Mixing Brass?

My hunting brass is sorted by headstamp but everything else goes into one heap.

My 30-30 plinkers are everything from imperial to federal and I don't notice a difference. When it gets damaged I toss it.

For my hunting stuff I notice a huge difference between winchester and federal. I have to change my load about 2-3 grains with my 7mm mag.
 
I've shot a fair amount of 9mm and while I used to sort brass by brand I don't anymore. I find it interesting that even for pistol ammo many on here mention "match" ammo. I doubt very much that any of us are good enough to be able to see the difference between carefully constructed pistol "match" ammo and mixed brass "plinking" ammo :nest: TC
 
One thing I noticed when loading my newly mixed ammo was the thickness of the brass. When belling the case mouth I noticed several, consistent variations in resistance which I am owing to case thickness. Federal had the least resistance, while Winchester and S&B were similar but S&B seemed slightly thicker. Like I mentioned, it was consistent enough that I could tell what make was what just by feel.
 
LeeEnfieldNo.4_mk1 said:
I have found myself with an assortment of small amounts of different manufacturers brass. This is a result of buying a few boxes of whatever type of ammo I could find. All of it is once fire commercial. up until now, I have been sorting ammo into makes, then into firings. But I was thinking of just sorting into number of firings instead.

anyone else so this? Anyone have any reason to advise against it? This would not be for precision reloads, just everyday target loads. Calibers in question are 9mm and .223.
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I don't do it. It makes me itchy to think about it. Different brands of brass weigh different amounts which means different internal volume. If you're dealing with low pressure its no big deal. Pump up the pressure to 50 or 60K PSI and internal volume can make a big, and potentially dangerous, situation.
 
9 mm use it until the primer pockets become loose, case splits, appears too damaged or you lose it. I started by sorting by headstamp, but I didn't have the time to do that anymore. Started using it all mixed up and not any noticeable difference in terms of velocity/accuracy for my purposes. You can make it as OCD as you want to make it, which is the nice thing about reloading. As for 223 I cannot comment.
 
I sort my .223's by brand and number of times fired. I used to do the same with my pistol brass but that got old pretty fast. Now it's all mixed and I see no difference on paper. The only time I'm anal about pistol brass is when I work up a load. When I do, I use same headstamp, once fired brass.
 
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