Ok.......so I may have a problem

John Y Cannuck said:
Me, I'm a junior in this group, I have my brass in labelled coffee cans, in my gun room. True, they do fill a large shelving unit by themselves, but nowhere near the addictions described here.
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I use coffee cans too, they work great, and some ziplock baggies for some of the low round count finds :)

but I have no where near what storm has

I do have brass and dies for calibers that I dont have firearms for.. but I might someday
 
Me, I'm a junior in this group, I have my brass in labelled coffee cans, in my gun room. True, they do fill a large shelving unit by themselves, but nowhere near the addictions described here.
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Coffee cans are much too small for the dedicated brassaholic. You know you are getting serious when you count your brass by the 20L bucket. :)

I have at least three 20L buckets full of assorted 12 ga hulls. I have another 20L bucket that is full to the rim of assorted range pickups (it will be mostly 9mm but also contain a decent supply of 40 and 45 cases). I prob have half a 20L bucket of 223 cases as well.
 
I guard my spent brass furiously until I am done for the day. Then I say in a clear voice "I'll leave this for whoever wants it" and step away. My friends and I then make wagers on which brassoholic will collect the most in the shortest time.

I love brassoholics.
 
Well, Storm, after giving your post serious consideration, all I can say is......
You are off to a good start!

I keep my brass in ziplocs according to make and calibre and pile those in rectangular basins from the dollar store. These were stored on a metal shelving unit from Cambodian Tire until it collapsed a couple of months ago.

Our big shop vac with an old sheet lining the bottom helped greatly in getting 15k of brass off my floor.
 
LOL, this is good reading. Cambodian tire, much too funny, I have tried to stop stockpiling brass. I have been up to 10k of 9mm a couple times and sold it both times. I try to keep my reloading pile down now since the last time I moved it was over half a pickup load. Not that it isn't great to keep an inventory, but people buy the s**t or trade for things you want and you can still keep picking it plus you get to buy more guns with the revenue.

JT.
 
fogducker said:
WTF:confused: is that?
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CBC program. You go on and make a pitch to a group of millionaires to try and get funding for your invention or business ideas.

They then proceeed to either get greedy and fight over who's giving you money, or cut you up and laugh you off the stage.

www.cbc.ca/dragonsden/

Pretty funny sometimes. Too bad it's CBC.

Maybe Storm could invent a magic brass storage thingy for brass addicts. :D
 
I can relate to Storm, ....the 5 gallon buckets are just an expansion from the coffee cans, but take up more room! This is a disease that can progress when you realize that you have to cast in order to fill all that brass, .........you start by picking up wheelweights in the parking lot and end up building storage for 40 tons of lead!!! ...........It finally dawns on you that there's a problem when you have to move!!

SHOOTERS ANOMYNOUS.
here we come!![/
 
Arctic said:
I can relate to Storm, ....the 5 gallon buckets are just an expansion from the coffee cans, but take up more room! This is a disease that can progress when you realize that you have to cast in order to fill all that brass, .........you start by picking up wheelweights in the parking lot and end up building storage for 40 tons of lead!!! ...........It finally dawns on you that there's a problem when you have to move!!

SHOOTERS ANOMYNOUS.
here we come!![/
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Well, I will admit that my lead storage is in 5 gallon buckets.
 
Some of us may be humbled, but I'm simply CRUSHED. I barely have a 10l pail of 9mm, and much less of .40 & .45. However, I always come back with more brass than I start with, so I keep telling myself I'm doing OK - unless the SHTF happens, of course.
 
I have a toy at work that should tumble 5000 9mm brass at a time no problem. I have about 60,000 9mm at home too. No idea on 40, 45 or 223 but lots. I too am a brassaholic in a way. Though I only pick up once fired now.
 
Its a single batch mixer for making bagged feed. Basically two 10 gallon steel drums welded to form a 90 degree angle. One end with a door on it and a spout in the middle of the 90 to empty. I'll post pics tomorrow. Just need to source a motor to drive it as the one on it is a 3 phase one. It rotates across the 90 so stuff flows back and forth. Not sure how well it will work, but it should be fun to try out.
 
Slavex said:
Its a single batch mixer for making bagged feed. Basically two 10 gallon steel drums welded to form a 90 degree angle. One end with a door on it and a spout in the middle of the 90 to empty. I'll post pics tomorrow. Just need to source a motor to drive it as the one on it is a 3 phase one. It rotates across the 90 so stuff flows back and forth. Not sure how well it will work, but it should be fun to try out.
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Princess auto.
 
Slavex said:
Its a single batch mixer for making bagged feed. Basically two 10 gallon steel drums welded to form a 90 degree angle. One end with a door on it and a spout in the middle of the 90 to empty. I'll post pics tomorrow. Just need to source a motor to drive it as the one on it is a 3 phase one. It rotates across the 90 so stuff flows back and forth. Not sure how well it will work, but it should be fun to try out.
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You should look at getting a variable frequency drive to run it.

If you upsize you can take single phase as the input and then run the three phase motor with the added advantage of having full speed control.
 
VFDs are pricey. A free 115v motor will be fine. Gear and belt ratios will set the speed.
 
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