Sorting Handgun Brass by Headstamp?

Shootshellz said:
I sort handgun brass. Since I check each case for splitting or other deformities it is no big deal to sort by brand. I also set aside any Winchester 9mm Luger brass for the recycle bin, no matter what shape it is in.
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To answer the OP's question, I don't sort my brass. It has been reloaded several times with no issues.

Just curious - why do you not reload the Winchester brass?
 
whyley said:
looks like I'm the only tard to sort brass. I sort all my brass, pistol or not. I group my brass based on headstamp, which gun I shot it in, times fired of course and which load I used in it. I have found huge variations in brass. yes even in pistol! I cant help but apply my benchrest experience to my pistol reloading. funny you mention ocd. Some once fired brass has deformed primer pockets, never much more than a couple thow in length but damn primer pockets! I prime all my brass by hand. all cases are very different.. the first few are just a squeeze but you get so you feel your brass and know when your "in there" head stamp has made a huge difference in that "in there" feeling. You can only learn by doing it. Its very easy to sink a primer out of spec in a winchester case but it feels the same to kink a primer in a dreaded FC piece of brass. When you have all your brass sorted and prime in lots you know damn well when something isnt right. Ive got so I dont even bother with FC brass unless I trim it, and yes I do measure everything. Group all my ammo in lots based on similarity and I find the more consistent my ammo is the better my results. no question. Its just works for me. maybe someone here can shoot you the math but I just feel it and it works for me. Call me crazy but I like to "face" my brass so it is a perfect 90degree angle to my bullet and I keep it sharp. No inside chamfer or spreader tools. very light crimp to avoid movement in the semi auto.

So I may have been drinking tonight and I'll spew some more crap. I have found some heavy barrel erosion in my glock 9mm. I had been shooting like crap for quite a while with it using my "usual recipe" so i pulled my barrel and pushed just a bullet into it so it bottomed out.. measured the length to the end of my barrel. put my gun back together and measured from the end of the barrel to where my striker whacks the primer and calculated my overall bullet length. it turned out to be 5thow. so I made bullets to that overall length and yay! i can shoot a fly with it again.
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wait. you can shoot a fly with a glock? you must let it crawl into your barrel first:stirthepot2::nest::D
 
"I sort handgun brass. Since I check each case for splitting or other deformities it is no big deal to sort by brand. I also set aside any Winchester 9mm Luger brass for the recycle bin, no matter what shape it is in."



Put the Win 9mm in a box. Write my address on it. When it is full I will pay for shipping and whatever the recycler will give you.
 
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