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    Let's see your stash

    Let's see how bad everyone is at hoarding, whether it's lead, brass, powder, primers or anything else. I just started getting into reloading about 9 months ago, I haven't had a chance to hoard anything besides brass. Once the weather breaks I'll be sifting for lead at a few local outdoor ranges. But here's what I have hoarded so far.
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    Wow that's a lot of brass , nice


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    Are those all mixed or sorted by caliber? Quite the heap of brass.
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    wow...just wow.

    At first glance, I thought all those red containers were the new plastic coffee containers (3 lb...I use a lot of those), then I seen the 3 metal trash cans full of brass, then realized those coffee cans weren't coffee cans, they are the Home Depot 5 gallon buckets...then I thought, WHOLLY MOLLY, that's a lot of brass...no need to take a photo of my plastic coffee containers of brass
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    Kinda compulsive a hobby, isn't it?
    Finding lead is an even greater challenge because it isn't concentrated in one spot. I find WW at 1 out of 10 intersections, and batteries only have 2 posts. Dentists don't use old X-rays anymore, and many ranges have halted scrounging for lead. WWs are now only 40-60 % lead. Plumbers don't pour lead joints and roofers use plastic instead of lead.
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    All of mine would not equal 1-5 gallon bucket. Not worth taking a picture of. Wow.

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    Wow! You're going to need a lot of lead for all that brass. Do you work at an indoor range or something? That is an insane amount of brass to collect in under a year.

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    Ok...I drooled on my phone a little just now. What is it about casting and reloading that makes one want to be a hoarder? Thanks for the pic.

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    what happens is you collect all that brass then realize you either don't have a gun in that caliber or you'll wear out the one you do have trying to shoot the brass you have.

    wanna know why I have 5-45 acp's and 4-9mm's?
    or why I have a 40 to 44 cal swage die set?
    umm hmm free brass..

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    I do work st an indoor range. I take home on average about 5 buckets a week of range brass. All of that is unsorted right now. I'm in the process of building a roller type sorter like jmorris built.

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    I am going to start casting in the spring time. A few outdoor ranges around me will let me sift their backdrops for lead. Once the weather turns nice I'll be getting lead too.

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    because . . . "you might need 'em some day"! Now I don't feel quite so bad about my "accumulation". LOL

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    I don't have a stash of anything at all. Nothing to see here.
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    For some reason I highly doubt that.

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    I didn't know anybody on here saved brass, lead, or other reloading supplies ahead for future need. I certainly don't. cough...cough...


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    Now if only I could find 6.5 creedmoor brass at the range

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    Quote Originally Posted by mjkonopka View Post
    Now if only I could find 6.5 creedmoor brass at the range
    So who cleans out the backstop?

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    We have the stupid chunks of rubber tires as the backstop. Makes it impossible to get lead.

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    that sucks!

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    Yah it does, but I'm happy with getting brass from there. Plus there are 2 outdoor ranges by me that will let me sift the backstop. I already talked to the RSO's at both ranges. They said as long as I don't dig I can sift. So I picked up a metal colander and will just scoop the dirt and dump the lead in a bucket. Now I just have to wait for the weather to get better.

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Abbreviations used in Reloading

BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
GC Gas Check