mixed brass sorted

[pruav]

http://www.shellsorter.com/

I sort brass for a firearm instructor here in town for ammo$$. I get a mixture of rifle and pistol brass from range pick ups to sort in a big box. This speeds up the sorting process by almost 50%. .45 and .308 stay in the first tray .40 and .38/.357 in the second tray and 9mm .223 in the last. Now I just need something to sort out the damn .380s.

 

[Rustynuts]

How does it get the 40's stuck inside the 45's?

 

[WNTFW]

I've made brass sorters for my own use. Don't know about the shellsorter

.45 is the easy one. .40 drops out easily

.40 & 9mm is the worst one.

This is on cases that are nested not stuck.

 

[jmorris]

I built the screen type sorter, but I shoot more 9mm than anything else and grew tired of having to sort out all of the 38 super and .380 by hand so I broke down and built the sorter below. It’s much less stressful to sort brass if you can have a frosty beverage at the same time.

 

[DragonFire]

Doesn't help sort my 10mm from the 40's. And nothing for my .38s or .357s

 

[WNTFW]

Jmorris,
I can't see a the pic & am curious.

The shellsorter demo only shows the 3 cartridges it is sorting. My real world experience is Mixed means Mixed. I built mine when getting several crates & 5 gal buckets of range brass. It was very mixed - Earplugs & plenty of other shooting byproduct beside some not so common rifle brass.

Still the shellsorter looks like a good product at a decent price.

 

[ArchAngelCD]

I would write the manufacturer and ask them to make a pan that will sort out the .380 Brass. They seem to be a work in progress since they just added the 9mm pan and I'm sure they are getting more requests than the one you would submit.

 

[jmorris]

oops x2

 

[jmorris]

wntfw, Not sure why the photo doesn't work it's just a link from another THR thread, anyway http://www.commencefiring.com/files/Videos/sorterhopper.MPG is a link to a video of the machine when it first ran (before the bins).

 

[WNTFW]

Jmorris,
That is quite impressive.
Thanks for the link. That is what one of my friends proposed. The way they sorted something by size where he worked. I need to show him the video.
I figure I'd start a cheaper easier way for now. Your way has some advantages.

What I did was easy to fabricate & test, My first one was done out of a heavy paper. It lasted longer than I thought it would. I used as much existing parts as I could find. I'll be on version 3 soon after making a change that will hopefully be an improvement.
Version 1 was paper test & then a plastic duplicate
Version 2 was larger unit
Version 3 will be back to Ver1 size with some modifications that should be an improvement.

I enjoy developing & bulidng this sort of thing. I am using tools & material I have on hand.
Thanks,
WNTFW

 

[jmorris]

I agree it’s more fun to sit and think than just sit. It also helps if you have a lot of “stuff” the counter rotation gears and the Lovejoy coupling were the only two parts I had to buy. I too built a few versions along the way. I am interested in a few photos on what you have come up with.
jm

 

[strat81]

One of the benefits of sorting by hand is that it gives you (another) chance to inspect the brass.

FWIW.