Weight sorting brass?
- Thread starter hawk-i
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I don't care about consistent brass weights but I do care about consistent case capacity. So when I feel the need to be anal I sort my brass by powder capacity, ie grains of water. And I only use 1x fired brass from the same manufacturer and same lot#, that has been fired in my rifle only.
Try comparing water capacity in 1F brass from your rifle vs brass weight. I am willing to bet that if the water capacity is the same, then the brass weight will be the same, provided it's the same maker, length. I stopped using water long ago when I thought about it, then tested my theory.
"1 grain for my FTR rifle and others that have aftermarket barrels. Factory barrels get whatever comes out of the bag/box. "--- Shooter ----/......Any reason for this Shooter? I have had great results pretending a factory barrel is custom made and reloading using all procedures to treat it as such.
Weight sorting brass for hunting? What are you shooting mosquito nads at 800 Yards? If you're trying to get a group on a benchrest rifle to go from 1/4" MOA to 1/8", fill y'er boots. Otherwise you are probably wasting your time. Can I ask what kind of groups you are getting now out of your hunting rig, and what you'd hope to achieve by weight sorting brass? I would be weight sorting bullets and making every extra effort in ultra precise powder measuring before getting into brass sorting.
(P.S> Agree w/ Jethunter that case volume is a better measure than weight, but that is a benchrest thing)
Truthfully, almost all my rifles are fitted with aftermarket barrels. Only centerfire one left all factory is my Savage model 12LRPV in 204 Ruger. I've had it a long time and it would shoot "mosquito nads" at 100 yards with Hornady brass loaded with a 32gr SBK. With my knowledge at the time I developed a load for it and groups that were the best I'd ever seen in person, it never seemed necessary. So slacking on my part, I've still yet to bother.
Weighing brass is a good winter project.
I like to start with 500 to 1000 cases of the same make and lot #. All new or all once fired.
For competition ammo, I sort by 0.3 gr increments.
For hunting ammo, I would use the extremes of this project.
Otherwise, for hunting ammo, I would not bother sorting by weight, or, if I did, it would be in 1 gr increments.
I like to start with 500 to 1000 cases of the same make and lot #. All new or all once fired.
For competition ammo, I sort by 0.3 gr increments.
For hunting ammo, I would use the extremes of this project.
Otherwise, for hunting ammo, I would not bother sorting by weight, or, if I did, it would be in 1 gr increments.
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- West Quebec
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Ganderite, do you find much change with sorted cases at .3gr vs 1gr increments?
Done it.For my level of accuracy it proved to be wast of time.Keeping cases trimmed is all I do.
Sorting projectiles by weight proved to be much more beneficial but only for some rifles.
I shoot lead so sorting by weight weeds out boolits with voids I can't see rather than anything else.
Sorting projectiles by weight proved to be much more beneficial but only for some rifles.
I shoot lead so sorting by weight weeds out boolits with voids I can't see rather than anything else.
To know if it helped I would have to run a controlled test. I did not.
I had the time in the winter to sort the brass, so I did.
It shoots better because I feel more confident in it.
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- West Quebec
Usually close, but not always.
True, the meniscus and air bubbles (even the tiny ones people don't notice in the case) screws up 99% of the people doing it creating too much inconsistency measuring volume by water.
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