Is it necessary to sort pistol brass by manufacturer?

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Hey,

As the title says: I literally have thousands and thousands peices of brass. Mostly CCI and Remington with a little Federal and Winchester in for good show.

All have come out of my gun and are once fired.

If I'm running them through a Dillion 650, do I have to seperate by manufacturer?

I've done a couple of thousand, am literally going blind and thought I would check to see if this is a waste of time or if I should buy some dark glasses and a cane while I can.

As always, any input appreciated.

Thanks,

ST
 
There are purists who will tell you to always do so and will be correct with a very solid point.

For 'casual' practice and when you don't need 'match' grade ammo, you can do without.

I also made a few Ks of my own ammo and don't sort (usually); but do and do a few extra steps making 'match' ammo, or +P ammo.
 
Thank goodness!

I did it because it is what I do for rifle. But after a couple of thousand and many more thousand to go I was going crazy.
 
Reloading is a one way ticket to Obsessive / Compulsive Disorder. Swear to God! I sort my brass by number of times reloaded, and that's only for safety reasons.

Don't become A RELOADING RAIN MAN who feels that he Def..Def....Definitely. Definitely got to..definitely has to separate Federal from Winchester .
 
Unless you are shooting match, not worth it.



GSoD said:
Hey,

As the title says: I literally have thousands and thousands peices of brass. Mostly CCI and Remington with a little Federal and Winchester in for good show.

All have come out of my gun and are once fired.

If I'm running them through a Dillion 650, do I have to seperate by manufacturer?

I've done a couple of thousand, am literally going blind and thought I would check to see if this is a waste of time or if I should buy some dark glasses and a cane while I can.

As always, any input appreciated.

Thanks,

ST
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Nope. Federal brass is softer than other makes, but that just means it'll crack and have enlarged primer pockets sooner. No big deal.
"...Reloading is a one way ticket to..." Yep. Talk to a benchrest shooter some time.
 
rboomsma said:
Unless you are shooting match, not worth it.
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Unless you are shooting it through a gun that is tuned to shoot tiny groups, you are not going to see any difference. Do you work up loads and test accuracy for a particular gun? Is that gun capable of consistently shooting less than 1" groups at 25m? Then MAYBE.

If you are shooting a stock pistol or revolver, use it all in any combination.
 
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