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[MrBuzzard]

You can weigh each individual round if you have a digital scale. You'll see the discrepancy if you missed a powder drop.


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[tanks]

You can weigh each individual round if you have a digital scale. You'll see the discrepancy if you missed a powder drop....

Unless one is using mixed range brass. I have seen a difference of 5 grains or more between various brands of brass.

[MrBuzzard]

True that.


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[tonyjr]

I would check any that are over 2 grains , but that depends on powder ,
weither you have trimmed cases - even some of the cheap bullets can vary that much .

[bazineta]

Weighing loaded cases to determine how much powder is in them is very much like weighing an apple to determine how many seeds are in it.

[JagerDog]

Weighing loaded cases to determine how much powder is in them is very much like weighing an apple to determine how many seeds are in it.

But you're not trying to determine how much powder. You're trying to determine whether it's got a full charge, or none.

I don't generally mix headstamps and my bullets don't vary much. I've used the digital scale method successfully.

[TATER313]

Mixed range brass I have variants in the weights

[TATER313]

Ultimately, you had a squib, 100%. Pay attention to every powder drop before you put a bullet on top. Trust all of us we know what we are talking about.

[stilly]

You can weigh each individual round if you have a digital scale. You'll see the discrepancy if you missed a powder drop.


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One day we will sit you down and teach you what those little digits on the screen means and then how they get changed around...

Oh, and then we will let you make a list of weights from the same brass head stamp and see what you come up with...

Yes, that thing that I have with a metal backing and a diaphragm in the front will allow me to place it up to a shell and shake it back and forth and HEAR how much powder is inside...








(Someone wanna call liber so he knows what it looks like when I am sarcastic?) :\

[MrBuzzard]

One day we will sit you down and teach you what those little digits on the screen means and then how they get changed around...

Oh, and then we will let you make a list of weights from the same brass head stamp and see what you come up with...

Yes, that thing that I have with a metal backing and a diaphragm in the front will allow me to place it up to a shell and shake it back and forth and HEAR how much powder is inside...








(Someone wanna call liber so he knows what it looks like when I am sarcastic?) :\

The hell you talkin about? lol.

It was a technique I've seen a local shop use that manufactures their own ammo and they were doing it on .223 I think. With most powder throws being around 25 grains (+/-). I'm pretty sure you could locate and pull any that don't fall within a certain range.

I'm thankful I've never had a squib or a kaboom or anything catastrophic happen to me. (Knocks on wood). But it pays to pay attention. I saw what a severe kaboom does to someone at a very young age at the old Brentwood range and that kinda set the tone lolz.

Just my .02 cents. Do what you want, just pay more attention.


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[fguffey]

http://thefiringline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=341348

Then there are reloaders that do not have enough cases to sort by weight and then there is sorting brass by length from the end of the neck to the case head. It is not easy to protect someone from himself.

F. Guffey

[ar15barrels]

The hell you talkin about?

I need some help, I reloaded some ammo today, 115 grain 9 mm ammo. About 100 rounds.

It was a technique I've seen a local shop use that manufactures their own ammo and they were doing it on .223 I think. With most powder throws being around 25 grains (+/-). I'm pretty sure you could locate and pull any that don't fall within a certain range.

Typical 9mm charges are around 4-5gr of powder and cases and bullets can easily vary just as much in weight.

[fguffey]

Typical 9mm charges are around 4-5gr of powder and cases and bullets can easily vary just as much in weight.

[ar15barrels]

And typically a discipline reloader that sorts cases by weight can cut the weight a case varies to zero.

I will swag that 99.9%+ of people reloading 9mm ammo are not sorting cases or bullets by weight.
The vast majority probably don't even separate their 9mm cases by manufacturer.

[hardhead]

I will swag that 99.9%+ of people reloading 9mm ammo are not sorting cases or bullets by weight.
The vast majority probably don't even separate their 9mm cases by manufacturer.

Ever since I bought this life changing contraption, http://www.uniquetek.com/site/696296/product/T1356

I don't even want to think about sorting brass by hand again, let alone sorting by head stamp.

Cartridges get a quick inspection while being loaded into magazines out on the range.