How much empty brass is enough to have?

[gnappi]

We can dance around pro vs. con reloading but somehave planned Waaayyy ahead... so much so our heirs will have to dispose of it.

 

[M118LR]

Still don't understand why more than 99 unloaded casings! I can comprehend some inordinately large numbers of reloads and/or factory ammo on hand, but what use is empty brass? I mean someday they may find my cold dead body atop a large pile of empty brass, but I'll have expended all of it in an attempt to walk away. LOL.

 

[Jester896]

if you have the powder, primers and bullets to load your empty cases you are good. If you don't...well it doesn't eat or use electricity...sooner or later they will catch up to each other.

 

[M118LR]

if you have the powder, primers and bullets to load your empty cases you are good. If you don't...well it doesn't eat or use electricity...sooner or later they will catch up to each other.

I'm just surprised that there are so many folks willing to post pictures of how much reloading work they have slacked off on! All those empty cases just waiting to be reloaded. Did Y'all expend them, then why ain't they reloaded? Empty brass ain't going to save the day! Don't expect me to give you BZ's for having failed to reload your expended cases. How am I supposed to use your reloads to defend my family after your demise if you fail to do your part at the reloading bench. It may not eat, drink, or use electricity, but it ain't going to help the WAR EFFORT if it ain't loaded. JMHO. So how about you slackards at least loading that .308 Win brass to M118LR specs, ( skip that cheap ball powder stuff) but MK 316 mod 0, 1, or mod 2 would be much better! It's time Y'all got onboard! LOL. If you ain't part of the solution, you are the problem. Tee Hee, LOL. JMHO. Y'all better not have married Rosie the Welder, she would be all over your six for your lack luster performance in support of the WAR EFFORT! Empty cases, really???

 

[RHINOWSO]

Still don't understand why more than 99 unloaded casings! I can comprehend some inordinately large numbers of reloads and/or factory ammo on hand, but what use is empty brass? I mean someday they may find my cold dead body atop a large pile of empty brass, but I'll have expended all of it in an attempt to walk away. LOL.

 

[Jester896]

sacrilege....308 Win gets .308 Win. LC LR or Match brass gets M118LR...and no it isn't BL-C(2)

 

[M118LR]

But can you perform it like I did, or are you just sympathizing for the unlookers. About all those 1K shots you have taken, and about how many of them have been successful. Explain away, now how about we spend a moment of understanding? Balls in your court SIR!

 

[M118LR]

sacrilege....308 Win gets .308 Win. LC LR or Match brass gets M118LR...and no it isn't BL-C(2)

About that fire formed LC brass and Match Ammo? God it's great to sling a bolt action. Now let's load Match Primers into fire formed brass with match+ powders and SMK projectiles. Sacrilege, I think not. Bet it gets some attention at the 1K Range. JMHO.

 

[M118LR]

So is it time to Converse about fire formed brass from a single rifle and Match brass used in many rifles? I will give you the benefit of the doubt when using match brass in many rifles, but using brass fire formed in my rifle, in my rifle, as long as it was made to Mil-spec webbing well it's going to be to better tolerances in my rifle. Now all I need to do is at least match those Match Components to make a competitive if not superior product. JMHO.

 

[Zeroed in]

Getting back to the Topic.

If I have a thousand primers, then I want 1k brass casings.
And I have around 12k primers on hand, and about 2k casings. So I need More.

 

[M118LR]

Getting back to the Topic.

If I have a thousand primers, then I want 1k brass casings.
And I have around 12k primers on hand, and about 2k casings. So I need More.

So you have thousands of primers, but how many pounds of relevant powder, and how many premium projectiles? Don't worry about thousands if you can't manage a simple hundred. It ain't about what you can do, it's all about what you did do. If I have a thousand primers and no powder or premium projectiles how many rounds am I going to craft?

 

[Zeroed in]

So you have thousands of primers, but how many pounds of relevant powder, and how many premium projectiles? Don't worry about thousands if you can't manage a simple hundred. It ain't about what you can do, it's all about what you did do. If I have a thousand primers and no powder or premium projectiles how many rounds am I going to craft?

More bullets than primers, and enough powder to do the 2k casings 2x over.

