Do you sort range brass for pistol by headset stamp.

[Oso]

The vast majority of my 9mm loading is for combat pistol training. So I only sort out the military and crimped primers and the “sleeved” brass ( the ones with the thick walls below the bullet.).

for accuracy shooting (bullseye) I’d sort out one make from known once fired brass and develop a long line load with that. All the rest goes into the short line load. After 3 firings put it in the practice bin.

Yep - forgot to mention sorting out the crimped primer. WCC always flies below the radar but can be crimped.

Also, I run a magnet across all nickel cases. Someone got bright idea of nickel coating steel cases.

 

[jds holler]

I'd shoot myself before I would sort through a couple thousand nines to segregate by brand.

I do set my calipers for minimum trim length, (.751) and run through them to remove the few long ones, and it's usually very few. I also load 380, and 9mm Mak, and those cases are short enough to be easily discernible in my caliper.

Let me say that these cases are never loaded at any kind of MAX load, and are used for fun and practice, and banging steel. Max, or self defense loads will always be more carefully constructed, or factory stuff. jd

 

[Sniper338]

I dont sort at all. Just dont pick up what I dont want. All mux head stamp as long as its good brass case. Clean em all good, then feed the dillon 650. Never had a problem.

 

[riflewoman]

Yep - forgot to mention sorting out the crimped primer. WCC always flies below the radar but can be crimped.

Also, I run a magnet across all nickel cases. Someone got bright idea of nickel coating steel cases.

There’s brass plated steel too!!

 

[AJC]

There’s brass plated steel too!!

I honestly never considered this and learn something new all the time. Why is this even a thing???????
I wonder if i would notice them visually. Im sure they would feel waaaay different in the press

 

[AJC]

Yep - forgot to mention sorting out the crimped primer. WCC always flies below the radar but can be crimped.

Also, I run a magnet across all nickel cases. Someone got bright idea of nickel coating steel cases.

I do look for crimped primer pockets and those dont even make it to the house, i just leave them at the range. I also leave 223 brass at the range that are crimped

 

[Oso]

I toss any 9mm cases that have cannelure line. I have seen a number of cases separate along this line, and I just assume that cannelured cases are also military round so possible crimped primer.

9mm cases are everywhere now... I only bother making the effort to pick up the nickel cases

 

[Uncle Ed]

I do look for crimped primer pockets and those dont even make it to the house, i just leave them at the range. I also leave 223 brass at the range that are crimped

If the .223/5.56 case has a crimped primer then you know it is once fired brass. If I find a Lake City case without a crimped primer it stays at the range simply because you do not know how many times it was fired.

P.S. You need some cheap bastard training and understand some brass is pure gold.

 

[Zero333]

I toss any 9mm cases that have cannelure line. I have seen a number of cases separate along this line, and I just assume that cannelured cases are also military round so possible crimped primer.

9mm cases are everywhere now... I only bother making the effort to pick up the nickel cases

The brass with the crimp on the body is Federal brass from American Eagle 147 gr ammo. I assume they put the crimp right below the base of the 147 gr bullet so it doesn't move deeper into the case under recoil.
It's the most accurate factory 9mmPara ammo I've shot

I've reloaded tons of that wall crimped brass with no issues.

 

[Oso]

The brass with the crimp on the body is Federal brass from American Eagle 147 gr ammo. I assume they put the crimp right below the base of the 147 gr bullet so it doesn't move deeper into the case under recoil.
It's the most accurate factory 9mmPara ammo I've shot

I've reloaded tons of that wall crimped brass with no issues.

Sorry I should have clarified - I meant crimped/staked primers, not crimped bullets. There is too much brass laying around to bother swaging 9mm primer pockets or dealing with sealed/lacquered primers.

 

[rkittine]

I sort my pistol brass by manufacturer and the reloads go back in boxes also from the same manufacturer. Yes, I am a little excessive, compulsive.

 

[GuitarmanNick]

I have only collected once fired brass from other shooters while at the range. It gets sorted by manufacturer, and trimmed to match the length of my other once fired brass in each caliber. All primer pockets get reamed before storing.
Rifle brass that is not annealed, is segregated until the process has been done.
After a few cycles, most will need to be trimmed again.
I use a light taper crimp on all of my hand loads. Keeping the case lengths close, insures the crimps are consistent without requiring die adjustment. I have been very pleased with Lee dies so far and the factory crimp dies are great.
My hand loads are for range use only. For defensive purposes, weapons and magazines are loaded with appropriate factory rounds.

 

[shoot4fun]

Never sorted range brass, for that matter my own brass, for pistol EXCEPT I always threw the Glock brass in a different container. Case heads always swelled from the unsupported chamber on Glocks and I roll sized the case heads before shooting it in my guns.

 

[AJC]

Never sorted range brass, for that matter my own brass, for pistol EXCEPT I always threw the Glock brass in a different container. Case heads always swelled from the unsupported chamber on Glocks and I roll sized the case heads before shooting it in my guns.

Seen a lot of Internet talk about how these cases may be unsafe and I have chose to never deal with the Glock bulge cases. I may be leaving some extra brass behind I just don't feel like dealing with it.

 

[shoot4fun]

Seen a lot of Internet talk about how these cases may be unsafe and I have chose to never deal with the Glock bulge cases. I may be leaving some extra brass behind I just don't feel like dealing with it.

It isn't dangerous. It is likely to cause feeding issues in anything else but a Glock due to an oversized case head. I don't know is they are still made but I used a Case-Pro to size the case heads properly.

 

[AJC]

It isn't dangerous. It is likely to cause feeding issues in anything else but a Glock due to an oversized case head. I don't know is they are still made but I used a Case-Pro to size the case heads properly.

I thought that there was a bulge Buster die made by Lee and a couple other ways to deal with Glock bulge I just haven't experienced enough volume worth of the range brass that I pick up to deal with it

 

[Ralph Littlefield]

I thought that there was a bulge Buster die made by Lee and a couple other ways to deal with Glock bulge I just haven't experienced enough volume worth of the range brass that I pick up to deal with it

https://www.midwayusa.com/product/1012847155?pid=882261

 

[shoot4fun]

I thought that there was a bulge Buster die made by Lee and a couple other ways to deal with Glock bulge I just haven't experienced enough volume worth of the range brass that I pick up to deal with it

There are other companies that have addressed the issue with dies. I was, at one time, shooting around 10,000 rounds of pistol per year and the Case Pro allowed me to use the case feeder from my Dillon. I could do lots of brass very quickly with that setup.
EDIT: forgot to add that I was also doing a lot of USPSA Range Officer duty and had opportunity to pick up thousands of rounds of range brass.

 

[drano38]

Case-Pro is still made. http://casepro100.com/index.ydev
Back when I shot a lot of IPSC, a couple guys had them.
Another option is https://www.rollsizer.com/
Its a bit under $600 for the hand crank model.

 

[TAJ45]

Never sorted range brass, for that matter my own brass, for pistol EXCEPT I always threw the Glock brass in a different container. Case heads always swelled from the unsupported chamber on Glocks and I roll sized the case heads before shooting it in my guns.

"Roll sized you say".....I had the unsupported, (I thought Logical") opinion that roll sizing required mass production/commercial equipment. I wanna know about it.
Please educate me, time allowing.