How do you store your rifle brass?

[gacajun]

I tumble mine, resize it and trim it, then retumble it. I clean the primer pockets and then prime all of the brass and then I store it....with the primers in.

How do others store their brass? Is there anything negative to be said about storing rifle brass primed and ready to load.?

 

[jcwit]

I reload for 40 different calibers, to me storing cases with the primers in woud be just wrong. Furthermore, My stock of many calibers is way to much to be doing that. Lets see 1,000/2,000 primers stuck in 30/06, 10,000 stuck in .45, 9mm lord only knows how many.

 

[armoredman]

I tumble used brass, deprime/resize/trim/etc, then prime and store. I only load two rifle calibers, and the take different primers. Handgun all takes the same, so I do the same for them, too, have a dedicated storage area for "finished" brass, ready for "fill and cap".

 

[chris in va]

I prime as needed in case someone wants to buy a few.

 

[Nomad]

I shoot it, put it back in the MTM box it came out of and don't think about it again until I'm ready to reload it.

 

[Nasty Ned]

I normally store rifle brass clean, sized, trimmed and naked. Pistol brass, just tumbled as I use a progressive press.

I have some 308 brass a friend sized and primed for me almost 30 years ago. I just found it while looking for something else. It was stored in an old style coffee can with a plastic lid. Had to try it. It shot as well as if it had been prepared yesterday.

This is not to say that all 30 year old plus or minus primed cases will shoot as well, just reporting the facts.

Nasty

 

[FROGO207]

I also prep my brass with the final polishing being in corn cob with NU-Finish and then store it unprimed in 5 gallon buckets with lids. Some lesser amounts I will put in smaller buckets 3 gallon sized. But they all have lids to keep the dust and such out of them. It only takes a little bit of time to prime them when wanted so I do not "waste" primers by inserting them in spare brass that would not be reloaded for many years otherwise. If I only had 100-200 brass I might prime them ahead also.

 

[cfullgraf]

I tumble mine, resize it and trim it, then retumble it. I clean the primer pockets and then prime all of the brass and then I store it....with the primers in.

I do about the same except that I do not prime the cases until i reload them.

I resize and prep cases shortly after shooting, including cartridges that are loaded on a progressive. Then store them away for a future reloading session. Small batches of case prep go quick and I have clean, dry cases to work with when loading.

Like jcwit, I load many different cartridges and I am never sure what i will reload next. So, why tie up primer inventory that might not be used for several years! (Example, the last 357 Magnum that I loaded was about 10 years ago. I am still working off my inventory of loaded rounds and have been shooting and reloading rifle alot more these days.)

 

[dragon813gt]

If you're going that far why not just load it as well? Mine are in three categories. Loaded and ready to fire / tumbled, inspected and sorted by headstamp / dirty pickups that are just thrown in a bin waiting to be cleaned. I will do a large batch at once from cleaned to loaded. Easier to keep track this way.


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[cfullgraf]

Because, like primers, components frequently can be use in several cartridges. Why tie up the inventory unnecessarily.

I wait until I have a substantial amount prepared cases on hand to make a reloading session worth while.

 

[LOLBELL]

I store my brass with primers, powder, and bullets in them all in a 30 or 50 cal ammo can. I also store my powder in small brass containers (16 to 60 grainers) with lead caps and small explosive plugs in the bottom.

 

[evan price]

Tumble it sort by caliber then into a bucket. Certain stuff gets separated like match brass from my long range rifle. Nothing else.

 

[kennedy]

I store mine in glad ware or the plastic coffee cans with lids, I only prime when I do the reloading.

 

[howlnmad]

Mine gets tumbled and then dumped into ammo cans for future use. I prep it as I load in stages.

 

[ArchAngelCD]

Tumble, decap/resize, trim/debur, clean primer pockets and store in 3lb coffee cans with tight lids.

When I need ammo I prime, add powder and seat the bullet. Good to go in a short time...

 

[THe Dove]

Decap and tumble, then clean primer pockets and store in coffee cans.

I only prime them when I'm ready to load.

The Dove

 

[Canuck-IL]

In a series of the 75 cent plastic shoe boxes ... dirty, deprimed, cleaned, resized, trimmed, primed ... add another 2 early in the process containers for new rifle brass that is to will get pocket reamed, flash hole deburred and the neck trued.

That's for the caliber I shoot most regularly ... smaller quantities in other calibers just get a series of ziploc bags in the same order.
/Bryan

 

[GLOOB]

I just store it in plastic bags in various states. I mostly try to get my .223 brass sized/trimmed/chamfered with empty primer pockets. My rationale for leaving the primer pockets empty is just in case I want to tumble polish them some more, or if I want to try a different primer.

But when I get on a priming spree, I put the cases mouth up in old 9mm ammo trays, ready for dumping in the powder with a funnel. I have 5 trays loaded up right now, waiting for the bullets to get here.

 

[Walkalong]

I use 3 & 5 gallon square plastic buckets (Free from the cafeteria at work) to store tumbled 9MM, .40, & .45 ACP cases. (I have lots of that thanks to non reloaders.) Other brass is stored in the boxes it came in, or whatever box it fits in if the brass came in a bag. Most is unprimed, but some is sized and primed. I do not have a .222 any more, but I still have a box of 500 brand new brass.

 

[hogshead]

In a bucket unsorted untill all the hunting seasons are over and it is to cold to cut firewood then I reload next years.