BBBB Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Through a rather interesting and complicated 4 way trade a few years ago I acquired a 5 gallon bucket full of 45 ACP range brass. I've taken a look at it and it is mixed head stamp (including some military that I will need to deal with) but as far as I can tell it is all 45 ACP. Military issues aside, since it is more than 5 years old I'm guessing it is 100% large primer. My question is how much brass is this? I've actually had it for over 5 years and haven't gotten into it based on a rather large batch of brass I was already working through. I am getting to the point where I am going to "crack open" the bucket and am wondering just how much I have to work with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hankfan79 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 I've got 3,000 in one right now and its barely over half way full. I am going to guess 6K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gfmun Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 (edited) Over 5000 for sure. I counted once and it was less than 6000 but way over 5000. ( I counted with primers ) George Edited April 9, 2011 by gfmun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBBB Posted April 10, 2011 Author Share Posted April 10, 2011 Pretty sweet. Seems like that'll keep me shooting for a while. I guess I need to break out the swager for that military brass. Thanks for the replies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBBB Posted April 11, 2011 Author Share Posted April 11, 2011 ok. I took a closer look and maybe it's a little less joyful than I had hoped. The bucket is really only half full of brass. I found a piece of paper inside it that said "45 ACP 2650" which seems about right based on the posts I've seen and the bucket being roughly half full. I also pulled about 20 pieces and looked at the headstamps. 19 out of 20 were military. Looks like I'm going to need to set up the Dillon primer pocket swager for this one. Still a good bit of free brass, but not as much or as easy as I originally thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOHNNYGLOCK Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 I am always happy with anything free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmorris Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 45 acp in a 5 gal bucket would be 3800-4000 If you would like to know how many rounds of brass you have lying around, as I did, you can use the information below. If anyone wants to count them out to see how close my calculations are let me know what you find out. 9mm, 59.46gr/ea, 117.7cases/#, 8.5#/1000 38spl, 68.06gr/ea, 102.8cases/#, 9.7#/1000 40s&w, 70.1gr/ea, 99.9cases/#, 10#/1000 .357mag, 78.3gr/ea, 89.4cases/#, 11.2#/1000 .45acp, 89.58gr/ea, 78.1cases/#, 12.8#/1000 .223, 95.28gr/ea , 73.5cases/#, 13.6#/1000 .44mag, 114.38gr/ea, 61.2cases/#, 16.3#/1000 50bmg, 865.26gr/ea, 8.1cases/#, 123.5#/1000 All weights are uncleaned fired cases with the primer remaining. Individual case weights were derived using an average of mixed brass weights (except 50bmg) So, if you picked up 8#s of 45 brass: 8# X 78.1cases/# = 625 cases+/- If you use 1gal ziploc freezer bags to store your brass, each (full) bag contains: 9mm, 15.6#, 1836cases 40s&w, 12.2#, 1219cases 45acp, 11.4#, 890cases 223, 11#, 809cases If you use 5gal buckets each full one will have 9MM = 8500-9000 pieces .40 S&W = 7000-7500 pieces .45 ACP = 3800-4000 pieces a few more CASES per POUND: .380: 145 .357 Sig: 96 .45 GAP: 86 .32: 168 10mm: 96 FN 5.7: 124 .25 acp: 260 .30 Luger: 120 .38 S&W: 120 .38 Super: 104 9mm MAK: 124 .45 Colt: 60 .30-M1: 100 .308: 40 .30-06: 35 7.62x39: 54 .50 AE: 48 .30-30: 52 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBBB Posted April 11, 2011 Author Share Posted April 11, 2011 jMorris - That's a ton of info - thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whistlepig Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 How many fit into a 5 gallon bucket? I am tempted to say "all of them" but that would be not helpful........ I can't add to the above list. Good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry944T Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 You probably don't have to worry about the military stuff. I've loaded thousands and never had to swage the pockets because they weren't held in any differently than commercial brass. It's also usually very uniform brass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jhp147 Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 Just discovered this post, have always wanted that info,jmorris, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Yes, thanks for the information !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shooter57 Posted June 26, 2011 Share Posted June 26, 2011 Must have been a long night to gather all the info for different packages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgj3 Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Tag Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJPLEO Posted February 20, 2015 Share Posted February 20, 2015 Great info, tagged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GlockCanMan Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 Now you need to convert it into Liter buckets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boatdoc Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 It comes out to approx 5000 rds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boatdoc Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 Ok so I was full of sh** it was a 6 gall bucket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmorris Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 (edited) Now you need to convert it into Liter bucketsTo old to fall in love with the metric system. One conversion I keep in my head is because of the little turbo V6 of the 1986 Buick grand national was a 1 gallon engine or a 231ci or 3.8L3.8 liters per gal X 5 gallons would = 19 liters 4000/19 about 210 3800/19 about 200 I'll shoot for the middle and say 205 per liter. Edited March 20, 2015 by jmorris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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