Brass Sorting / Separating

[cdrxls]

I know of the Shell Sorter and actually have 2 but it's hard on the hands and ears, and exposes you to the lead dust.

Does anyone know of any other shell sorter/separator under $100.

Homemade or commercial?

thanks

[ar15barrels]

Don't worry about the lead dust.
Just wash your hands before you eat.

I sort shells the old fashioned way.
I pour the bucket out on a towel and throw each type into a bunch of small cardboard boxes that cast bullets came in.
The boxes were free with the purchase of the bullets.

[Inkman]

Since i only shoot .45 now, i learned real fast that being fussy with brass at the range means quick and easy at home when it comes to sorting it. Sorting being making sure to toss any crap ones that may have slipped my eye at the range.

[ke6guj]

Don't worry about the lead dust.
Just wash your hands before you eat.

I dunno, the last time I sorted a bucket full of brass with the the shell sorter, I had a cough for a couple days from the dust I breathed in. I'm assuming I did get some lead exposure from that. Now, I wear a respirator when I sort brass.

[sylstral]

I have a baby at home and I'm a little paranoid about lead dust. I have two pair of overalls that I wear for "leaded" activities and never bring into the house. I also keep washing up supplies with me so that I can change back into house clothes without transferring a lot of the dust.

[bubbapug1]

You can buy a shell sorter from midway or dillion for $39.00. It sorts into three sizes. If you are worried about dust wear a respirator, but the lead content in the dust is not as bad as you may think.

[freakshow10mm]

Lead vapor is what you need to worry about. Lead doesn't vaporize until it's about 900 degrees.

You have to handle a serious amount of lead for you to get lead poisoning.

I did everything normal and just washed my hands after handling lead as a commercial bullet caster. Never got poisoned and my son (newborn at the time) had normal levels of lead. We had him tested monthly.

[sylstral]

Actually, ingested lead salts (including oxides) is what you need to worry about. As you say, lead doesn't vaporize until 900 degrees, so casting (and lead vapor from casting) isn't much of an ingestion hazard. Lead dust, on the other hand, has a very high proportion of oxides and other reaction products, and lead dust is absolutely found in many expended shell casings, particularly military manufacture.

I'll keep my overalls directly to the wash and cleanup in the garage routine for now.

Good that you tested your kid, and glad to hear that levels were normal. I held off for the first year of the baby and now we're on testing lead levels at the normal checkups (about every three months). Living in SoCal, it's pretty easy to make a case for testing of lead without admitting that I do gun things. Just act like an paranoid helicopter parent and the test gets ordered without muss or fuss.

[bubbapug1]

I jump in the pool after I sort my brass...its tough in the winter, but than I use the jacuzzi....with some warm saki