Processing bought range brass

[bob.dakeelstripe]

Hey gang what is your process for once fired brass.

I bought 1,000 pieces of .380 range brass the over all length is all over the place.

Do you trim or just sort them into a few similar lengths.


My issue is every time i set the expander die up i find a long case that wrinkles the brass or a super short one that won't bell the mouth at all.

All of my personal brass is close because i usually bought the same brand and use the same gun

Thanks Bob

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[someoneeasy]

How off is the length?

[bruce381]

I use a forester trimmer others are avalible do it once is all you need to do.

[Chief-7700]

.308 or 380 brass? Never trimmed a straight walled pistol brass and have loaded 30K or better.

[bob.dakeelstripe]

From like .669 to .698.

I have sorted some of it and grouped them into 4 categories within a few thousands , if the expander crinkles the wall i move it to the next larger group after resizing. But man what a Pain thought about getting an electric trimmer but there goes my cheep brass LOL.

Bob

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[arrowshooter]

Would it help you to sort by head stamp?

[bob.dakeelstripe]

Would it help you to sort by head stamp?

No i tried they all very even my brand.

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[bob.dakeelstripe]

.380 and i hear ya ... but this stuff is out in the wind.

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[Raiderh20boy]

mind telling me what brand of reloading press you have. I have the Dillon XL650 and have not had any issues like you are describing. I sort my brass by brand only and run with no problems with OAL of .950 using EXTREME 100gr RNFP.

[bob.dakeelstripe]

Rcbs single rockchucker supream 7

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[bob.dakeelstripe]

How off is the length?

The long and the short of them

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[tonyjr]

before I / we bought range brass - unsorted . Lots of 22s .
After sorting by caliber , i used the lee hand loader to check OAL .
This was APIA . At 5 a pound and plenty of time it was worth it .
Now they don't sell anymore and we just pick up certain sizes .
I / we don't have to trim very many cases -Lee hand trimer .

[bruce381]

taper crimp will help

[SquidBilly]

I honestly don't worry that much for handgun brass, unless I'm making a test string or want a certain good headstamp for defense/hunting loads

My exception is on rifle brass and I try to keep case length consistent and then I'll pull out my hand operated Lee trimmer.

All of my handloading is slow and single stage Lee / cheapo process and I catch mistakes much easier that way.

[bob.dakeelstripe]

I honestly don't worry that much for handgun brass, unless I'm making a test string or want a certain good headstamp for defense/hunting loads

My exception is on rifle brass and I try to keep case length consistent and then I'll pull out my hand operated Lee trimmer.

All of my handloading is slow and single stage Lee / cheapo process and I catch mistakes much easier that way.

I dont eigther unless it crushes the case LOL

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