Poll: Small Primer 45 ACP what are people doing with it? - Page 2

mineralman55 · May 28, 2016, 07:40 AM

It was a dumb idea to take a 100 year old design and arbitrarily redesign it. It was the classic answer to a question no one asked.
I throw them into the recycle can and bring them to the recycling station. Brass is brass to them.

pete2 · May 28, 2016, 09:45 AM

I use them, just load them before or after switching primer sizes. You gotta cull them anyway.

kerreckt · May 28, 2016, 10:39 AM

I have a about 5k small primer and about twice that many large primer. I keep them separate. I will go out and shoot only small or large but never together. Really not that hard.

Hunter Customs · May 31, 2016, 09:11 AM

I have not loaded any small primer 45acp brass for the simple reason that I have thousands of large primer brass and I don't seem to have any small primer 45acp brass.

Best Regards
Bob Hunter

m&p45acp10+1 · May 31, 2016, 10:19 AM

I save them up until I have a couple hundred of them. I then load them. I save those to shoot for places I know I am going to lose it anyway. I also have a few hundred steel cased rounds for going to the places that won't let people pick their own brass. They can have the steel cases.

rightside · May 31, 2016, 08:30 PM

I'm with the "chuck 'em" class. I have so much large primer that it's not worth it to me. Don't even want to worry about the possibility of missing a small one.

gyvel · May 31, 2016, 08:56 PM

At one time, in decades past, small primer .45 ACP was rare, a relic from the 20s or 30s.

William T. Watts · May 31, 2016, 09:14 PM

I have plenty of the large primer pocket 45 ACP cases that will last the rest of my life, if I pick up any now they go in my recycle bin.. William

rodfac · June 1, 2016, 05:16 PM

I use it for woods walks with my .45's where I don't plan to pick up my empties. In actual range testing, I've found no difference in accuracy with small primers vs. large primers. Rod

View Poll Results: What are you doing with your Small Primer 45 ACP brass
I am sorting it and using it. Can't bring myself to chuck it.	51	64.56%
Chucking it as I am sorting my brass. Too much of a hassle.	23	29.11%
Don't pick up range brass and don't have any.	3	3.80%
Reselling it privately or trading it in to people like Freedom Munitions.	2	2.53%
Voters: 79. You may not vote on this poll

May 28, 2016, 07:40 AM	#26
mineralman55 Member Join Date: September 29, 2009 Location: deep south Posts: 99	Dumb Idea It was a dumb idea to take a 100 year old design and arbitrarily redesign it. It was the classic answer to a question no one asked. I throw them into the recycle can and bring them to the recycling station. Brass is brass to them.

May 31, 2016, 10:19 AM	#30
m&p45acp10+1 Senior Member Join Date: May 3, 2009 Location: Central Texas Posts: 3,930	I save them up until I have a couple hundred of them. I then load them. I save those to shoot for places I know I am going to lose it anyway. I also have a few hundred steel cased rounds for going to the places that won't let people pick their own brass. They can have the steel cases. __________________ No matter how many times you do it and nothing happens it only takes something going wrong one time to kill you.

May 31, 2016, 08:56 PM	#32
gyvel Senior Member Join Date: August 30, 2009 Location: Northern AZ Posts: 7,172	At one time, in decades past, small primer .45 ACP was rare, a relic from the 20s or 30s. __________________ As always, YMMV. __________________________________________ MIIAA SIFE

June 1, 2016, 05:16 PM	#34
rodfac Senior Member Join Date: January 22, 2005 Location: Kentucky Posts: 3,624	I use it for woods walks with my .45's where I don't plan to pick up my empties. In actual range testing, I've found no difference in accuracy with small primers vs. large primers. Rod __________________ Cherish our flag, honor it, defend it in word and deed, or get the hell out. Our Bill of Rights has been paid for by heros in uniform and shall not be diluted by misguided governmental social experiments. We owe this to our children, anything less is cowardice. USAF FAC, 5th Spl Forces, Vietnam Vet '69-'73.

May 28, 2016, 09:45 AM	#27
pete2 Senior Member Join Date: May 15, 2012 Location: Texas Posts: 2,566	I use them, just load them before or after switching primer sizes. You gotta cull them anyway.

May 28, 2016, 10:39 AM	#28
kerreckt Senior Member Join Date: May 18, 2011 Location: SE VA. Posts: 216	I have a about 5k small primer and about twice that many large primer. I keep them separate. I will go out and shoot only small or large but never together. Really not that hard.

May 31, 2016, 09:11 AM	#29
Hunter Customs Senior Member Join Date: March 26, 2005 Location: Osborn, Missouri Posts: 2,697	I have not loaded any small primer 45acp brass for the simple reason that I have thousands of large primer brass and I don't seem to have any small primer 45acp brass. Best Regards Bob Hunter

May 31, 2016, 08:30 PM	#31
rightside Senior Member Join Date: February 4, 2012 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 419	I'm with the "chuck 'em" class. I have so much large primer that it's not worth it to me. Don't even want to worry about the possibility of missing a small one.

May 31, 2016, 09:14 PM	#33
William T. Watts Senior Member Join Date: January 20, 2010 Location: Central Arkansas Posts: 1,074	I have plenty of the large primer pocket 45 ACP cases that will last the rest of my life, if I pick up any now they go in my recycle bin.. William