How Many 38 brass in a 5 gallon bucket thats 80% full?

[Jayman]

I always figure out by weight. Weigh like 5-6 cases, take an average, figure out how many in a pound, then weigh the bucket separately, like listed above.

I'm not even gonna try to guess....

 

[Ben Shepherd]

I'll admit I'm not counting EVERY round while counting but I am going to weigh 50 random cases, average the weight and do the conversion.

Before anyone whines my 80% is much more subjective than my case counting method.

Sides you'll know about how many cases you're getting in that bucket at the yard sale, right?

 

[The Bushmaster]

Hey Ben...You going to do this for all calibres for us??? Now that IS nice of you...

 

[Ben Shepherd]

I can do it in 9mm, 40 S&W, 357, 41, and 44 mag, also 223, 308, and 30-06. (I'm not going to however , cause all the other stuf is sorted by headstamp already) But I don't shoot anything else in enough volume to keep that many cases around.

Answer early next week. Going on a long weekend break.

See 'ya all later.

 

[The Bushmaster]

I just KNEW it was too good to be true...Have a good weekend Ben...

 

[Mike Kerr]

Hey wait a minute.

" Answer early next week. Going on a long weekend break.

See 'ya all later"


Taking a break? What about us? . We need to know.

Regards,

 

[Rinspeed]

My guess is 6238.

 

[bakert]

Best way to find the number of .38 cases might be to fill that bucket 80% full with those little 50 count boxes then count them!!

 

[The Bushmaster]

Or...Wait for Ben to return...Impatiantly I might add...

 

[dxkj21]

4238

 

[Ben Shepherd]

Sorry about the delay not teasing, just VERY busy at work. Here's what I come up with:

I weighed 100 cases, ALL were within a 1/2 grain of 68 grains.

Bucket full weighed 53 lbs. bucket empty weighed 1.3 lbs.

So with the conversion factor of 7000grains= 1 pound I come up with about 5322 pieces of 38 special brass. All "once fired" federal range pick-ups.

If my math is correct I paid .005 cents each piece.

NOW YOU KNOW.
EDIT: Math correction

 

[The Bushmaster]

WHAT!!! After all that and you're guessin"??!!!?? That would not be an accurate count...You could be off by a hundred cases. Everyone has been waiting for the exact count and you weigh them and do an educated guess???:banghead: And we were expectin' you to sit down and count each and every one of those cases so we could settle this once and for all.

The empty bucket weighed 51.7 pounds??? Heavy bucket.

 

[Rinspeed]

I demand a re-count.