Brass prep almost done

[RustyFN]

I sized, trimmed and chamfered 940 pieces of 223 brass today. All that is left is to checked for crimped primer pockets and then load.

[Bultx1215]

Sheesh. Might wanna take a nap, first. Makes my hands hurt just thinking about that.:hypno:

[Murphy's Law]

I hope you have a Dillon 600 swag like I do or something very similar otherwise I don't envy you one bit. I may tackle 200-300 but that many at one time wears me out just thinking about it. :rm_frog:

[Warhorse]

That's a lot of work, even if it's a "labor of love".

[Rollis]

I, feel your pain, usually after a couple of hundred I, find something else to do.

[craig110]

I, feel your pain, usually after a couple of hundred I, find something else to do.

Speaking of pain, last weekend I spent so much time squatting down picking up brass that my legs hurt for a few days. All this for 40 pounds of brass I don't need and for many calibers that I don't even shoot. Is it a heresy to not separate and tumble it, but just take it to the brass recycler and put the money towards other components?

[BigSlick]

How did you trim the brass Rusty ?

Manual trimmer or a powered version ?

Either way, that's tedious beyond tedious, but, now that the boring part of it is out of the way, you can swage and load ;)

Having to trim and swage 1000 pcs of brass will definitely slow down your plinking. Every time you pull the trigger, you watch where that brass goes because of all the work you put into it.

Craig, absolutely it is a sin to just sell off good brass to the scrap man. Trade it to someone who can use it, or buy another gun to go with it :supergrin:

[craig110]

Craig, absolutely it is a sin to just sell off good brass to the scrap man. Trade it to someone who can use it, or buy another gun to go with it :supergrin:

Yeah, I know... Time to get onto the trading circuit.

[RustyFN]

Speaking of pain, last weekend I spent so much time squatting down picking up brass that my legs hurt for a few days. All this for 40 pounds of brass I don't need and for many calibers that I don't even shoot. Is it a heresy to not separate and tumble it, but just take it to the brass recycler and put the money towards other components?

Yea Craig but now you have an excuse to buy a new gun to go with the brass. At least that's how I justifyed buying my 1911.

How did you trim the brass Rusty ?


Slick I use the Lee trimmer with the lockstud chucked in a battery drill.

[Rollis]

Rusty, been there, done that. Buy the Hornady, or Garurd. The inner pieces I'd amazing.

[craig110]

Yea Craig but now you have an excuse to buy a new gun to go with the brass. At least that's how I justifyed buying my 1911.


We can simplify this if someone offers me a 1911 in trade for some brass. :sifone: