I am segregating R.P headstamp

I don't treat handgun ammo, especially target stuff, like precision rifle. I don't shoot in high class target matches. I get range pickups all the time, so I deal with at least a half dozen or more head stamps. I have seen and culled a few split case mouths, but would not entertain the notion of exact tracking of times loaded, how it was loaded, what it was fired in, what batch, etc. All I know is that the R.P stuff felt different to reload, and placing a bullet to be seated caused concern when quite loose in those R.P cases.
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You don't have to shoot "high class matches" to see the advantages of matching brass for consistant results in bullet seating, crimping without constantly readjusting dies. Your OP was, after all, about separating out RP brass, but then you take the position that separating brass is not necessary. I would suggest that there are differences in feel and dimesnions with a lot of different brasses out there.

I guess haven't picked up much mixed revolver brass on the range floor. but I have handed factory ammo boxes of empty brass. I use the loosies to replace split or damaged ones.
 
I'VE had R-P brass act like the OP was describing, even after I was metaphysically sure I'd resized them. STILL not sure of what was going on there, but I'm glad to know that I'm not imagining it.

For a long time, I wouldn't sort my .38 spl. brass, because my criterion for accuracy (all 6 rounds in an 8" circle at 50 yards) was so low. I got bored one day, and started sorting the brass, and my groups surely did shrink. I sort nearly everything, now.
 
I use R-P .38 Special brass with cast bullets or if I use them for jacketed they get sized with my .380 acp die, just because they are thinner.
 
You don't have to shoot "high class matches" to see the advantages of matching brass for consistant results in bullet seating, crimping without constantly readjusting dies. Your OP was, after all, about separating out RP brass, but then you take the position that separating brass is not necessary. I would suggest that there are differences in feel and dimesnions with a lot of different brasses out there.
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To be fair, all I said was I cull RP brass. What I don't do is lot number tracking, times loaded, etc, nor do I sort and load only one head stamp at a time. I also don't insist on loading only my own brass with a color coded heads and all that quasi-precision rifle stuff. For the record, I have no noticeable case length variation sufficient to require messing with crimp adjustment. I do use a gauge, although not on everything, and once I get dialed in, everything passes, regardless of head stamp. I am more concerned about bulging a case with seat and crimp out of time, but that is part of setup and then the end of it.
 
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