Eyeball, Mk I, aimed at headstamp. Works everytime.
I found this video to help with sorting.
I don't bother sorting the .380s out before hand. I catch them when I'm loading. Although they look similar when you're looking into a pile of brass, they certainly feel different when you pick them up to slide into the shell holder and seeing the height difference at that point is pretty easy.
The trick is not to mix them , don’t shoot 380 on the same day you shoot 9mm .
Same idea about brass . If you sort your brass don’t shoot multiple head stamps on the same day .
I have found the fastest way to identify 380Auto/9x18 brass from 9mm/9x19 brass is to stand them up on the bench and shorter brass becomes obvious.anyone have a trick other than sorting though 1 at a time?
not anymore without reading glasses Mk + 2.5 or greaterEyeball, Mk I, aimed at headstamp. Works everytime.
I should add that I have hand separated thousands of cases so over time I see those differences and it becomes more like a muscle memory thing . I can just see it I don’t know how to explain it it’s just experience I guess .
I found this video to help with sorting.
My goal, when at the range, is to pick up as much brass as I can in a given amount of time. I will try sometimes to pick out certain calibers, like 45acp or especially 10mm, but I don’t waste time keeping them separate, I throw them all in one bag. Conditions back home are better than at the range for me to sort brass. (Sitting at the bench in my climate controlled reloading shack vs on my knees in the sun).