Ok I know this is going to sound stupid, but I just spent over an hour trying to sort spent spp and lpp 45 acp brass. Got through 1000 or so cases and have about 5k more to go.
My eyes are not the greatest and even with my new glasses there is a bag of about 100 of the 1000 that I am not sure about, and I am pretty sure there are a few that I didn't identify properly. Most are easily identified but some are really hard to tell apart - at least for me anyway.
I know I could just deprime them all and then sort using a primer pocket tool But was wondering if someone makes a tool to assist in identifying them before they are deprimed.
I recently had 5 primers detonate at once as the de capping pin broke on my progressive press and when I was stupidly and unknowingly trying to prime the case that still had the spent primer in the shell that primer and 4 others in the primer feed chute went kafrikenboom. Really don't want to repeat that as my wife had the dickens scared out of her - ok me too
Any suggestion are appreciated.
Marc
My eyes are not the greatest and even with my new glasses there is a bag of about 100 of the 1000 that I am not sure about, and I am pretty sure there are a few that I didn't identify properly. Most are easily identified but some are really hard to tell apart - at least for me anyway.
I know I could just deprime them all and then sort using a primer pocket tool But was wondering if someone makes a tool to assist in identifying them before they are deprimed.
I recently had 5 primers detonate at once as the de capping pin broke on my progressive press and when I was stupidly and unknowingly trying to prime the case that still had the spent primer in the shell that primer and 4 others in the primer feed chute went kafrikenboom. Really don't want to repeat that as my wife had the dickens scared out of her - ok me too
Any suggestion are appreciated.
Marc