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45 ACP Cases
- Thread starter Bucksnort1
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Life is too short to sort .45 brass. The differences between one brand of brass and another is minimal and has little to no measurable effect on its function. What effect there might be gets lost in a cloud of variables.....
Within the context of a gun that has a variety of moving parts, bullets of various types and weights, alloys, thickness of the bullet jacket or plating, different powders and variations in charge weight, different primers, the press and dies used to load the cartridges, the amount of bell and crimp....the brand of brass is not worth worrying about enough to sort the stuff. If you want to.....hey, go.
Btw....I do not believe that I have ever even seen a piece of Amerc brass. Certainly, I have none.
As to cases with small primer pockets....I do as another poster mentioned....prime it separately and then load it up.
In fact, during the recent craziness and resulting shortages, I bought a few hundred virgin cases from Diamond K and have kept them as a hedge against a time when LPPs are scarce. They remain in their box.
Actually....the SPP brass is a good example of my earlier point about other elements of reloading being as much an influence, if not more, than sorting by headstamp. The small primer loads perform the same as the larger primers....scores haven't changed.
Life is too short to sort .45 brass. The differences between one brand of brass and another is minimal and has little to no measurable effect on its function. What effect there might be gets lost in a cloud of variables.....
Within the context of a gun that has a variety of moving parts, bullets of various types and weights, alloys, thickness of the bullet jacket or plating, different powders and variations in charge weight, different primers, the press and dies used to load the cartridges, the amount of bell and crimp....the brand of brass is not worth worrying about enough to sort the stuff. If you want to.....hey, go.
Btw....I do not believe that I have ever even seen a piece of Amerc brass. Certainly, I have none.
As to cases with small primer pockets....I do as another poster mentioned....prime it separately and then load it up.
In fact, during the recent craziness and resulting shortages, I bought a few hundred virgin cases from Diamond K and have kept them as a hedge against a time when LPPs are scarce. They remain in their box.
Actually....the SPP brass is a good example of my earlier point about other elements of reloading being as much an influence, if not more, than sorting by headstamp. The small primer loads perform the same as the larger primers....scores haven't changed.
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schmellba99
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I don't sort pistol brass, but I also don't shoot competitive bullseye. It's not worth the time to me by any stretch.
I throw away aluminum, steel and any of those $%&$@^ small pistol primer cases that I come across. I really hate those things, they can jack up a good loading session when one slips through the cracks and gets int he mix.
If the shell has issues going into the shell plate on the LnL, it gets tossed. Otherwise - it gets loaded like the rest of them. I have enough .45 ACP brass to last probably the rest of my life, even if I only have a 75% recovery rate at the range.
I throw away aluminum, steel and any of those $%&$@^ small pistol primer cases that I come across. I really hate those things, they can jack up a good loading session when one slips through the cracks and gets int he mix.
If the shell has issues going into the shell plate on the LnL, it gets tossed. Otherwise - it gets loaded like the rest of them. I have enough .45 ACP brass to last probably the rest of my life, even if I only have a 75% recovery rate at the range.
those $%&$@^ small pistol primer cases[/QUOT]
I guess we have to look at the case base for the large/small primer thing anyway, so I figure at that point I can sort by head stamp.
I save the the SPP brass in case I'm out of LPP and can't find them.
Just for fun measure the case wall thickness of R-P brass VS PMC.
boondocker385
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I reload Amerc.....no real issues other than they tend to split after 4 or 5 loadings....
I do sort out the SPP and load them separately. Since my cases get a looksee all over, pulling them out really isn't a pain.
I occasionally sort by manufacturer but that is just for using an indoor range occasionally that doesn't allow reloads.
I do sort out the SPP and load them separately. Since my cases get a looksee all over, pulling them out really isn't a pain.
I occasionally sort by manufacturer but that is just for using an indoor range occasionally that doesn't allow reloads.