Homemade Case Separator/Brass Sorter
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Johnn Peterson
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Well might as well give some details.
It's just 4 stackable containers from a dollar store.
I traced out a bunch of .40 in the first container, then used a drywall knife to cut a whole just slightly bigger than the trace. Repeated with 9mm, and had a 3rd container on the bottom.
Put mixed brass in the top container, shake it around and all the .45 ACP and bigger stay in the top container while the .40 and 9mm got to the middle one. Once all/most of the .40 is gone, take the top container off, shake the middle container, and most of the 9mm separates from the .40. PRoblem is a lot of 9mm gets wedged into .40 casings and have to be manually extracted - tested with about 300 assorted round and it seems to work well.
It's just 4 stackable containers from a dollar store.
I traced out a bunch of .40 in the first container, then used a drywall knife to cut a whole just slightly bigger than the trace. Repeated with 9mm, and had a 3rd container on the bottom.
Put mixed brass in the top container, shake it around and all the .45 ACP and bigger stay in the top container while the .40 and 9mm got to the middle one. Once all/most of the .40 is gone, take the top container off, shake the middle container, and most of the 9mm separates from the .40. PRoblem is a lot of 9mm gets wedged into .40 casings and have to be manually extracted - tested with about 300 assorted round and it seems to work well.
notsorichguy
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I just bought that same thing (it's called a shell sorter)..... It is 3 different "dishes" that stack together on a 5 gallon bucket.
You put some shells in the top and shake, then the next one, then the last one. Or what I do is dump the tumbler in the dish, media and all
You wind up with all your brass seperated.
I now just toss all my brass in the tumbler when I get home and sort after tumbling!
I'm trying real hard to remeber where I got the darn thing.......
You put some shells in the top and shake, then the next one, then the last one. Or what I do is dump the tumbler in the dish, media and all
You wind up with all your brass seperated.
I now just toss all my brass in the tumbler when I get home and sort after tumbling!
I'm trying real hard to remeber where I got the darn thing.......
notsorichguy
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Here we go
ww w.shellsorter.com/
I had it in my bookmarks! go figgure......
I don't recall spending $40+ Shipping...... Man I got ripped off.....
I bet Harbl spent $6 and about 1 hour to make his!!!!
Not to be a pest...... but what about the Vid?
ww w.shellsorter.com/
I had it in my bookmarks!
go figgure......I don't recall spending $40+ Shipping...... Man I got ripped off.....
I bet Harbl spent $6 and about 1 hour to make his!!!!
Not to be a pest...... but what about the Vid?
blacksmithden
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Still no video ??? We're not getting any younger here you know, and I'm too busy around Christmas to watch it..............zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Yeesh - so impatient.
Here's a video of me separating a few .45 from some 9mm.
It's not too impressive, but I tried it out using a big bucket of mixed .40's and 9mm (around 500 rounds) and it worked pretty well. It just takes about 5 minutes of shaking to get it all separated.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xRDlVPthUs
20 more minutes on the vide of me talking about how I made it
I tend to bring home small bags of 100-500 casings, and just tend to throw it in a big bucket. I figure I'll use this thing to sort it pretty quickly.
If you're wondering about the gun tape, it was cold and the plsatic was quite brittel and cracked a few places.
Here's a video of me separating a few .45 from some 9mm.
It's not too impressive, but I tried it out using a big bucket of mixed .40's and 9mm (around 500 rounds) and it worked pretty well. It just takes about 5 minutes of shaking to get it all separated.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xRDlVPthUs
20 more minutes on the vide of me talking about how I made it
I tend to bring home small bags of 100-500 casings, and just tend to throw it in a big bucket. I figure I'll use this thing to sort it pretty quickly.
If you're wondering about the gun tape, it was cold and the plsatic was quite brittel and cracked a few places.
9mm sorter from mandarine container
this looked intersting and it made me look around my house and came up a mandarine container from last Xmas that just fit 9mm brass through perfectly. Needed a little fileing, but it works awsome and it was free and no labour pains. Just sorted about 500 pieces of mixed .40, .45 and 9mm brass in 5 mins. Works liek a charm. Only thing is I have to sort out the .40 and 45ACP brass, but thats easy enuff.....
Hope this link works...
IMG]http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/ac190/d9d88/9mmmandarinesorter.jpg[/IMG]
this looked intersting and it made me look around my house and came up a mandarine container from last Xmas that just fit 9mm brass through perfectly. Needed a little fileing, but it works awsome and it was free and no labour pains. Just sorted about 500 pieces of mixed .40, .45 and 9mm brass in 5 mins. Works liek a charm. Only thing is I have to sort out the .40 and 45ACP brass, but thats easy enuff.....
Hope this link works...
IMG]http://i898.photobucket.com/albums/ac190/d9d88/9mmmandarinesorter.jpg[/IMG]
Lee Alox vs Pan Lube
I cast over 700 .40 S&W on Saturday, alox lubed, then sized, then alox lubed again.
After drying overnight, I reloaded 700 rounds on Sunday. My question is,
Am i the only one who finds Alox a dirty sticky mess ? The brass gets all sticky and dirty, not to mention that little particles tend to accumulate on the lead especially on the tip of the bullet where it can impact the seating depth.
A one hour tumble cleaned most of the guck, but small particles still stick to the bullet tips, very annoying
Is alox really the best way to go here, or am I better off just pan lubing the base of the bullet, leaving the exposed part of the bullet nice and clean?
I cast over 700 .40 S&W on Saturday, alox lubed, then sized, then alox lubed again.
After drying overnight, I reloaded 700 rounds on Sunday. My question is,
Am i the only one who finds Alox a dirty sticky mess ? The brass gets all sticky and dirty, not to mention that little particles tend to accumulate on the lead especially on the tip of the bullet where it can impact the seating depth.
A one hour tumble cleaned most of the guck, but small particles still stick to the bullet tips, very annoying
Is alox really the best way to go here, or am I better off just pan lubing the base of the bullet, leaving the exposed part of the bullet nice and clean?
