Sorting brass?

[lordpaxman]

I do Load work ups with single HS. Keep in mind if it’s purchased once fired or range pickup, even single HS can have different lots which may or may not be different. Even a purchased case of brass or ammo could potentially have different lots. For auto anything, load work ups get verified with multiple HS. For revolver moon clips, single HS to eliminate any rim thickness problems. PR is an entirely different animal. Volume factors in to this decision as well as lost brass matches. Good luck.

 

[whughett]

Did when I loaded hunting Ammo for rifle and tracked times fired. No longer do that so voted no. I do however hand load several pistol calibers. The brass is cleaned and loaded unsorted. Then boxed by head stamp.

 

[jmorris]

Like just about everything else, it depends. By numbers, majority of what I reload is mixed, some I sort meticulously.

 

[Highland Lofts]

A word of caution about brass and sorting, if you are loading at the vary upper end of the spectrum (as in vary hot loads) in rifle calibers some brands have different case volumes witch could lead to a dangerous outcome.
I actually Take new brass (Lapua if I can get it) and sort it for weight and run out, start with a hundred end up with 30 but that's just killing paper.

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When loading I check at least two of my manuals and or online sources for which powders I can use for the bullets I have.
After looking up the loading info I will write all the info on index cards ans start with the lowest powder charge and work up.from there in incements.
I never load the max charge.
I load ten to fifteen low charged cartridges to get the gun sighted in then I load in groups of five to see what the rifle likes.

Once I get one powder bullet combo that works I will load other types of the same weight bullets to try with the same powder and then use different powders with the other bullets.

I love finding the right combination of bullets & powders.


I did see numorous times where the Lee manual starts load charges higher then the largest charge in the Hornady manual.
Both being new manuals, not a new manual verses an older vintage manual.

 

[TEXASJD]

Military brass tends to have less volume because it is thicker, always look at the brass they are using and the twist of the rifling of the barrel both have effect on min max loads. What is max and min for each Rifle is different even if they are the same caliber I have some that wont shoot until they are past what the printed max is, some of that data also has legal stuff to do with it.

 

[FROGO207]

So way back when, I used to sort, weigh, etc. Then I would load it and test. One time I had a batch of mixed brass that I just loaded to my same spec and shot it at 300 yds. No difference in the results with my 30-06. Then tried 223, no difference with mixed brass either. I now seperate by headstamp for military or commercial and that's it. It might make a difference when shooting longer distances in a custom rifle but I don't do that. Handgun brass I seperate according to neck thickness the thinner necks are used for lead bullets.