I load over 20k pistol rounds a year. 9mm, 40 s&w, and 45 acp make up 90+% of them. I have at least 3 5gal buckets of each type of brass... almost 5 buckets of 45acp.
And yet, I cannot stop myself from trying to reshape and reuse ANY case that isn't torn, ripped, or cracked. Last night when she came out to the reloading room to tell me she was headed to bed, my wife saw the 2 cases in the attached pic, and said, "Why on EARTH are you going to reuse THESE? YOU told me these are all about a penny each!"
I run everything through either a Casepro roll sizer, or a push-through resizing die, and and put about 1/50 in a Dillon case gauge, so I"m never worried about them not 'plunking.'
But still, it brings me a simple feeling of satisfaction when I can reload cases such as in the pic below.
What say you, Fellow Boolit Casters?