Over in Reloading can't find the thread/post, was a video also. (Lothar Allen maybe?) Somebody was using .40S&W bullet trays (the plastic ones that come with factory ammo) to check the 9mm cases. It works like a champ. Pour the 9mm brass over the trays, shake a little and practically all the 9mm fall head down into the trays slots. Then it's simple to see which ones aren't 9x19.
I do this too but I use a pair of tweezers and just poke them inside of the 380's and let it expand. Lifts them right out of the ammo trays.I put all my 9MM in MTM 40/45/10 ammo boxes. I use the eraser end of a pencil to pick out the 380's.
Dear Jmorris - totally awesome!!! Points for you! Just not quite complex enough! Wish I had the time. I was considering the creation of a specific gravity separator.
I got the colored slotted shell separators
Spotting the 9mm MAK 9X18,( .380 is 9X17, normal 9mm is 9X19) brass is a bit trickier.Just wait until you get a bunch of 9x17 Makarov mixed in with the 9x19 and .380's.
+1Stand the cases on bench and shorter ones will be 380.
Stand the cases on bench and shorter ones will be 380.
(Can't miss it when the sizing feels like nothing), so it gets put aside and never gets primed and ready for loading with the 9MM.
Don't shoot or clean them at the same time...........
Usually, after cleaning, I lay them out on a cloth or cookie sheet and the 380 is easier to see that way.
As long as one size won't get stuck inside another, I'll mix two distinct cases, as in 9mm and 38, but .45acp goes alone as does my 32SWLIn general, I've evolved to keeping cases of different cartridges separate through the cleaning and resizing process. A bit less efficient until you figure in the time it takes to separate cases and miss separating a few.
Every once in a while when I have a small quantity of cases from different cartridges I'll mix them in the tumbler. I get reminded why I don't want to do that every time.
You need the shell sorter brass sorter 380 ACP adapter plate that will fit inside the color coded shell bowl set, which I believe you use.
https://www.amazon.com/Shell-Sorter-380-plate/dp/B01C66560O
You need the shell sorter brass sorter 380 ACP adapter plate that will fit inside the color coded shell bowl set, which I believe you use.
https://www.amazon.com/Shell-Sorter-380-plate/dp/B01C66560O