Brass Weights per thousand just an FYI

[Nacinator]

A 5 gallon Orange Home Depot Bucket weighs 1 pound 10.6 ounces.
Use the charts above and add in 1 lbs of brass until bucket / bowl / coffee can is full. Not perfect but you should be able to get pretty close to the wieght.

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Dad use to tell me "Son Common Sence is so rare if should be a F$#KEN superpower".

[Fishslayer]

Dad use to tell me "Son Common Sence is so rare if should be a F$#KEN superpower".

So are spelling & punctuation skills...

Wish I had 5 gallon buckets of brass laying around...

[dragon7]

Nacinator, yeah I figured I could do it that way but I didn't think using a 5 gal. paint bucket for brass storage was my original idea and figured someone had it worked out already.

[BajaJames83]

any more additions??

[NorCalNative]

Dad use to tell me "Son Common Sence is so rare if should be a F$#KEN superpower".

^^^^This!

[BajaJames83]

keeping it alive..

[call-in]

To add to the info for case weights from info I've gathered on the web:
.357 Sig----145 per lb.
.45 Gap----86/lb
10MM------96/lb
FN 5,7-----124/lb
.25 acp----260/lb
45 Colt-----60/lb
30 M1------100/lb
7.62x39----54/lb
.50 AE------48/lb
50 BMG----865 grains each or 8/lb
Just an average as some cases may weigh more or less.

Don't know for sure if this is correct or not, but I thought .380 is 145/lb, I would think .375 Sig cases would weigh more than that.

[big103]

need to be sticky thanks

[BajaJames83]

Don't know for sure if this is correct or not, but I thought .380 is 145/lb, I would think .375 Sig cases would weigh more than that.

that makes sence. .40 and 357 sig weight almost the same. I will adjust.

[MIAMIbaseballer]

tagged

thanks

[M27]

Tagged

and I will look at what brass I have and see if I have anything to add.

[Branden967]

tagged, sweet info thanks.

[Chief-7700]

If you use 1gal ziplock freezer bags to store your brass, each (full) bag contains:

9mm, 15.6#, 1836cases
40s&w, 12.2#, 1219cases
45acp, 11.4#, 890cases
223, 11#, 809cases

or if you use the 5gal bucket method

9MM = 8500-9000 pieces
.40 S&W = 7000-7500 pieces
.45 ACP = 3800-4000 pieces

9mm, 59.46gr/ea, 117.7cases/#, 8.5#/1000

38spl, 68.06gr/ea, 102.8cases/#, 9.7#/1000

40s&w, 70.1gr/ea, 99.9cases/#, 10#/1000

.357mag, 78.3gr/ea, 89.4cases/#, 11.2#/1000

.45acp, 89.58gr/ea, 78.1cases/#, 12.8#/1000

.223, 95.28gr/ea , 73.5cases/#, 13.6#/1000

.44mag, 114.38gr/ea, 61.2cases/#, 16.3#/1000

50bmg, 865.26gr/ea, 8.1cases/#, 123.5#/1000

All weights are uncleaned fired cases with the primer remaining.

Individual case weights were derived using an average of mixed brass weights (except 50bmg)

So, if you picked up 8#?s of 45 brass: 8# X 78.1cases/# = 625 cases+/-

[rromeo]

I'll have to weigh my coffee cans so I can add to this.

[M27]

From my calculations

270 win, 5 cases 1034.6gn so 1 lb is 34 cases.