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Hey Nutters, I'm not the most organized person in the world. but do you sort your brass by company?

I'm sorting by generations of reload.
I pull the nickel plated went i feel in the mood of finding my spent cases
 
Hi. If you have any milsurp brass, separate that out. Don't use nickle plated cases nyself, but I'd keep them separate too. Not for any particular reason though. Mind you, they can be persnickety. Otherwise you don't need to bother.
 
Yes i do sort my brass by make. I stick to winchester for my paper punching and if i run out of them I will fall back to the remingtons and federals. The cases could be slightly different in design on the inside causing different pressures which will affect accuracy.
 
I sort by head stamp. The volumes of different brands can be substantially different.
I suppose it doesn't matter if all you want is cartridges that go "bang"....but some might go "bang" while others might go "BANG"!...and you could always pick up a cheap yardstick to measure your groups.
 
Pistol brass or rifle? Precision target use or everyday range plinking? I separate rifle brass by headstamp and keep track of times fired. I don't care on pistol brass and simply throw it all together.

Mark
 
I not only keep my brass separated by manufacturer, but by lot number as well. Then I weigh them all and group them into piles of in one grain increments. There are always a few outliers, a few too many grains on the light or heavy side. I usually cull these from the pile to be used as dummy rounds or sighting shots.
 
I sort by brand, but I collect via donation, scrounging at the range, and basically any other way I can acquire free or cheap brass. Buying new stuff is my last resort, usually reserved for less common cartridges like 25-20, 250 Savage and the like. I keep them separated by brand after cleaning and prep, and use just one brand when working up a load. I'll use 40 pieces or so until I start see "badness" (cracked necks, pre-case head separation stretch marks etc.) on some of them, then I toss the works, and start on a new bunch. I'm basically a hunter and recreational "plinker" though, not a serious or competitive target shooter.
 
Cameron SS said:
I not only keep my brass separated by manufacturer, but by lot number as well. Then I weigh them all and group them into piles of in one grain increments. There are always a few outliers, a few too many grains on the light or heavy side. I usually cull these from the pile to be used as dummy rounds or sighting shots.
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I weigh my rifle cases the same as Cameron does. I believe it is more important to sort by weight than by brand and lot number.

:confused: yet?
 
Serious competitors and anal BR shooters will sort brass by manufacturer and lot number.
:D:D:D

This is actually a recommended practice according to the material I have read. Me.. I shoot for the enjoyment.. does my accuracy suffer by not sorting (excepting mil spec brass) .. most likely not at least not enough for me to worry. If I were a serious competitor I would most likely do it.

Regards,
 
For rifle brass I sort by brand and try to keep them segregated by number of firings...

Handgun brass I don't bother... I read an article written by Charles Petty years ago pertaining to .45 ACP and he ran 2 fifty round tests in an accurized 1911 clamped in a ransom rest... The accuracy of the 50 round group shot with mixxed brass was actually marginally smaller than the group shot with brass from 1 manufacturer... Go figure???
 
I sort my brass by manufacturer and by weight. I will sort out 50 cases that are as close to the same weight as I can get. I do this for all loads regardless if they are for hunting or target shooting. Some people will find this unnecessary for some applications but I prefer to do this to ensure the utmost in safety and accuracy. It's surprising to see how much variation in case weight can exist in a quantity of cases from the same manufacturer and almost shocking how much variation there is between different manufacturers.
 
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