A machine to sort dirty Brass ?

BigJimP · January 7, 2008, 08:16 PM

by caliber - has anybody seen something out there that will sort 4 or 5 handfulls of brass into caliber specific piles ( 9mm, .40 S&W , .45 ACP etc ) when you pick up a bunch of stray stuff laying on the floor at the range ? Maybe some kind of a tumbler / or rack you could shake and sift the brass thru some grates - taking the smaller stuff out first obviously ?

CowTowner · January 7, 2008, 08:29 PM

I think this may be what you're looking for:
http://shellsorter.com

Conservadude · January 7, 2008, 08:31 PM

Excellent solution! And I bet that if you held the bucket on top of a running vibratory cleaner that all the shaking would be done _for_ you.

Brian

jmorris · January 8, 2008, 10:02 AM

Not really worth the trouble for a hand full but I built this machine for sorting brass it will sort 38 super from 9mm from 380. That’s one trick the screen type doesn’t do.

BigJimP · January 9, 2008, 03:40 PM

Thanks very much - I ordered one today.

**Unclenick** · January 9, 2008, 03:42 PM

Main thing to watch out for is nested cases that don't shake out separately. They wreak havoc with decapping pins.

BigJimP · January 9, 2008, 05:09 PM

I understand unclenick - you're right - but this will be a first good step before I drop them into a vibrating case cleaner.

I check all the brass again after it's cleaned anyway before I put them into a "clean storage container" by caliber / but dumping a pile of brass into a vibrating case cleaner before you separate by caliber - just makes the nesting shells harder to get apart later....so that's no good either.

January 7, 2008, 08:16 PM	#1
BigJimP Senior Member Join Date: February 23, 2005 Posts: 13,195	A machine to sort dirty Brass ? by caliber - has anybody seen something out there that will sort 4 or 5 handfulls of brass into caliber specific piles ( 9mm, .40 S&W , .45 ACP etc ) when you pick up a bunch of stray stuff laying on the floor at the range ? Maybe some kind of a tumbler / or rack you could shake and sift the brass thru some grates - taking the smaller stuff out first obviously ?

January 7, 2008, 08:29 PM	#2
CowTowner Senior Member Join Date: October 17, 2007 Location: Cowtown of course! Posts: 1,747	I think this may be what you're looking for: http://shellsorter.com __________________ NRA Chief Range Safety Officer, Home Firearms Safety, Pistol and Rifle Instructor *“Today, we need a nation of Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of their daily life......”* President John F. Kennedy

January 7, 2008, 08:31 PM	#3
Conservadude Member Join Date: December 13, 2004 Location: Knik, Alaska Posts: 65	Excellent solution! And I bet that if you held the bucket on top of a running vibratory cleaner that all the shaking would be done _for_ you. Brian __________________ Yes, Samantha, there is a God and the United States is a good country

January 9, 2008, 03:42 PM	#6
Unclenick Staff Join Date: March 4, 2005 Location: Ohio Posts: 21,061	Main thing to watch out for is nested cases that don't shake out separately. They wreak havoc with decapping pins. __________________ Gunsite Orange Hat Family Member CMP Certified GSM Master Instructor NRA Certified Rifle Instructor NRA Benefactor Member and Golden Eagle

January 8, 2008, 10:02 AM	#4
jmorris Senior Member Join Date: November 22, 2006 Posts: 3,077	Not really worth the trouble for a hand full but I built this machine for sorting brass it will sort 38 super from 9mm from 380. That’s one trick the screen type doesn’t do.

January 9, 2008, 03:40 PM	#5
BigJimP Senior Member Join Date: February 23, 2005 Posts: 13,195	Thanks very much - I ordered one today.

January 9, 2008, 05:09 PM	#7
BigJimP Senior Member Join Date: February 23, 2005 Posts: 13,195	I understand unclenick - you're right - but this will be a first good step before I drop them into a vibrating case cleaner. I check all the brass again after it's cleaned anyway before I put them into a "clean storage container" by caliber / but dumping a pile of brass into a vibrating case cleaner before you separate by caliber - just makes the nesting shells harder to get apart later....so that's no good either.