There's nothing wrong with the brass in the picture. My Colt used to mangle the case mouth regularly. A regular three die set will cure those minor dents. And I'll still reclaim and restore 9mm brass, even if it is cheap. It's part of my hobby.....
There's nothing wrong with the brass in the picture. My Colt used to mangle the case mouth regularly. A regular three die set will cure those minor dents. And I'll still reclaim and restore 9mm brass, even if it is cheap. It's part of my hobby.....
Tom
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Did I ever mention that I hate to trim brass?
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BTDT I have to physically stop myself on picking up brass that's been left at the range. There were times that saving that ONE case saved me a whole 5 cents now I have so much brass I just chuck in the scrap pile.
And yes I know that there is no such thing as too much brass but I figure 4 standard foot lockers with brass for all the calibers I load should last me at least a couple of life times.
every time i go to the range to shoot i always check the range pick up brass bucket, that is sold for scrap, and i pick out good and deformed/ pinched from stove piping, bring them home and try and save them to re load. if it fails i scrap them. i even take brass that i don't shoot and give it to people that does. WAIST NOT WANT NOT!! it is in the blood, thank GOD!.
I don't load semi-auto cartridges nor do I own a progressive. However, I'll work to salvage a case but for an entirely different reason. I shoot a lot of cartridges that the only way you get them is to form and/or turn them. I might have 1/4 hour or more in forming, turning and fireforming that case. If it takes a few minutes to salvage the case then I've saved not only the case but maybe 20 minutes time in making a new one and, perhaps not having to sacrifice another piece of hard to find brass for a parent case.
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It's my life. Making junk work again. It's fun stuffing a bent up piece of brass in a die just to see if it can be used again. Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.
Same here, waste not want not. I picked up a bag of 300bo and 270win this weekend, oh and 243. I don't have a gun in any of the 3, but friends do! Can't stand waste, my Scottish heritage coming thru ,guess.
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My range almost never has anything but steel cased 223 and x 39, I do wish I could luck up on some 10mm ( got a new Kimber and have no brass yet) and 270.
But next payday I guess Starline can fix me up! Aaron
And I have been known to take a .40 S&W or .357 Sig and fill it full of lead while casting and use it for a projectile for my .44 RemMag, just because it works and shoots well. I sold my .480 before I learned that a .45 acp case full of lead will make a projectile for it.....
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Did I ever mention that I hate to trim brass?
The Me Too movement that makes sense!
Me Too, I save what ever I can make a safe reloadable casing out of. That may be a converted casing or the original. An example is the 223.
I shoot 223, 7mm TCU, 222 and 7.62x25mm. A 223 case is not the end of the line for me but the begining.
In 30-30 which I also shoot, I also do 30 Herret and 357 Herret. The 30-30 case is but the begining of that story as well.
You say it’s just one casing or two or three? I think back to Elmer Keith’s story in one of his books....
It seems there was this law man that was taken captive by the crook he was pursuing. The crook gave the law man his revolver but empty. The lawman some how obtained a single cartridge of a smaller size and some scrap of paper. Carefully the lawman wrapped the paper tight around the undersized round until it fit his chamber. When the time was right the lawman used his hand fit cartridge to good advantage and escaped.
Try telling that law man it’s just one casing!
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Quote Originally Posted by Bret4207
“There is more to this than dumping lead in a hole.”
With me, recovering a case is automatic for some reason. I may have 1000 sitting there, but I'll desperately straighten a case mouth without even thinking about it. I guess it goes back to "the early days" when empties were precious to me. I'd only discard a .38 Special case when the mouth split from too many reloadings. I call it my "Depression era mentality".....save it, repair it, use it up and throw it out as a last resort......................
i enjoy taking a case what ever it may be with a dent/crease especially 223's and reloading them and shooting them in my AR, and blowing uot the dent's, seams to work 99% of the time if not definitely on the 2sd. firing.
I routinely buy large lots of once fired rifle cases. Many are bought at indoor ranges and have never been on the ground. However some have been stepped on or rolled around in a pick up cab for a while.
I pick out all the mangled brass from these large lots and use the bad cases to make a small lot.
I will wind up with 20 to 50 bent up and dented cases in a lot which I use to work up my loads. If I blow a primer or lose a case no big deal. When those cases get to be well used they are retired for spares. The best brass goes into storage until all my load work up has been completed and the junkers are worn out.
If I take a rifle hunting I usually take loads using the junk brass if I have any left. A lost case while hunting is of little concern.
EDG
I do the same thing. I keep a 50 cal BMG bullet on the bench for straightening out pistol brass and a polished center punch for use on rifle brass. I even pick up the corroded and completely crushed stuff to go into my scrap bucket.
Last edited by lightman; 06-16-2019 at 07:05 PM.
Guilty here too-- all 9 mm and 223 cases are all range brass-- and my 1909 Argentine Mauser (7.65 x 53) has never seen a 7.65 case-- all my 7.65 cases are formed from salvaged 270 or 30-06 cases
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