Beginning the Process

Status
Not open for further replies.
S

Snagglepuss

Member
Joined
Dec 4, 2005
Messages
313
Location
Minnesota
So I have saved a pickle bucket or two of brass consisting of 6 or 7 calibers. I have all my reloading equipmenet ready to go. I have been hand sorting for a couple of hours and it occured to me that their MAY be an easier way to do this. Anyone got any suggestions? Even the smallest one will certainly help. As a newbie to reloading I am hoping some of you can save me from this hunt and peck hell. Thanks :banghead:
 
This hobby is like being in hell?? I didn't know that..:D If I had a bucket of mixed cases I thought I was in heaven. 'Course, what do I know.. ..Best advice I can give is to take a break every hour to rest the eyes...Have a cup of coffee...
 
I buy big boxes of ziplock bags and have them in my truck and all my shooting bags.I pick by caliber into seperate bags ,tumble one caliber at a time,and then rebag by caliber.Dirty brass sits in bags by the tumbler and clean bags of brass are in five gallon buckets in the reloading room.When I am in the mood to organise I will deprime and resize,clean pockets and check length,and reprime (I generally use the rcbs hand primeing tool). This ready to go pre prepped brass greatly speeds up the reloading process! I run my tumblers (I bought a second one several years back when my original Lyman was makeing funny noises,it is still running fine !) on timers so I can set them when I am leaving the house so I don't have to listen to it. Yes,sorting will make you go blind and crazy!
 
Yep! sorting is a pain.
6-7 cartridges requires 6-7 storage containers. The first time you try deprimeing a 45case with a 9mm hidden in it you`ll see the need for keeping everything seperate to begin with. I found it is alot easier to seperate when I first get them and only have 2-3 types and 50 cases to pick from then later when you have a years worth to go through.
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Back
Top