jmbaccolyte Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 Years ago I counted out the number of .40 S&W cases that my new brass tumbler could clean at a time, dumped them in a three pound coffee can and marked the can so I could just measure them out by volume instead of counting each time. That worked well, but now that tumbler has died and I have a new one of different capacity. Does anyone have any suggestions besides counting 800 cases one by one to determine the proper volume load for my new tumbler? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 Fill up the new tumbler to where you want it and then dump into a coffee can and mark as you did previously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimitz Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 proper volume? I just dump a bunch of cases in my tumbler and turn it on .... you must be an engineer.... or a math teacher ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifeislarge Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 Weigh out 8lbs of .40, should be pretty close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadyscott999 Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 (edited) I have a very specific, scientific method for doing this... 1. Fill tumbler 2/3 full with brass. 2. Top off with media 3. Turn on tumbler 4. Return in 2 hours and remove brass 5. Repeat as necessary Sometimes I will drink beer between 3 & 4 Edited June 19, 2015 by Shadyscott999 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Miles Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 I have a very specific, scientific method for doing this... 1. Fill tumbler 2/3 full with brass. 2. Top off with media 3. Turn on tumbler 4. Return in 2 hours and remove brass 5. Repeat as necessary Sometimes I will drink beer between 3 & 4 You're doing it all wrong! Drink a beer between 1 & 2 Drink a beer between 2 & 3. Drink a beer between 3 & 4. Don't do any reloading afterward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reshoot Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 I have a very specific, scientific method for doing this... 1. Fill tumbler 2/3 full with brass. 2. Top off with media 3. Turn on tumbler 4. Return in 2 hours and remove brass 5. Repeat as necessary Sometimes I will drink beer between 3 & 4 You actually number the steps? I will have to give that a try, thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadyscott999 Posted June 19, 2015 Share Posted June 19, 2015 I have a very specific, scientific method for doing this... 1. Fill tumbler 2/3 full with brass. 2. Top off with media 3. Turn on tumbler 4. Return in 2 hours and remove brass 5. Repeat as necessary Sometimes I will drink beer between 3 & 4 You actually number the steps? I will have to give that a try, thanks! When I am feeling especially spry, I use roman numerals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmbaccolyte Posted June 20, 2015 Author Share Posted June 20, 2015 (edited) Thanks, I'll add all those methods together and go for it. But I'm not sure I can handle that much beer. The reason I asked was that the directions with the new tumbler said to fill the bowl 2/3 with media and then dump in the brass cases. Edited June 20, 2015 by jmbaccolyte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlightMurse Posted June 20, 2015 Share Posted June 20, 2015 (edited) I tend to count all of my brass due to nothing other than being OCD. I have found the best way to count brass is use the plastic inserts that come with a box of .45 acp ammo. Put your brass into a big container and scoop them out with the plastic piece, and boom you have 50 pieces. The brass tends to fall in headstamp down so I run my fingers over the brass and make sure they are all the same caliber (very obvious if not) and check for cracks. Then place an empty plastic thing over that one and flip them over to check your head stamps. Then put it in the stack (or container if you only have a couple) and count out to 16 to get your 800 pieces. Should take all of 5 minutes Edited June 20, 2015 by FlightMurse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ano Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 just dump into tumbler until I feel like meeeeh this is good, I fit 1200?ish in my frankford arsenal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b1gcountry Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 I counted how much clean brass one of my jugs holds by reloading it and putting the primer sleeve in the jug after loading each 100 rounds. I counted the sleeves at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 If I really want to know I just use my counting scale !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EEH Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 I've got that big cleaner from Dillon and I don't think you can fill that thing up.. I put a coffee can full of 40 in it and go to bed,,the timer will cut it off.. No beer Tequila ,,don't have any regrets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b1gcountry Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 I have filled the big Dillon tumbler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldfieldshooter Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 use the same method as counting cast projeciles.Count out 100 and then weigh them on el cheapo digital kitchen scales. x 8. Done. Then you have a 5kg scale you can use for all sorts of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clipper Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Try this for a quick guess at cases per pound... 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+/- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZinZA Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Believe it or not there is engineering theory for this. There are equations for working this sort of thing out so as to work out the amount of packing in distillation columns. Some packings are cylindrical in shape so it should be possible to use the maths for cases as well. It can also be used to guess the number of jelly beans in a jar to win prizes at fairs. But it's been more than 20 years and I would have to dig a lot in my books to find the right equations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldfieldshooter Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 The packing in my distillation column are cylindrical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CZinZA Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 I'll be there in 20 minutes with glasses and some ice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstagn Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Clipper is spot on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadie3 Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 If you have a scale, that will be the best and usually most accurate method for case counting. The two minutes of time to weigh some brass more than makes up for the extra case or two that might get through. But if you have lots of extra time on your hands, you could always count each case. I always loose track around 100 and then scratch my head and start over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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