fastmtnbiker33w Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 I'm just getting back into the firearms thing after a few years of being really serious in another really expensive hobby. Wife doesn't mind as she know's I'm budget minded and a pretty serious reloader. I do about 30 minutes of brass pickup for every couple hours or so that I shoot. Most of my brass has been from the concrete floor pistol bay at my range. I just kind of sweep it all up with my hands and toss it into a mesh bag. About 10% has been military brass with the crimped primer pocket. '97 headstamp. Now I have to strain my eyes semi-sorting the headstamps on 9mm brass. Something I really didn't want to do. Thanks mil-surplus ammo stockpiler from the late 90's. You made my reloading session take at least another 20 minutes from me having to loosen the base plate on my 550 to get the two pieces of your bargain crap ammo with the primer 1/3 mashed in out of my machine. Yep.....it took two pieces for me to decide to check every dang piece. My eyes aren't what they use to be. Oh well. 300 rounds in just over an hour after getting everything set up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowrider Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Yep, it's a pain. S&B blows too. I look at them all now and throw the crimped primers in a can. When I get enough for a good batch, I decap them and swage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gm iprod Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 As above, but I have a 1050 and a daughter and she decrimps about 5K a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 I'm just getting back into the firearms thing after a few years of being really serious in another really expensive hobby. Wife doesn't mind as she know's I'm budget minded and a pretty serious reloader. I do about 30 minutes of brass pickup for every couple hours or so that I shoot. Most of my brass has been from the concrete floor pistol bay at my range. I just kind of sweep it all up with my hands and toss it into a mesh bag. About 10% has been military brass with the crimped primer pocket. '97 headstamp. Now I have to strain my eyes semi-sorting the headstamps on 9mm brass. Something I really didn't want to do. Thanks mil-surplus ammo stockpiler from the late 90's. You made my reloading session take at least another 20 minutes from me having to loosen the base plate on my 550 to get the two pieces of your bargain crap ammo with the primer 1/3 mashed in out of my machine. Yep.....it took two pieces for me to decide to check every dang piece. My eyes aren't what they use to be. Oh well. 300 rounds in just over an hour after getting everything set up. Welcome to 9mm. It's not stockpiled. I sorted some from the last match that was stamped "WCC 10". It is very good brass. If you want to reload it do as mentioned above and stockpile it then puch out the primer and ream the pockets. Order a couple of primer pocket reamers from Midwayusa and chuck them up in a drill. Takes 1 second to remove the crimp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastmtnbiker33w Posted October 29, 2010 Author Share Posted October 29, 2010 How 'bout I just leave them in that can of trashed brass. My hands are too big to be dealing with those tiny pieces and a drill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougCarden Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Another option is to trade it to another shooter that has a 1050 so they can swage it out for you, or just trade it for regular brass. DougC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastmtnbiker33w Posted October 29, 2010 Author Share Posted October 29, 2010 Doug, At the rate I'm going with finding this stuff, that's becoming a viable option. Sarge, Some of my stuff is WCC 10 as well. Being a military post it's bound to happen. I'm not disappointed that so many people leave so much brass. My range has a new policy that doesn't allow you to scavange brass. You can pick up your own or ask others if you can have theirs. I've gotten away with it by picking up the stuff that is forward of the normal firing lines. Lots of classes take place in areas forward of the firing lines. Range personnel will only pick up what can be swept up on the concrete. Yesterday I took a quick cruise and saw a range with a lot of brass on it. I signed in on that range and picked up a few hundred +p nickle 9. I'm blown away by how much 40 brass I've collected. I don't even own a 40, but I've got a couple thousand in brass. After finding the nickel nine brass mine yesterday, I started passing up 40 brass to beat sundown. 45 shooters are like crackheads picking up their brass. For every couple thousand pieces of brass I pick up, I'm only getting 4 or 5 pieces of the bigmouth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 45 shooters are like crackheads picking up their brass. For every couple thousand pieces of brass I pick up, I'm only getting 4 or 5 pieces of the bigmouth. You should see some of the 38 Super shooters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyOne Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 Doug, At the rate I'm going with finding this stuff, that's becoming a viable option. Sarge, Some of my stuff is WCC 10 as well. Being a military post it's bound to happen. I'm not disappointed that so many people leave so much brass. My range has a new policy that doesn't allow you to scavange brass. You can pick up your own or ask others if you can have theirs. I've gotten away with it by picking up the stuff that is forward of the normal firing lines. Lots of classes take place in areas forward of the firing lines. Range personnel will only pick up what can be swept up on the concrete. Yesterday I took a quick cruise and saw a range with a lot of brass on it. I signed in on that range and picked up a few hundred +p nickle 9. I'm blown away by how much 40 brass I've collected. I don't even own a 40, but I've got a couple thousand in brass. After finding the nickel nine brass mine yesterday, I started passing up 40 brass to beat sundown. 45 shooters are like crackheads picking up their brass. For every couple thousand pieces of brass I pick up, I'm only getting 4 or 5 pieces of the bigmouth. That 40 brass is like finding gold laying in the street. People here will pay for it (along with the 9mm!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLM Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 There's a bunch of Winchester out there right lately that's crimped. It seems that during the ammo shortage they were throwing anything they could find in the Value Pack boxes. I've found Nata marked that's crimped, Nato marked that's not crimped, unmarked thats crimped, whatever, all in the same box. Kind of a pain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastmtnbiker33w Posted October 30, 2010 Author Share Posted October 30, 2010 While chamber checking my loads, I noticed some WCC that made it through. I guess it had been swaged and reloaded already. I went through all my brass and sorted out anything that appeared to be crimped, S&B, and of course some 380. It's in my garbage brass bin. When it gets totally full, I might pull out the possibly crimped brass and give it to someone who might want it. What a PITA. That was the only cool thing about reloading 45. It was easy to see what it was. I've got good vision, but after going through a couple thousand 9mm hulls, I may need to see an eye doctor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calishootr Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 thank gawd forthe brass wizard...as was said before, when im atthe range, and not actually shooting im in the brass pickers 'head down' position as i call it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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