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Posted: 1/30/2011 3:13:05 PM EDT
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Is anyone doing any processing of Military brass?
Removing the crimp, etc ? Price? Thanks |
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Post in the RELOADING FORUM, not here. You will get better luck there. This is not a WTT/WTB ad forum.
Averages around $30/k for sizing, trimming, swaging, polishing. You pay round trip shipping though. So about another $30 in USPS Priority Large Flat rate. 2K .223 may* fit in a large flat rate, or 1K .308. |
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Not cost effective in my humble opinion. By your own processing gear and call it a day. I don't know.. I just sent off a bunch of 223 and 30-06 to Custom Brass Processing. I got the LC once fired brass for free and for $30 per K to process it works for me. You can ship 2500 223 cased for $15 by using a USPS flat rate large size box. At $30 round trip thats an extra $12 / K. So for a total of $42 / K to have beautiful once fired LC brass that is decapped, sized, trimmed, swaged and polished.... That works for me. |
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42/k doesn't sound too bad except that you,ll have to do it again if you want to reload those cases again....
Buying the tools to diy seems to be a better deal if you shoot enough. The tools I use are the Dillon Rapid Trim, 223 trim die, Super Swage, and 223 case gauge. Cost shipped to my door is 400.80 dollars. You could get by with cheaper but you will sacrifice speed. Seems expensive but if you have a progressive press it makes case prep a breeze. Best part is you have the tools to use whenever you want,and they will last a lifetime. Trimming,sizing,depriming,swaging, and polishing 1000 pieces of brass takes only a couple of hours a lot of which is polishing/tumbling. I've used my setup to process over 5000 pieces of brass, all in the last 2 weeks! 
Cool thing is I'm pretty much done for the year! -Dave |
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42/k doesn't sound too bad except that you,ll have to do it again if you want to reload those cases again.... Buying the tools to diy seems to be a better deal if you shoot enough. The tools I use are the Dillon Rapid Trim, 223 trim die, Super Swage, and 223 case gauge. Cost shipped to my door is 400.80 dollars. You could get by with cheaper but you will sacrifice speed. Seems expensive but if you have a progressive press it makes case prep a breeze. Best part is you have the tools to use whenever you want,and they will last a lifetime. Trimming,sizing,depriming,swaging, and polishing 1000 pieces of brass takes only a couple of hours a lot of which is polishing/tumbling. I've used my setup to process over 5000 pieces of brass, all in the last 2 weeks!
Cool thing is I'm pretty much done for the year! -Dave Hey Dave, I will process myself after the first go round because I won't have to worry about swaging the primer pockets or likely trimming the cases. I have a progressive press but haven't been able to make it work high volume for loading once fired rifle brass. The reason is because the case trim and the primer pocket swaging all have to be done after the resizing / decap operation. My solution (maybe you can point me to a better one) has been to resize / decap on a single stage press. Then take the brass to my Giraud trimmer, then start feeding it to my Dillon RL550. Things really start moving once I get to the progressive but before that, it's very tedious. I may end up buying a Super 1050 with a brass trimmer to solve this but that is going to be a substantial investment. |
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K1rod,
If you want fast get a RT 1200 trimmer,a 223 trim die, and another tool head for your 550. Setup station 1 with either your resizing die or a decapping die, 2 is empty, 3 with the trim die/ RT 1200, 4 empty. Once setup, you can trim,decap,and resize a case every 4-5 seconds. Your Giraud.is probably the better trimmer, but it seems like it would wear out your fingers pretty quick. I'm drooling over a 1050 too, but unless someone gives me a m16 to play with, it's too impractical for my needs. I'm blessed I can afford it, but I think I'll buy components and take a couple more classes this year instead  .
-Dave |
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Oh and the Super Swage is plenty fast as well, with practice you'll be able to swage 500 pieces of brass an hour with no problems. I can do almost 800 an hour on a really good day. -Dave Yep, I love mine. I stumbled into a 5 gallon bucket of 9mm military brass, and it's been a lifesaver. |
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42/k doesn't sound too bad except that you,ll have to do it again if you want to reload those cases again.... Buying the tools to diy seems to be a better deal if you shoot enough. The tools I use are the Dillon Rapid Trim, 223 trim die, Super Swage, and 223 case gauge. Cost shipped to my door is 400.80 dollars. You could get by with cheaper but you will sacrifice speed. Seems expensive but if you have a progressive press it makes case prep a breeze. Best part is you have the tools to use whenever you want,and they will last a lifetime. Trimming,sizing,depriming,swaging, and polishing 1000 pieces of brass takes only a couple of hours a lot of which is polishing/tumbling. I've used my setup to process over 5000 pieces of brass, all in the last 2 weeks!
Cool thing is I'm pretty much done for the year! -Dave I can process about 5400 .223 cases in 3 hours. Minus the tumbling. If your thinking the auto drives are just bells and whistles. Think again. They give me a consistence that I wouldn't get doing it by hand. They also allow me to monitor QC closer. 
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Showoff!!!! 
I'd love to have your setup, but I can't justify it. Then again, once I load all 5000 pieces that I process here and there in the last 2 weeks is loaded, it'll last me for a whole year!!! I imagine 5000 pieces of brass would last you about 4 hours!
-dave |
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Showoff!!!!
I'd love to have your setup, but I can't justify it. Then again, once I load all 5000 pieces that I process here and there in the last 2 weeks is loaded, it'll last me for a whole year!!! I imagine 5000 pieces of brass would last you about 4 hours!
-dave No I like to take my time it would last me a whole day to load. I take breaks every 500 rnds or so. Shooting it up would not take long at all.
A days work this is 16 LBs of powder loaded up. 
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