, if i'm only doing 10 cases or so, i could do 1 every maybe 5 seconds... but after 200 cases like that, i'd have no skin left on my finger/thumb (didn't take me long to learn that...) so far, the best way of holding the cases i've found takes about 10 seconds ea.

[dhg2]

Taliv,

Wow, you are sure taking your time at 5 to 6 per minute. When I get cranking for a big batch of 2k or so, I run over 20 per minute with peaks as high as 35 per minute. I think you can safely speed up your process if you choose to do so. 1200 per hour is not really pushing it once you get used to the machine. I have prairie dog hunter customers and others who do almost double my speed (2000/hour) on a regular basis.

Doug Giraud
Giraud Tool Company, Inc.

[Noveldoc]

Why ship? Probably a high school kid down the block looking to pick up some extra bucks. Let him decap. polish and size for you.

Tom

[snuffy]

Brass prep is part of the game. I'll be darned if I'll LET anyone else do it. I loose control of an important step in the process if I don't do it. How would you know if what they're doing is the reason you can't get the ammo to shoot?

I take the time to do it right because I saw how "prepped" brass looked from one supplier. Primer crimps were cut deeply with what appeared to be a chamfer tool. So deep that the primer had lost 25% of it's support in the pocket!!!:eek:

[Noveldoc]

I have a saying with people, "If you want something done, please feel free to ask me. If you want something done exactly your way on your exact schedule, please do it yourself."

Especially with reloading, guess I should apply this to myself. Sorry, but there is my right way and everybody else's wrong way.

;-)

Tom