 

[M118LR]

More bullets than primers, and enough powder to do the 2k casings 2x over.

More bullets than primers, and enough powder to do the 2k casings 2x over.

Yet you have how many unloaded casings? Tisk Tisk! Was wondering what your excuse was? Press on if you dare. I'm up to it!

 

[Zeroed in]

I have around 4k loaded rounds of various calibers, why do I need to reload another 6k rounds?
My tastes may change down the road, and I may want to use the powder/primers on different calibers I
don't shoot now.
That would be redundant, wouldn't it?

 

[M118LR]

I have around 4k loaded rounds of various calibers, why do I need to reload another 6k rounds?
My tastes may change down the road, and I may want to use the powder/primers on different calibers I
don't shoot now.
That would be redundant, wouldn't it?

So what do you shoot a hundred rounds a day every day from your primary weapon from? You still need to practice with a hundred rounds a week from your secondary sidearm. So at a minimum you need 100 x 356 from your primary weapon for practice, and 52 x 100 from your secondary sidearm for practice. What do you need if you actually go into COMBAT? Just how much do you really have loaded for actual Combat Readiness Smart Alec?

 

[gnappi]

M118, you're not figuring it like we do...

First there's range brass loss, which depending on caliber can be 20 to 100%. At matches I always left brass on the ground. Training on a crowded range I just leave it there. It adds up.

Then there's natural attrition from case splits. The fewer brass cases you have and rotate them faster, the quicker your cases split necessitating buying more brass. Rotating brass quickly to keep 500 empties makes zero sense, to us at least.

Don't forget that many like new or once fired brass for barn burner 10's, .357 mags etc. for target, load development and hunting. These are often completely separate stock from range day with uncle Fred.

Also that for certain calibers like .45 Colt, .38 super, .357 Sig and others buying brass in bulk when it's available in any quantity possible makes sense. I recently bought 3k .38 super brass because nobody has it in stock.

Lastly it's immensely gratifying to reach on my load bench with several thou loaded rounds already made for a day long range trip with my son, GF's son and others and they can gobble all they want without spending stupid money on factory ammo and I don't have to chase brass to recover it knowing I have buckets of empties at home to replace them with.

See pic.

Now, if that's not reasonably clear, keep doing what you're doing if it works for you, and till then you're tilting at windmills.

Tilting at windmills from Webster... "to use time and energy to attack an enemy or problem that is not real or important"

It really is not important to us why so with you???

 

[gnappi]

PS, I have some 40k mixed primers, 20+ pounds of powder and buckets of brass, and I still went to the range twice a week and blew 100-200 rounds per trip and did not feel the least bit sorry for those who whined, complained and moaned about price and no ammo availability every time there was an ammo shortage. Some even asked me to lend, sell or give them primers and powder.

That $4500 custom 1911 wasn't much good to them was it? Just maybe a Kimber, SA, or Colt and having components with the money saved would have been better than whining at us who were prepared?

 

[Jester896]

some of y'all are low on supplies

 

[Duckyou]

I'm just surprised that there are so many folks willing to post pictures of how much reloading work they have slacked off on! All those empty cases just waiting to be reloaded. Did Y'all expend them, then why ain't they reloaded? Empty brass ain't going to save the day! Don't expect me to give you BZ's for having failed to reload your expended cases. How am I supposed to use your reloads to defend my family after your demise if you fail to do your part at the reloading bench. It may not eat, drink, or use electricity, but it ain't going to help the WAR EFFORT if it ain't loaded. JMHO. So how about you slackards at least loading that .308 Win brass to M118LR specs, ( skip that cheap ball powder stuff) but MK 316 mod 0, 1, or mod 2 would be much better! It's time Y'all got onboard! LOL. If you ain't part of the solution, you are the problem. Tee Hee, LOL. JMHO. Y'all better not have married Rosie the Welder, she would be all over your six for your lack luster performance in support of the WAR EFFORT! Empty cases, really???

I do not reload yet- but I buy components including brass. I plan on building my setup in the next year or two. My plan is to process brass as I shoot it and then reload once or twice a year.

 

[gnappi]

I do not reload yet- but I buy components including brass. I plan on building my setup in the next year or two. My plan is to process brass as I shoot it and then reload once or twice a year.

Smart!