gerritm Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 We have a bucket full of saved spent primers. Does anyone know approximately how many spent primers are in a pound of them? Thanks, gerritm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldfish Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Why would anyone want to count spent primers? A simple way is to count how many spent primers in an ounce, then multiply that by 16 = 1 pound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamM Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 My scrap yard pays me the same, per pound, as scrap brass. I just recycle them with the bad cases. As GF says, why would you want to count them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy1629 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 52 minutes ago, AdamM said: My scrap yard pays me the same, per pound, as scrap brass. I just recycle them with the bad cases. As GF says, why would you want to count them? Same here plus I usually have spent .22 cases in the can too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Power Jack Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Trying to figure out how many rounds you've reloaded ? Lot easier to count the primer boxes (100 to the box). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerritm Posted March 13, 2019 Author Share Posted March 13, 2019 Trying to figure how many we have loaded. Not trying to recycle. Just figured someone smarter than me knew. Guess I could weigh an ounce and multiply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hi-Power Jack Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 2 hours ago, gerritm said: Trying to figure how many we have loaded. 100 times easier to count the boxes than the primers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerritm Posted March 13, 2019 Author Share Posted March 13, 2019 Not when you don't have them. I have a pretty good idea how many we went thru as I save each transaction in my emails. Thought I would weigh them and see how many. gerritm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyOne Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 Why would you keep empty primer boxes? I don't count primers...I count bullet heads. You know exactly how many of those you bought, and approximately how many you have left...and, unless you gave some away, you are gonna be pretty close on the amount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Service Desk Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 A spent Federal SPP weighs almost 3.2 grains.... there are 7000 grains in a pound...so there are 2188 in a pound. I would round down to 2180 and call it close enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MemphisMechanic Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, gerritm said: Trying to figure how many we have loaded. Not trying to recycle. Just figured someone smarter than me knew. Guess I could weigh an ounce and multiply. I’d just count out 50 primers and weigh those. Then do the math with your total weight. Unless you want the exact number, that would be fast and probably get you in the ballpark. Edited March 13, 2019 by MemphisMechanic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 I just did this recently, don't remember the numbers. I weighed a full box of 1000 and then the 10 empty boxes after reloading them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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