Hi guys
Okay, for those of you interested in the .45 brass, I counted have 69 small primer, and the rest of them (381) are large primers.
Also, I have a question. I have been tumbling the cases since I picked them up. I have close to 5,000 cases from the partial 5-gallon bucket I bought, and it's taking a while. They're mostly Just Plain Dirty(tm).
I have noticed a few things already...
- Steel cases are easily separated with a magnet (mostly already done by range that sold it to me, anyway)
- Aluminum brass is usually easy to spot since it's flimsy & grey
- Nickel plated is easy to spot if it's reasonably clean
- It's the dirty brass that is the hardest
I have found a variety of what looks like ancient brass, or maybe a different metal. Check out this
picture.
On the right is un-tumbled dirty cases, and one of those four is the darker type I am referring to. In the middle is tumbled, clean brass. On the left is also tumbled "clean" brass, but it is far darker, and frankly seems like it is a different metal altogether. What is this stuff?
Is it safe to reload such cases, assuming it does not seem to have physical defects? I don't have much of this stuff, so I don't mind tossing it out if need be. But I'd also prefer not to waste brass if I can.
I'm new at this and need all the brass I can to learn on. hahahahha
ZAG