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by Houston1944
Sat Sep 10, 2011 4:14 am
Forum: Reloading Forum
Topic: A Cautionary Tale about brass sorting
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Re: A Cautionary Tale about brass sorting

In my reloading world there are three evil calibers, S&W 40, the 380 and 22 rimfire. The 380 will cycle completely thru my Dillon 650 when I am making 9mm. The few times this has happened I caught it at the crimping station, never had one make it to the range. The S&W 40 will not cycle while reloading 45acp but it will jam up the case feeder which can be a pain in the neck to clear.

I often store reloaded ammo in bulk boxes but all ammo taken to the range is put in ammo boxes before leaving. This forces me to handle each reloaded round and once they are in the box I glance over them to make sure all have primers seated correctly, and all appear to be of the same height. I consider boxing ammo to be the final inspection station.

A 22 rimfire case laying in the bottom of a 357 case results in a broken decapping pin every time. I actually broke two pins in a row several years ago while reloading 357.

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