Brass sorter

[Bush Pilot]

After staring at several 5 gallon buckets of unsorted range brass I''m looking hard at one of those brass sorters that uses a five gallon bucket and different round trays. Renting or borrowing a kid isn't an option, you eventually have to feed them. Has anyone tried one and had positive (or negative) results? Did it work as advertised?

 

[737Driver]

I have a set and they work quite well. I use the trays individually starting with the .45, then the .40, followed by the 9mm and finally the .380 metal insert. A 5 gallon bucket takes about half an hour to sort using this method and gets about 90% of the .380 out of the 9mm and leaves .32, .25 and .22 mixed at the end.

 

[Chevelle SS]

too funny

 

[Rembrandt]

Will do about 90% of the sorting......problem I had was 9mm nested inside 40 caliber cases.

 

[GarySTL]

Just keep shaking, they'll eventually separate. I have a set and it sure beats sitting at the table with a big towel making a bunch of piles of brass.

 

[777TRUTH]

I use them along with the aluminum insert for .380 and they work quite well. As mentioned above the only nagging issue is the 9mm in the .40 S&W cases.

 

[FROGO207]

You should search for the homade brass sorter that jmorris made. He even has a video of it running. I use the sorting time to do an inspection of the brass so it is no big problem to do. Tip for those that make piles------use a container or two and keep them separate for good. Just label the containers with a Post-It and use a marker for easy ID. It works well for me.

 

[dragon813gt]

It works extremely well and is such a simple idea I wish I would have thought of it. The metal insert for 380 works as advertised and I have 100% capture rates with it.

The key to using them is to not overload the tray. Especially when you get down to the 380 insert. You want only enough brass so that all the slots will be full end to end. Sounds like a pain but you don't have to shake nearly as much and it turns out to be quicker. I will load up the 40 basket more then this but any nested 9mm cases are caught upon visual inspection. The only issue, it's not a major one, is separating 357 sig out. They have to be done by hand along with .223 but this is minor.

For the cost, if you pick up a good amount of range brass per month, it's a great investment.


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[jmorris]

This is the one Frog was talking about.



Video of first run.



It turned out to be much better than I ever expected. Its on loan to a friend that has a resale brass business and he just dropped by with a 5 gallon bucket of 9mm he sorted then cleaned for me. Ready to load brass for free and I didn't even have to pick it up much less sort it.

 

[Tim the student]

^^ I want one. Very cool.

 

[beatledog7]

Very creative and efficient design.