[SPRSkip]

So I have been playing with different options looking for Best way to sort small primer 45ACP brass out of the mix before they go in the press.
What has everyone been doing?

 

[GSRswapandslow]

i use my eyes

 

[lucky13bullets]

yep, looking at them is about the only way

 

[SPRSkip]

they start to look the same to me after a while and in a 1050 with auto drive it not a good thing to miss one ;sofa

 

[Catfish]

I put one of each on my bench primer side up and leave them there. I grab two or three at a time from the pile and hold them next to the examples. This makes it easy to tell them apart even as your eyes and brain get tired.

 

[mouldernt]

What I tend to do is run them through my LNL ( using the case feeder) and priming only. If you hit a small primer pocket obviously it will not seat a primer. After my run I can easily go back and pull out the ones that don't prime and set them in another pile. This works pretty good with crimped pockets though sometimes the primer will try to seat.I have gotten into the habit of just priming everything first cause if I just miss one primer seat it makes so much mess. I spend far more time cleaning up powder than just running things in stages.

 

[Caimorjen]

I'm old fashion and clean my primer pockets before priming so I don't have a problem finding a small primer case. Actually I don't see that many small primer 45acp brass.

 

[mouldernt]

I just finished running 700 rounds, of that maybe 80 were small primers and around 10 were crimped. I am a brass slut so no telling where it came from.

 

[Lager]

Good idea Catfish.
My eyes get tired also and after scanning a couple hundred or so? Will sometimes miss a few.
Thanks for the idea.

 

[cranbiz]

By hand. I keep one of each on the desk for reference.

 

[aviumvenator]

Dump the tumbled cases in a large container and shake it a bit until most of the openings are oriented up. Grab a handfull and when you turn them over to look at the primer end the small primers are really obvious compared to the large primers. Re shake the container as needed.

 

[SPRSkip]

I have built this spring loaded rod with normally closed switch on it to test the concept. Thinking is that any time the light goes out it has hit a small primer the opens the switch. Sorry for the poor pic.

 

[SPRSkip]

I posted a short video of my small primer warning system.

 

[scmoose]

Id be more than happy to take those pesky small primer .45's off of your hands.

 

[SPRSkip]

Id be more than happy to take those pesky small primer .45's off of your hands.

Haha but that's just the time to change over to small primer setup.
But I appreciate your kind offer to help.

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[noylj]

So far, looking has worked perfectly.
I sort, inspect, and deprime prior to cleaning and that little bitty hole isn't that hard to see.
I still damn the plant these things come out of...

 

[SPRSkip]

So far, looking has worked perfectly.
I sort, inspect, and deprime prior to cleaning and that little bitty hole isn't that hard to see.
I still damn the plant these things come out of...

I have hear ya. But even then this makes me feel better about not missing one.

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