Looking around the shop I see a huge amount of cartridge brass of all calibers and wonder how I got here. When I started reloading 50 plus years ago a hundred cases for a handgun (2 boxes of 50) and sixty cases (3 boxes of 20) for a rifle was considered to be an ample supply. We didn't polish the cases, so we loaded the same cases over and over gain until they hard turn a uniform dark brown color. We would anneal them from time to time to keep them from splitting and have at it again. Of course this was before the day of progressive loaders and the various action shooting games that consumed huge amounts of ammo.
To say I have a lifetime supply is an understatement and I have enough for five lifetimes as I still load them in small batches as I did many years ago. I have to face the reality that somewhere along the way, I started to hoard brass. Be that as it may, I am not going to get ride of it, but continue to enjoy living among the colorful boxes and containers of these magic things.