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May 9, 2011, 09:32 PM | #1 |
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Wire Mesh Sizes for sorting Range Brass
I am thinking about ordering some wire mesh in several sizes to sort brass. Different wire sizes and hole sizes are available, for instance, from McMasterCarr.com These could be nailed to a 2x4 frame to make a sorting screen, the same way gravel is separated into grades.
Question: Does anyone have a reference table of calibers and the mesh size they will not pass through, for this purpose? Based on logic and guesses here are my thoughts: 0.44" would catch .45 ACP 0.39" would catch .40 S&W 0.36 would catch 9mm/357/38 Below that I don't care. Thoughts? Better ideas?
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May 9, 2011, 10:33 PM | #2 |
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I think it'd be easier to buy a set of these: www.shellsorter.com
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May 9, 2011, 10:49 PM | #3 |
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Same idea
Same idea, but $40 plus shipping? For plastic?
Actually, screens would probably cost that much too.
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May 10, 2011, 11:13 PM | #4 |
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I have put hundreds of thousands of pcs through my shellsorters and they are great! I urge you to wear a lead respirator however as you shake the buckets. I had some very serious health issues from lead ingestion before getting one and I wear it religiously now!
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May 11, 2011, 06:31 AM | #5 |
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The problem with square mesh is that the shell has to "stand-up" to go through it. Take a hand full of brass and throw it on a table. How many are vertical?
Most will be on their side. You can shake the heck out of them and a few will fall through the screen, but most will not. |
May 12, 2011, 12:46 PM | #6 |
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Yeah square mesh won't do it. The brass needs to pass thru the mesh straight down. I sort by hand into a set of boxes, never found anything better.
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May 13, 2011, 07:45 AM | #7 |
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July 8, 2011, 09:36 AM | #8 |
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jmorris < now if you can just sort the .357 sig from the .40 and have a way to remove the 9.mm nested in the .45 |
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September 20, 2011, 05:53 AM | #11 |
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I sort by hand. That's my first step in the inspection process and I can cull out any with crimped in primers for later treatment. With any shell sorter there's always the problem of 9mm nesting inside .40 cases.
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