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My friend gave me 1000 223 casings he picked at the range. Any tips on making the job of sorting easier ? Do you use some sort of head band magnifier to identify the makers ?
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I do a lot of that... I use a stronger pair of reading glasses, and I sort them into containers I keep from my wife's purchases of butter or sour cream etc. I sort by head stamp. I've picked up 600 empty 223 cases in the last 10 days.
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Run them through the tumbler first
It helps a lot
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I do a lot of that... I use a stronger pair of reading glasses, and I sort them into containers I keep from my wife's purchases of butter or sour cream etc. I sort by head stamp. I've picked up 600 empty 223 cases in the last 10 days. I see brass at the range all the time. One reason I always say brass for a .223 remington is free. It was that way in Oregon and Washington too. One time I picked up 1,200 pcs of good FC with the scamp markings, and the majority of them didn't have crimped primers. I'm still using a bunch of those. I also found 1,200 pcs of PMC, one day at a rock quarry in the national forest, which all looked like new. If I were going to pick up .223 rem brass, I'd make sure it was a good brand, and in new looking condition. There's generally a lot of that at the range I go to now. I hate dealing with crimped primers, so the LC just lays there.
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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bought a Dillion Pocket Swager from Hanco for $50.
Probably the most useful thing on my reload bench, after the press....
and best $50 I've spent on anything I have on my reload bench.
I don't have to pass up on Lake City brass.... and I have thousands of cases of those...
and they last a long time.
some lucky person will strike the jackpot when Its my time to go....
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I do a lot of that... I use a stronger pair of reading glasses, and I sort them into containers I keep from my wife's purchases of butter or sour nosler . I sort by head stamp. I've picked up 600 empty 223 cases in the last 10 days. I see brass at the range all the time. One reason I always say brass for a .223 remington is free. It was that way in Oregon and Washington too. One time I picked up 1,200 pcs of good FC with the scamp markings, and the majority of them didn't have crimped primers. I'm still using a bunch of those. I also found 1,200 pcs of PMC, one day at a rock quarry in the national forest, which all looked like new. If I were going to pick up .223 rem brass, I'd make sure it was a good brand, and in new looking condition. There's generally a lot of that at the range I go to now. I hate dealing with crimped primers, so the LC just lays there. i do it the opposite of you, trash the rest and keep LC, now if i picked up, Nosler or lapau ill keep them
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I'll take all the LC 223 brass people wanna give me.
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I have enough already, and would rather spend my time loading that than cleaning and sorting to save a couple of bucks.
Not long ago I bought some primed Norma .223 at a good price which is saving me time and primers.
I do pick up “specimen” cases from cartridges I don’t have.
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Range brass for me, I don't bother with the head stamp, different lots can have different capacities. Clean and sort for damage then size and trim so they are all the same. Then I weigh them, what your doing is weighing the amount of brass they are made of, the heavier they are the more brass there for less room for powder(less capacity). I take the highest and lowest and divide the difference into three groups.
After the first shot the rest are just noise.
Make mine a Minaska
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My normal .223 range brass procedure:
1. De-cap it all
2. Wet tumble with SS Pins
3. Check PPS with a gauge, for 2 reasons.. crimps and I don't want to waste any time with loose PPs. the crimps I then swage on a Dillon.
4. Anneal
5. Segregate by headstamp into major "lots" like RP, FC, PMC, WIN, LC "Misc Civ", Misc-Mil". Misc CIV and Misc Mil get turned into match ammo (3Gun) cause I probably won't be seeing it again.
It takes a little time, but I normally due this JAN-MAR when the weather sucks and it's dark early. Once it's segregated it's preps IAW end use.
A few years ago I attended a 3 day carbine class sponsored by a county sheriff's dept. I went through about 1200 rds during the class and there were about 20 students. They didn't want the brass, so I left with 4 kitty litter containers full of once fired. It seemed like a good idea at the time..
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I have enough already, and would rather spend my time loading that than cleaning and sorting to save a couple of bucks.
Not long ago I bought some primed Norma .223 at a good price which is saving me time and primers.
I do pick up “specimen” cases from cartridges I don’t have. Me too. Years ago I scarfed up all the .223 stuff I found at the ranges. Now I smile and ignore it. Since I divested myself of AR's my needs for .223 brass have simplified. Now I'm only feeding a Browning Low Wall single shot and it doesn't eat ammo nearly as badly! I strictly use Lapua brass in it (I fortunately stocked up like crazy on it when it was still commonly available), but I kept all the LC and Federal brass when I sold my last AR - why, I don't know - not to mention the 1000+ rounds of 55 grain Hornady-bulleted ammo I had loaded for it with that stuff. (Those cartridges shot wonderfully in the AR, sub-MOA, and shoot equally well in the Browning, but the Lapua brass + Berger bullets are oh-so-much better.)
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P/dogs don't know any difference...
Not even with Lapua or Norma
They die just the same
Clean 'em/load 'em/shoot 'em
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I'll take all the LC 223 brass people wanna give me. +1, got a 55 gallon barrel of it that needs prepped but ill keep adding to it
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I'll take all the LC 223 brass people wanna give me. +1, got a 55 gallon barrel of it that needs prepped but ill keep adding to it Scrap still $3/pound ?
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I'll take all the LC 223 brass people wanna give me. +1, got a 55 gallon barrel of it that needs prepped but ill keep adding to it Scrap still $3/pound ? why would i scrap it? i clean it, proccess it, prime it, and sell it, $235 per 1000
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Where would you get $235. per thousand ? I just advertized $160. per thousand shipped and didn't get one bite.
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I'll take all the LC 223 brass people wanna give me. +1, got a 55 gallon barrel of it that needs prepped but ill keep adding to it Scrap still $3/pound ? why would i scrap it? i clean it, proccess it, prime it, and sell it, $235 per 1000 sorry man--------edit------ $117/1000 pcs here shipped..... Cleanest 1X'd brass you'll ever see..unprimed of course https://precisionbrass.net/product/5-56mm-223-once-fired-brass-precision-brass/
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